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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

degree C above preindustrial norms (World Meteorological Organization [WMO], 2017). Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests that carbon sequestering can reduce human generated CO2 up to 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2050 (Fairley, 2009). World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Fairley, P.

Carbon 52
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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

West Oakland, California Grist / Getty Images Oceans do not stop where the sea meets the shore. Many Americans are familiar with sea-level rise. Armenta, who was working for a local environmental justice organization at the time, was deeply concerned, but not surprised, by the news.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

It is 2009 and the 35th G8 Summit. The political leaders – including Merkel, Sarkozy, Obama and Berlusconi – sign a declaration in which they recognize “the broad scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above preindustrial levels ought not to exceed 2°C.” Another time jump.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Join me on this quest in which we start by looking into how the Arctic is doing, before making an overview of predictions on ‘when everything is gone’ by various renowned organizations. Sea level rising (not because of melting). How is the Arctic doing? But what year is it?! All bets are off on this one.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Meanwhile, Shell would commission British scientist James Lovelock — later a renowned proponent of the “Gaia Theory” of earth as a self-regulating organism — to investigate the possible global consequences of pollution from fossil fuels. -based Center for International Environmental Law has reported.

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Corporate Action on Climate Change Has to Include Lobbying

Andrew Winston

This is the logic and imperative behind an announcement today from 11 environmental and sustainability organizations that have significant influence on the world’s largest companies and on policymakers. Senate in 2009 , and climate policy entered the wilderness for years, the partnership petered away.