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Oil Companies Plan to Take the Road Already Traveled

Union of Concerned Scientists

Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5 Instead, ExxonMobil prefers a method called the Life Cycle Approach, which gives credit for “negative emissions” technologies like CCS and reforestation. 2023 will be a crucial juncture in a long, bumpy trip.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

Enough research has shown that Collective Green Action requires the stakeholders to work together, to build technological synergies based on transparency and a public-private partnership that goes beyond borders and profit accumulation. Transparent country-specific regulations need to be put in place.

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The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

The Energy Law Blog

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. However, majors such as Exxon, Chevron and Shell are joining a broader push to make the requisite technology cheaper and more efficient. 585, 589 (2007). [3]

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The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

The Energy Law Blog

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. However, majors such as Exxon, Chevron and Shell are joining a broader push to make the requisite technology cheaper and more efficient. 585, 589 (2007). [3]

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Social Dynamics and Climate Change

Law Columbia

subsidies, publicly-funded research, and regulation) is necessary for the de-carbonization of the energy sector. He suggested that governments should focus less on cooperation and more on coordination with respect to technological solutions, such as the development of carbon air capture technologies.

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

In the chapter on climate change, the CEI calls for Congress to repeal or defund virtually every federal effort enacted by Obama to target climate change, ranging from the ability of the EPA to regulate CO. Commercial technologies do not exist for removing CO. Climate change mitigation policies pose serious risks to U.S.

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