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Embracing the suck

Envirotec Magazine

Most people seem to believe some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be necessary, although many are stil sceptical of an arguably “unproven” and ambitious technology. Envirotec writes. The same document said that CCS was “not on a trajectory” to meet the 2ºC target of over 400 MtCO2 being stored per year in 2025.

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Wood Pellet Giant Drax Targets California Forests

DeSmogBlog

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity. Logging and road building in any kind of primary forests is associated with increasing fire risk,” she said.

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The NICFI Satellite Data Program: Celebrating Three Years of Using Space to Help Reduce & Reverse Tropical Forest Loss

Planet Pulse

This October, we are pleased to not only continue this tradition, but also celebrate three years of this program and contract , a unique public-private partnership to leverage commercial Earth observation technologies to advance the public purpose of Norway’s International Climate & Forests Initiative.

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Over 650 scientists urge world leaders to stop burning forests for energy on eve of UN nature summit

Envirotec Magazine

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. Logging has been allowed in some of Europe’s most important forests.

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Drax Quietly Drops Sponsorship of Industry Conferences

DeSmogBlog

UK biomass giant Drax has pulled out of two industry conferences following weeks of negative publicity, DeSmog can reveal. billion in government subsidies for a carbon capture project. An autumn of scandal has chipped away at their carefully curated green image, exposing the company as little more than a big polluter.”.

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New research reveals ‘megatrends’ that will affect forests in the next decade

Envirotec Magazine

These are likely to have major consequences – both positively and negatively – over the coming decade, says the group. They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. Use of digital technologies. Around the world, 1.6

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Meet the startup producing oil to fight climate change

Grist

Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service. The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. That’s where carbon removal comes in.