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Do We Dare Continue to Flare?

Vermont Law

11) Global warming, in part, is a result of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. (10) In addition, approximately $750 million of casinghead gas was flared in 2018 in the Permian Basin, specifically with no public welfare. (11) 11) Global warming, in part, is a result of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

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Forest recovery in the age of megafires – how can we predict if forests grow back?

HumanNature

For example, forests store about 30-40% of the carbon found on land, improve air quality, and even filter water. In 2018 alone, it’s estimated that California’s wildfire damages amounted to nearly $149 billion. Forests are incredibly good at storing carbon, in both soils and plants. Science 2006 , 313 (5789), 940–943.

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

When fuels are burned to create energy in a process called combustion, black carbon along with carbon monoxide and other compounds are created because there is not enough oxygen in the atmosphere for the reaction to go to completion. Whenever there are combustion processes, of which there are many in our industrial society (e.g.,

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

It has also been reported that between the years of 2002 and 2018 more than 20 million hectares of tropical forests were cleared in the Amazon purely for beef production. Reference list: (1) Steiger Carlos (2006), Modern Beef Production in Brazil and Argentina, Vol. 2 pp 105-110. (2) 2) Geraldo B. 110, pages 173-177. (3)

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

3] California has long led the nation in adoption of environmental rules, including the first motor vehicle emission standards in 1966, energy efficiency standards for appliances in the 1970s, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and many others. [4] 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

32] Part of the reason the planet is greening stems from greater carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and greater planetary warming. [33] 33] Scientists find that plants grow faster as a result of higher carbon dioxide concentrations. 6 (2018), [link]. [25] 8] Xiaoping Liu et al., 9] Christopher D. Smith, D.J.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. 3692 ), which requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop climate impact management plans for marine mammals that are at significant risk due to climate change.

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