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‘There’s no alternative’: Louisiana’s ambitious plan to stay above water

Grist

At least it did, before the ocean swallowed the carbon emissions belched out by industrializing nations and began to swell. Now, the boot is losing a football field of land every hour to the rising tide. But the benefits of the project outweigh the negatives. that looks like a giant boot.

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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.

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A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

DeSmogBlog

Despite the region’s shrinking wetlands, the government continues to permit new LNG export facilities on the Gulf Coast , and is encouraging hydrogen and carbon capture sequestration developments , though they too will lead to further land loss. Federal and state trustees approved $2.26

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Arctic sea ice extent averaged for September 2020 was 3.92 million square kilometers below the 1981 to 2010 average. Following the minimum seasonal extent, which occurred on September 15, ice growth quickly began along in the northern Beaufort, Chukchi, and East Siberian Seas. Sea Ice extent is going down.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

A confidential October 1989 Shell publication titled “ SCENARIOS 1989 – 2010 ” outlines a high-emissions “global mercantilism” scenario in which average global temperatures rise by “considerably more” than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Both should be evaluated by the same yardstick,” the report found. Shell had other plans.

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28 Posts Commemorating the Seminal Efforts of Female Environmentalists

Green Market Oracle

As explained by Nina Munteanu in a Vancouver Sun article , the reason that conservative men are so negatively disposed towards female environmentalists is because these women threaten their gender identity. Compared to men, women litter less, recycle more, and leave a smaller carbon footprint." kilograms of carbon per day.