Carbon dioxide articles
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Rural folks resist having their land become a carbon sponge
The Washington Post reported yesterday on a proposal to make land in eastern Montana a carbon sponge because it is home to"thousands of acres of porous rock where oil company executives say greenhouse gas could be piped in from afar and stored forever." The headline is "Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not." Here's an excerpt from Evan Halper's story: In the ranching community of Carter County, Mont., the prospect of shipping in all that carbon pollution and...
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Sacramento takes another step toward goal of carbon neutrality
(FOX40.COM) -- Nearly two years ago, California unveiled a plan to implement the most ambitious climate action of any authority in the world, which included getting the state to be carbon neutral by 2045, and doing its part to help achieve that goal is the city of Sacramento. On May 7, the Sacramento City Council []
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Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint
The invisible downside to our online lives is the data stored at giant energy-guzzling datacentres It’s been called “the largest coal-powered machine on Earth” – and most of us use it countless times a day.The internet and its associated digital industry are estimated to produce about the same emissions annually as aviation. But we barely think about pollution while snapping 16 duplicate photos of our pets, which are immediately uploaded to the cloud. Continue reading