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Real Climate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
, but it inevitably brings forth a mish-mash of half-remembered, inappropriate or out-of-date comparisons between the impacts of carbon dioxide and methane. In 2020, CO 2 was at ~410 parts per million, while CH 4 was around 1870 parts per <it>billion</it> (or 1.87 Historical comparisons. W/m 2 for CH 4.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
These plants, which were originally slated to close in 2020, include the Ormond Beach Generating Station located in the predominantly Latinx, low-income community of Oxnard. And all this polluting infrastructure has serious health and environmental implications for the surrounding communities.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The pledge is a voluntary agreement to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030; however, methane levels keep going up and we are woefully off track for meeting this goal. Compared to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane doesn’t linger for long in the atmosphere after being emitted.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Their study examined the carbon dioxide and methane emissions from these companies’ products, as well as from the extraction and production processes of the largest gas, oil and coal producers and cement manufacturers. Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020. A 2020 study found that Native American households’ median energy burden was 45 percent higher than non-Hispanic White households, while Black households’ median energy burden was 43 percent higher and Hispanic households’ burden was 20 percent higher.
HumanNature
MARCH 31, 2021
Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. 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.
HumanNature
MARCH 30, 2021
Guest Post By Shelby McClelland , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Methane is 28 times more powerful than CO 2 at trapping warming in our atmosphere over one-hundred years, and nitrous oxide is even more potent – 265 times more powerful than CO 2. CH 4 , N 2 O), and removal of CO 2 from the atmosphere.
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