Sam Evans Electric Viking video tells us about the change China is making to solar and wind and away from coal and natural gas. Planned new coal power plants are being cancelled. CO2! Emissions and pollution are not rising, they are falling.
Archive for the ‘GHG Greenhouse Gas’ Category:
2025-04-13 Cement Production Will Still Contribute CO2
Quote: “”Cement production is not carbon intensive solely due to energy use, but because heating limestone (CaCO₃) creates lime (CaO) and carbon dioxide (CO₂). Even completely carbon-free energy cement production would contribute about 5% of the total global CO₂ emitted annually, at current levels of cement production. Cement will not be decarbonized without addressing both
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2024-12-05 Carrboro, NC Suing Duke Energy Over Climate Change
The town of Carrboro, North Carolina is suing Duke Energy, one of the country’s largest electric utilities, over climate change. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/04/nx-s1-5213784/climate-utility-lawsuit
2024-12-04 US Makes Oral Argument In World Court’s Climate Change Opinion
Important article, Over 100 nations to make oral arguments. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmcgowan/2024/12/04/us-makes-oral-argument-in-world-courts-climate-change-opinion/
2024-09-26 A Solution To Curbing Part Of Methane Emissions – Reducing Meat, Sustainable Diets
Quote “”Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.”” Quote “”Researchers at World Resources Institute say the average American can cut their environmental footprint in half by reducing their dairy and meat consumption, thus reducing their diet-related land use and greenhouse gas emissions.”” https://floodlightnews.org/dairy-digesters-presented-before-congress/?ref=im-a-reader-newsletter “”Sustainable diets what you need to know in 12 charts”” https://wri-indonesia.org/en/insights/sustainable-diets-what-you-need-know-12-charts?ref=floodlightnews.org
2024-05-10 Flexitarian Diet Helps Limit Global Heating, Study Finds
This is extremely important, but it has been politically charged so that anyone who suggests cutting back on meat gets accused of political extremism. That’s an absolute shame! A quote: “”In the US, agriculture accounts for more than 10% of total GHG emissions. Most of it comes from livestock. Reducing meat consumption can free up
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2024-04-29 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Might Have Already Peaked – They Need To Fall FAST
This is a long article in Vox with many links and some important graphs. Climate Change is already affecting the Earth. https://www.vox.com/climate/24139383/climate-change-peak-greenhouse-gas-emissions-action
2024-04-15 List Of Largest CO2 Producers Worldwide, And Other Info
Quote: “”An independent think tank producing data-driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis”” “”The Carbon Majors dataset has played a pivotal role in holding fossil fuel producers to account for their climate-related impacts in academic, regulatory, and legal contexts. Examples include quantifying the contribution these entities have made to global
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2024-04-06 Study Shows EVs Do What They Promise – Lower CO2, Pollution
UC Berkeley study. UC Berkeley study confirms that yes, EVs do what they promise to do
2024-04-04 Analysis Says Exxon Predicted +0.2°C Per Decade Global Warming
Exxon knew there would be global warming, but they kept it a secret. Did they understand what the implications were – that global warming from burning fossil fuels could cause most inhabited areas to become unliveable? But when they predicted in the 1970s, they didn’t know that the growth in fossil fuels use would be
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