Legal Planet
MAY 5, 2022
Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation. Recent changes in electricity regulation seem likely to increase the role of fuel oil in electricity production, which produces about 50% more carbon than natural gas.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The idea that apartment complexes are the cause of urban deforestation makes no sense. Many apartment buildings around the world cover themselves in greenery, and much of the loss of green cover on Los Angeles’ streets comes not from multifamily units, but from deforestation in single-family neighborhoods and lots.
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Legal Planet
JULY 18, 2023
We are talking about steel plants, cement plants, refineries, power plants (coal and natural gas fired), and other large manufacturing operations that use a lot of energy. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2 ).
Environmental Progress
JUNE 29, 2020
Mainstream journalists reported, repeatedly, that the Amazon was “the lungs of the world,” and that deforestation was like a nuclear bomb going off. At 400 pages, with 100 of them endnotes, Apocalypse Never covers climate change, deforestation, plastic waste, species extinction, industrialization, meat, nuclear energy, and renewables.
Circle of Blue
APRIL 12, 2023
The Central African Pipeline System, which would link 11 countries in an oil and natural gas network, gains momentum despite a backlash from environmentalists. “The Africa has historically contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, despite being among the most affected by the climate crisis.
Edouard Stenger
MARCH 20, 2017
This was the result of growing renewable power generation, switches from coal to natural gas, improvements in energy efficiency, as well as structural changes in the global economy. For the first time, electricity generation from natural gas was higher than from coal last year in the United States. Deforestation is one.
ESA
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Methane is a greenhouse gas that has more heat-trapping power than CO2, although it also clears out of the atmosphere much faster than does CO2. Controlling the methane emissions, some of it from wasteful accidental release at natural gas wells, is critical for controlling global warming.
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