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Emergency? Part 3

Legal Planet

On the contrary, investing in carbon capture delays the needed transition away from fossil fuels and other combustible energy sources. C of warming without removing carbon from the atmosphere – in other words, carbon capture (or, to use less controversial nomenclature: carbon removal) in some form. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2 ).

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It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020

Manning Law

CO 2 levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high in early May. Think of the atmosphere as a bathtub, and emissions as the water that flows from the tap. Keeping wild spaces wild, stopping deforestation and restoring degraded land to protect biodiversity, boost food production and store carbon. The tub is still filling.

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How much should we worry about climate tipping points?

Legal Planet

Effective preventive action involves both cutting emissions and tackling other drivers of tipping events, such as deforestation or overfishing. The central recommendation for accelerated mitigation is to push to phase out both fossil fuel and land-use emissions well before 2050.

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The Year in Water, 2021

Circle of Blue

Fossil fuel subsidies could be ratcheted down. The Colorado River water that cooled the plant is part of a broader legal impasse. Vincent, Borneo, and Alaska, decades of displacement, deforestation, and warming have defined a harrowing Anthropogenic Epoch. Low-carbon energy plans could be deployed quicker. Brett Walton.

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