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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

Carbon capture and sequestration have often been considered technologies of last resort. As emissions keep rising and global carbon budgets decline, it is becoming increasingly apparent that if we are to stave off the worst of climate change we must deploy and scale these desperate remedies as quickly as possible. Welch, 2019).

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Sea Ice extent is going down. Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) Why ice age and multi-year ice is important Every year, Arctic sea ice has its “birthday”. This is the the time of the year when the minimum sea ice extent is reached, which usually happens mid-September. Lot’s of Methane.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s. In 1962, Shell’s chief geologist, Houston-based Marion King Hubbert, produced a book-length report on energy for the U.S. Shell had other plans.