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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. In any event, regulators are loosening safety and security requirements for SMRs in ways which could cancel out any safety benefits from passive features.

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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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Getting physical with the climate crisis

Physics World

What’s harder is knowing the carbon footprint of building materials throughout their lifecycle, which requires reams of data about supply chains and logistics that either don’t exist or have never been tracked. Overall, cement accounts for 3% of the world’s carbon emissions. Wood you believe?

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

A Greener Life

As a result, Costa Rica began to implement stricter environmental regulations, new conservation policies and changes in the agricultural market. The potential for trees to capture carbon emissions through photosynthesis seems crucial to the recent upsurge. These factors halted net deforestation and allowed forests to regenerate.

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Scope 4 GHG Emissions

Greenbuilding Law

Scope 4 greenhouse gas emissions are not new. They date to 2013 when the Greenhouse Gas Protocol identified “avoided emissions” as emission reductions that occur outside of a product’s lifecycle or value chain, but as a result of the use of that product.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. In the U.S.

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