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The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?

Clean Energy Canada

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming. (If

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CO2 Storage Plans Risk Leaving Future Generations with ‘Carbon Bombs’, Energy Expert Warns

DeSmogBlog

And as the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted , emissions pathways that limit global warming to 2°C or below generally assume that some form of carbon dioxide removal, such as CCS, is necessary, alongside reducing emissions. oil major Chevron, in partnership with other fossil fuel giants.

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Can burning biomass be sustainable?

Low Impact

In any case, why send wood pellets to Europe to substitute for coal, when North Americans burn more fossil fuels than Europeans do? The sources cited by Garson are a 2019 article in the New York on-line news service vox.com, and a 2014 feature on the website Ecowatch. But in real life that’s not what happens.

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A Front-Row Seat for the Arctic’s Final Summers With Ice

Mr. Sustainability

Summary - Freaked out scientists and gleeful captains of fossil-fuel tankers are now sailing through climate history in the melting polar region. The Arctic is rich in natural resources like fossil fuel and already under significant climate stress, warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet.

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The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil

DeSmogBlog

This technique of using statements that are technically true but omit crucial information and therefore are misleading, is called paltering — and it’s an old favorite of the fossil fuel industry. In fact, it’s not the only tactic the NCBA has borrowed from Big Oil. The NCBA has also faced legal scrutiny over its use of Checkoff funds.

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The case for raising up women in climate tech

GreenBiz

Four years ago this week, Project Drawdown released groundbreaking research on climate solutions that catalyzed the narrative that reversing global warming is possible. Among the 80 solutions evaluated for their potential to reverse global warming, educating girls and ensuring women have access to family planning resources ranked No.

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Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds

Grist

The world’s forests form an enormous carbon store, holding an estimated 861 gigatons of carbon – equivalent to nearly a century’s worth of annual fossil fuel emissions at the current rate. Since 2000, the world has lost about 10 percent of its tree cover , becoming a major driver of global heating.