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Why Energy Conservation Will Remain Crucial

Legal Planet

One reason to save energy is to limit carbon emissions from the energy we use. But energy conservation is important for reasons that go beyond the direct effect on emissions. How all of this works out depends on which technologies end up in the lead, but every technology out there will require a lot of new mineral use.

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Stanford and Beyond

Legal Planet

A lot has been written about the efforts of universities to clean up their own carbon emissions. I couldn’t find anything that simply listed sustainability or environmental studies colleges, let alone assessing them in a systematic way. I want to begin by lamenting the lack of systematic information.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Useful Environmental Law Terms. Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Sponsored Content.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

It's a great source of examining technologies from the simple to the complex, of acquiring, harnessing, storing and preserving water and its supply. Just as the technologies of Bedouin tribes have changed, so have the concept of a home which can be a tent, a stone building or even the desert land (30). Sponsored Content.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

Cutting down tree canopies without replacing it passively increases climate change by the simple fact that trees and other vegetation are carbon sinks (15). That would take researchers after the war years to examine, using new techniques and technologies, to finally record and analyze data produced during the modern industrial era.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

19] France spends just over half as much per kilowatt-hour for electricity that produces one-tenth of the carbon emissions of German electricity. [20] With funding from Bill Gates, the analytical group Breakthrough Energy Sciences last week estimated the U.S. trillion. [25] 30] By contrast, today’s energy system requires just 0.5

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100 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Million EPA Loan For Water Infrastructure Improvements -- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions - 44.8% Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County [PaEN] -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Permanently Preserves 63.5