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Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities

DeSmogBlog

When it evaporates, it’s methane. You can’t breathe methane. Fossil fuel firms have justified their rushed construction plans by pointing to Europe’s scramble to replace Russian natural gas in the wake of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine last February. It will kill you.” But more than three-fourths of the U.S-produced

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. gigatonnes (Gt) of CO2e and sequester 8.1

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COP26 a washout? Don’t lose hope – here’s why

Renewable Energy World

Since the last climate conference took place in Madrid in 2019, we’ve seen wildfires in Greece, Australia, Canada, and South America, biblical floods in China, the UK, Germany and America, and record-breaking hurricanes, cyclones, and tornadoes across the globe. Coal is by far, the worst of our fossil fuel dependencies.

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Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable

GreenBiz

In Mexico, Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and international director of the Organic Consumers Association, is courting investors for funds to support a new agave agroforestry project. Livestock raised in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), produce more methane than cows that graze on grass.

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Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable

AGreenLiving

In Mexico, Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and international director of the Organic Consumers Association, is courting investors for funds to support a new agave agroforestry project. Livestock raised in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), produce more methane than cows that graze on grass.