Grist

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Amazon rainforest was once one of the world’s most powerful carbon sinks, largely a result of its uniquely dense tree cover. Researchers say political stability in rainforest countries plays a major role in ensuring forest protection, which could go a long way towards increasing forest resilience to catastrophic outcomes.

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Climate 4.0

MARCH 28, 2022

By examining total CO2 emissions by 145 nations of the world, renewable power grids, governmental effectiveness, and local economic conditions, I've derived a formula that measures the relative challenge facing each nation in achieving significant progress in reducing its carbon footprint.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

At least a million Uyghurs have been forced into detention camps over the past six years, where they are subjected to beatings, torture, forced sterilisation and political re-education. Part of the biggest fleet in the world, more than 300 Chinese squid ships ride the line of national waters on both sides of South America.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

That’s ExxonMobil touting its “lower-emission solutions” and staff working to “develop our global strategy for creating sustainable energy” while planning a $10 billion investment in new oil and gas reserves in South America. ExxonMobil uses the phrase “advancing climate solutions” and “ lower emission energy future.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. As long as there is ice in a body of water, any surrounding heat energy is carried towards the ice to make it melt.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. Plant Vogtle began commercial operations from the first of two new reactors, but the over-budget and years-delayed project could be the last hurrah for big nuclear construction in America. Happy Monday! Not a subscriber yet?

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