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This machine in Texas could suck up companies’ carbon emissions — if they pay

Grist

Shopify, the Canadian company that runs e-commerce sites, wants to take a more hands-on approach — by paying a Texas venture to pull carbon dioxide from the sky and store it underground. Climate scientists say the world must now do both to limit global warming to 1.5 Carbon Engineering.

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This machine in Texas could suck up companies’ carbon emissions — if they pay

Grist

Shopify, the Canadian company that runs e-commerce sites, wants to take a more hands-on approach — by paying a Texas venture to pull carbon dioxide from the sky and store it underground. Climate scientists say the world must now do both to limit global warming to 1.5 Carbon Engineering.

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Sustainable funerals: Part 1 – with Ethical.net

Low Impact

After death, we don’t want our corporeal form to leave a damaging legacy – but, many current practices surrounding both burial and cremation mean people often do leave a negative legacy of environmental pollution behind them for future generations. Globally, cremation emits over 6.8 percent of world carbon dioxide emissions.

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Stop greenwashing of aviation: 4. biofuels

Low Impact

There are plans for huge “SAF” refineries in Paraguay using soybeans as a feedstock and such fuels are permitted under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) , which is the only internationally agreed policy and runs until 2035. However, as of 2021, only less than 0.01% of jet fuel is biofuel.

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GB News Appoints Chairman Who Spent Years Promoting Climate Denial

DeSmogBlog

Between 2013 and 2017, United Arab Emirates-based investment manager Alan McCormick tweeted numerous articles by climate science deniers, including one calling on readers to “celebrate carbon dioxide”. According to official records, McCormick has been a director of the company since April 2021 and lives in the United Arab Emirates.

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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. National Academy of Sciences that explicitly warned of the risks human-induced global warming could pose to earth’s weather and “ecological balances,” the U.S.

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How can the world kick its oil habit?

Mr. Sustainability

This blog reveals why we are addicted, and provides a possible methadone that is needed to transform the transportation, buildings and industry sector. It has been amended upon and received comments by Mr. Sustainability in italic , with the knowledge of the events of the latter part of 2020 and 2021. O boy, was I triggered.