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Space for all: here are some of the huge commercial opportunities away from Earth

Physics World

In fact, the market is expected to grow from $886m in 2020 to $2.5bn in 2027, according to the firm Marketwatch. By 2020, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy vehicle had broken the $1/ kg barrier. Indeed, the global satellite internet market, which was worth $2.93bn in 2020, is projected to rise to $18.59bn by 2030.

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

Replacing these massive carbon sink forests with machinery which continuously pumps vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere is increasing the rate of global warming. 4) Global witness (July 2020) – Defending tomorrow: [link]. (5) 110, pages 173-177. (3)

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Analysis: Moving the dial on ocean-based CO2 removal

A Greener Life

It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Yet the technologies needed to do this, collectively known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), remains nascent, underfunded and largely unregulated. Photo credit: Izzet Noyan Yilmaz / Alamy.

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Will renewable energy save us from climate change?

Global Green

Over the quarter of 2020, up to 47% of the electricity demand in the UK was met by renewable energy sources. Their legal case pointed out including forest biomass as a carbon neutral renewable energy source is detrimental for the environment. Solar and wind. So, what?”. Methane is 34 times more impactful than CO2 ! Ocean energy.

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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

1] I am an invited expert reviewer of the next assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment,” and author of the 2020 book on the environment, Apocalypse Never , published by HarperCollins. I will make four points in my testimony: 1. 3] Max Roser et al.,

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

ESA

Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high – The Guardian. Big Businesses Say They Want a Price on Carbon – Scientifc American/E&E News. New Mexico issues 2020 Forest Action Plan – Santa Fe New Mexican. How Mexico’s Vast Tree-Planting Program Ended Up Encouraging Deforestation – Bloomberg Green.

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