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Should the world ban solar geoengineering? 60 experts say yes.

Grist

But the eruption illustrated a question that has been dogging scientific and climate experts for decades: If the world got unbearably hot, should scientists and governments opt to put sulfur dioxide or similar chemicals into the atmosphere to slow the rate of global warming? The first report on global warming that was handed to a U.S.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

When the 1890s rolled around, the rush to patent ice rink surfaces began and has not abated since. HFCs heighten the greenhouse effect, while carbon dioxide similarly intensifies global warming. Again, its leakage would be harmful to the environment, poisoning living organisms, their habitats and ecosystems.

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Who gets to decide whether we study solar geoengineering?

Grist

But in February, shortly before an independent Harvard advisory committee was expected to give the go-ahead, a group of Swedish environmental organizations and the Indigenous Saami Council sent a letter demanding the project be canceled. It’s yet another holdup for solar geoengineering research.

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Nitrous neutralization: Foam canister technology claims a first

Envirotec Magazine

Unlike the nitrous oxide (N2O) traditionally used as a propellant and foaming agent in food and drink single-use aerosol cans and refillable siphons, Triple Line Technology’s patented TLT-Foamer technology creates zero greenhouse gas emissions during use, as it replaces N20 with sustainable compressed air or nitrogen, explains the firm.

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CH4nge is in the air? Comparing laser and FID for landfill emissions monitoring

Envirotec Magazine

Given methane represents one of the largest greenhouse gas contributors to global warming, understandably there are costly penalties for those who breach their mandated emissions volume. FID equipment burns a hydrogen flame to ionise organic compounds containing carbon to detect gasses in the atmosphere, including methane.

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Global Briefing: US Senate backs plan to make daylight saving time permanent

Business Green

or 2C of global warming. The site will initially process six recycling streams: paper, plastic, aluminum cans, e-waste, batteries, and organic waste. Ground has been broken at the project site and the recycling hub is expected to be open to the public by October, if not sooner, the Foundation said.

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GAMING THE SYSTEM HOW SOCIAL MEDIA TRANSFORMS THE PUBLIC SPHERE, UNDERMINES CLIMATE ACTION AND THREATENS DEMOCRACY

Green Market Oracle

Nolte’s article is titled, “Scientists Prove Man-Made Global Warming Is a Hoax”. The author supports this patently inaccurate claim by citing irrelevant facts that could resonate with those unfamiliar with science. We are seeing a rise in organizations that specialize in fact-checking and open-source intelligence.