DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. He has used GWP* to claim that the US meat and dairy sector can become “climate-neutral” by the late 2040s by reducing emissions only two percent a year.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . The simple fact is that they are not reducing their polluting activities by the significant amount required to limit the worst impacts of global warming.”.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Joshua Tosteson, COO of climate conservation marketing company Everland, offers a defense of REDD+ carbon offsets. The recently-released United Nations Global Biodiversity Outlook opens with these words: "Humanity stands at a crossroads with regard to the legacy it leaves to future generations.".

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) This could lead to yet another negative feedback loop that could wreak havoc on the Arctic, drastically increasing the melting of not just sea ice but also Greenland's ice-sheets. Sea Ice extent is going down. feedback loops will cause this melting to possibly accelerate.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The 'domino effect' of net zero pledges from world leaders in recent months could prove hugely impactful on global warming trajectories, a new analysis suggests, but is its optimistic outlook justified? Back then, CAT's estimate for global average temperature rise by 2100 was 3.5C. It is hugely encouraging news.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

To me, this was a particularly silly question, as I recently finished writing an article on the future of fossil fuels and oil prices were actually negative for the first time in human history. The reason was obviously the global lockdown due to Corona, nonetheless a point was made. O boy, was I triggered.

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