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An insider’s look at the Glasgow climate summit – talks intensify, amid grandstanding and anger outside

Renewable Energy World

Research shows the world needs to cut global emissions 45% by 2030 to keep global warming under 1.5 C trajectory in half for carbon dioxide emissions and by almost 40% for methane. C trajectory in half for carbon dioxide emissions and by almost 40% for methane. degrees Celsius (2.7 That’s a start.

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Can burning biomass be sustainable?

Low Impact

Many local people are furious at the damage done to their forests by logging corporations ripping out whole trees with Star-Wars machinery that first churns up and then compacts the soil. In any case, why send wood pellets to Europe to substitute for coal, when North Americans burn more fossil fuels than Europeans do? REFERENCES.

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8 positive environmental stories from 2021

AGreenLiving

There’s the issue with methane release, a greenhouse gas that’s more damaging than carbon dioxide. While there were previously protections in place, former president Trump had exempted the area in his last few months of office, which opened the door for building roads, logging and other damaging activities. It stores more than 1.5

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Biden victory to trigger US return to Paris Agreement and fresh wave of climate action

Business Green

Biden's victory is seen as being of monumental importance for global efforts to avoid catastrophic levels global warming and will be widely regarded as vindication for a campaign that prioritised climate action as a central plank in its platform.