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Recent developments on carbon dioxide removal: Increasing policy support but governance issues remain

Law Columbia

Support for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is growing globally. In its Sixth Assessment Report , released last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that global carbon dioxide emissions must reach net-zero by the early 2050s to limit warming to 1.5 By Carolina Arlota and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

Success at COP28 is likely to be measured by the inclusion of strong fossil fuel phaseout language, free from loopholes, in the final agreement. By 2019, the largest growth in absolute emissions occurred in carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry. Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

GW record from 2021. In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data.

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Future Trends in Climate Litigation Against Governments

Law Columbia

Here, we define the Ambition Gap as the difference between the emissions reductions expected from a government’s planned policies and pledges, and those required to meet the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, in light of best available science. C temperature target within reach. C temperature target within reach.

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Congress Releases New Evidence of Big Oil Climate Disinformation

Union of Concerned Scientists

The committee, which launched its investigation in September 2021, held a series of hearings over the past year, including one with the chief executive officers (CEOs) of BP America, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell USA. Like BP, ExxonMobil features carbon capture and storage in its ad campaigns. Talking the Talk.

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Disinformation Alert: Fossil Fuel Interests Preparing to Deploy False Claims about New EPA Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

Gas plants proposed as of the close of 2021 were estimated to result in up to $74 billion in health costs over their lifetime, and that’s just from the burning of gas at the power plant, ignoring all of the polluting upstream impacts from drilling and transporting gas. Coal is the most destructive fossil fuel in terms of its climate impact.

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The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing

Physics World

A 2021 study found that 7000 virtual delegates at three large scientific meetings, held online in 2020, had the same carbon footprint as a single in-person attendee to the same events in 2019 ( Nat. 4 843 , measured in tonnes (t) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent (e) per year per person or ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE).

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