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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

At a time where scientists are trying to figure out how to suck the excess carbon out of our atmosphere, Mother Nature has known how to do it for millions of years. Trees are very efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide. It is estimated that one acre of forest absorbs six tons of carbon dioxide and puts out four tons of oxygen.

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Is Bitcoin Bad For The Environment?

Environment Blog

It was created in 2009 by the anonymous programmer, Satoshi Nakamoto, and was designed to make it easier to transfer wealth from one party to another regardless of their geographical location. Once the mining company has paid for the solar panels, turbines, and other equipment, their energy expenditure is greatly reduced.

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Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is 'Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And 'Compelling' That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act

PA Environment Daily

So when this industry and its drilling took off in the late otss, you know, 2009, 2010, we were sort of in the right place at the right time. Finally, this industry has fugitive emissions of methane and the burning of gas releases carbon dioxide. And over the last 15 years, I've spent regular time in Danville.

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DEP Celebrates $30 Million In Low-Interest Loans For High-Impact Commercial Energy Efficiency Projects

PA Environment Daily

Background DEP and Reinvestment Fund launched the Green Energy Loan Fund in 2009 with $12 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Since its founding, the program has suffered no losses, and has in fact revolved its capital more than once to continue to drive energy savings—all at no additional cost to taxpayers.”

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The European Commission’s industrial carbon management strategy: ambitious and risky plans to achieve net-zero

Law Columbia

Decarbonizing the industrial sector is key to achieving these targets, as it is responsible for around 20% of the EU’s total emissions (not including emissions associated with energy consumption by industry). Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) : CDR is an umbrella term for technologies that remove and store CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Analysis: Renewables on the burner as gas pipeline dominates Imran Khan’s Russia trip

A Greener Life

Meanwhile, renewable energy is being sidelined. Pakistan’s production of natural gas peaked in 2009, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), but gas has continued to increase as a percentage of total energy supply steadily since then. By Zofeen Ebrahim. Increasing demand, decreasing supply.

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UK 2024 General Election – Mapped: The Tory network of climate denial and fossil fuel funding

A Greener Life

The Conservative Party’s ties to organised climate denial go back at least to 2009, when the late Tory peer Nigel Lawson , who was chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher, founded the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s leading climate science denial group.