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Gregory L. Ebel: The Pipeline Pusher

Enviromental Defense

While “natural” gas is mostly composed of methane, a greenhouse gas that’s 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide during its first 20 years in the atmosphere, Ebel and his industry counterparts have succeeded in minimizing the perception of its climate impact.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. Source California Air Resources Board.

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An abnormally dry subject: drought

HumanNature

In general, increased carbon dioxide from human activities will lead to higher temperatures. Losses of water from the soil and plants will lead to immediate losses of moisture to the atmosphere. References Dai, Aiguo & National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Nature Climate Change 2002.

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A Fellowship for Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change

Washington Nature

How much carbon-dioxide is taken out of the atmosphere when mangroves are restored? Beyond the mangrove restoration experiment, another key component of the PNG team’s NCS Prototyping work involves piloting blue carbon market-based solutions that benefit communities in PNG.

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Susannah Pierce: A Climate Villain Painting Big Oil Green

Enviromental Defense

2009 – 2010 TC Energy Corporation: 2002 – 2008 Villain Career Profile Climate Villain Susannah Pierce works hard to raise global temperatures on behalf of the oil and gas industry, with two decades of experience marketing, developing, and lobbying the government for further expansion of fossil fuels. 2010 – 2013 Shell Oil Company Inc.:

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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. Logging, mining, hydroelectric projects and agrobusiness are just some of the many climate wrecking activities causing irreversible harm on the South American continent.

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The Bottom Line: Are incentives enough to offset the costs of “carbon-smart” farming practices?

HumanNature

Studies show it may be possible through the adoption of improved farming practices which take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it in the soil. 12 The dollar values of carbon incentives are as diverse as the agencies that offer them. Soil carbon 4 per mille. McBratney, A. Angers, D. Arrouays, D.,