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From Research to Action: The Growing Impact of Attribution Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

They can also look at known carbon emission sources and model the world with and without those added emissions. Another study found that climate change made severe flooding in the United Kingdom 43 percent more likely during the winter of 2013-14. Precipitation events.

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How Canada Can Unlock the Power of Public Transit to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Enviromental Defense

Our latest report has modeled what is actually possible if federal and provincial governments take public transit seriously as a tool to fight climate change. This is equivalent to the annual carbon emissions produced by 20 million cars. Right now, public transit isn’t being used to its full potential. million fewer people.

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Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors

Union of Concerned Scientists

But as I showed in my 2013 and 2021 reports, the hype surrounding SMRs is way overblown, and my conclusions remain valid today. They also are less effective in mitigating carbon emissions, because uranium mining and milling are relatively carbon-intensive activities compared to other parts of the uranium fuel cycle.

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Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.

Environmental News Bits

The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps of California, where a cap-and-trade system began in 2013, while trying to learn from its missteps. Signed into law … Continue reading Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.

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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation

A Greener Life

This new financing comes from the LEAF Coalition , a partnership between the governments of the USA, UK and Norway, alongside some of the world’s largest companies, including Amazon, Nestlé, BlackRock and Walmart. The potential for trees to capture carbon emissions through photosynthesis seems crucial to the recent upsurge.

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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit

Environmental Progress

Information unearthed by Environmental Progress points to a gaping oversight in how the figures influencing government net zero policy and investments in solar worldwide are compiled and collated due to the difficulty of collecting accurate information out of China, especially for the purification processes used to create silicon wafers.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. In the U.S.

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