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China Burns Much More Coal Than Reported, Complicating Climate Talks - The New York Times - 0 views

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Adriana Trujillo on 17 Nov 15

China is burning as much as 17% more coal than had previously been thought, adding about a billion tons a year to its national carbon footprint. The new figure is troubling for climatologists but could make it easier to create momentum for changes in China's energy and climate policies.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">China is burning as much as 17% more coal than had previously been thought, adding about a billion tons a year to its national carbon footprint. The new figure is troubling for climatologists but could make it easier to create momentum for changes in China's energy and climate policies. </div>

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5 Graphs Show Just How Unusual This Year's Wildfires Are | World Resources Institute - 1 views

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This time of year always brings wildfires. But what's unusual this fires season is where and how the blazes are burning-and it could be a warning sign of what's to come. Hotter-than-normal temperatures and drought across much of northern Europe and North America in June and July have resulted in wildfires burning in what are typically wetter, cooler regions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This time of year always brings wildfires. But what's unusual this fires season is where and how the blazes are burning-and it could be a warning sign of what's to come. Hotter-than-normal temperatures and drought across much of northern Europe and North America in June and July have resulted in wildfires burning in what are typically wetter, cooler regions. </div>

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In a Stunning Turnaround, Britain Moves to End the Burning of Coal - Yale E360 - 0 views

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Britain is phasing out its coal-burning power plants, with the last one slated to be shuttered by 2025, if not sooner. It is a startling development for the nation that founded an industrial revolution powered by coal.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Britain is phasing out its coal-burning power plants, with the last one slated to be shuttered by 2025, if not sooner. It is a startling development for the nation that founded an industrial revolution powered by coal.</div>

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Deforestation Facts - What is Deforestation? | NRDC - 0 views

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Yet, in the southeastern U.S., the massive fuel needs of these energy companies could double logging rates and increase carbon emissions significantly –- contributing to climate change at a time when we need to be rapidly cutting our carbon pollution
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Burning whole trees is worse than burning coal
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Our southern forests are exported to produce electricity overseas
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U.S. utilities are also beginning to generate electricity from wood
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Using forests to fuel power plants in Southeast US and Europe

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Even in states suing over new climate regulations, coal use is shrinking - The Washingt... - 0 views

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New data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration also highlighted another potential contradiction: Virtually every state suing to block the Clean Power Plan has itself shifted toward burning less coal to generate the electricity its residents need since the year 2007 - in some cases by very large amounts.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">New data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration also highlighted another potential contradiction: Virtually every state suing to block the Clean Power Plan has itself shifted toward burning less coal to generate the electricity its residents need since the year 2007 - in some cases by very large amounts.</div>

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Are 90 Companies Responsible For Nearly Two-Thirds Of Global Warming? - 0 views

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A new study from the Colorado-based Climate Accountability Institute suggests that 90 companies are responsible for almost two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
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The top 90 emitters include 50 investor-owned energy companies like BP, ExxonMobil and Shell, along with 31 state-owned companies and some nation-states themselves. 83 of the 90 are coal, oil and gas producers and the remaining seven are cement manufacturers.
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Based on studies published during the past several years, the IPCC found that in order to have at least a 66 percent chance of limiting global warming to, or below, 3.6°F above pre-industrial levels, no more than 1 trillion tonnes of carbon can be released into the atmosphere from the beginning of the industrial era through the end of this century.
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The IPCC report estimates that we’ve already used 531 billion tonnes of that budget as of 2011 by burning fossil fuels for energy as well as by clearing forests for farming and myriad other uses. That means we’re on the wrong side of the carbon budget, with 469 billion tonnes left.
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"It increases the accountability for fossil fuel burning," climate scientist Michael Mann told the Guardian. "You can't burn fossil fuels without the rest of the world knowing about it."
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The Arctic Is Burning: Wildfires Rage from Sweden to Alaska - 0 views

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There are currently 11 wildfires blazing in the Arctic circle, The Guardian reported Wednesday. While fires are also raging in Russia, Norway and Finland, Sweden has seen the most extensive Arctic fires, which have forced four communities to evacuate,

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">There are currently 11 wildfires blazing in the Arctic circle, The Guardian reported Wednesday. While fires are also raging in Russia, Norway and Finland, Sweden has seen the most extensive Arctic fires, which have forced four communities to evacuate,</div>

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New report shows importance of Clean Power Plan | TheHill - 0 views

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Adriana Trujillo on 25 May 16

The US could cut its carbon dioxide emissions 20% more by using the Clean Power Plan, according to the Energy Information Administration. The report said carbon dioxide emissions from coal-burning power plants have been declining for a decade, but the nation could further accelerate that shift by employing the CPP. Rice University Associate Professor Daniel Cohan argues that the report emphasizes the importance of the ongoing litigation over the CPP and how far the US still has to go to meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The US could cut its carbon dioxide emissions 20% more by using the Clean Power Plan, according to the Energy Information Administration. The report said carbon dioxide emissions from coal-burning power plants have been declining for a decade, but the nation could further accelerate that shift by employing the CPP. Rice University Associate Professor Daniel Cohan argues that the report emphasizes the importance of the ongoing litigation over the CPP and how far the US still has to go to meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets.</div>

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Arbor Day Foundation and Cabela's Outdoor Fund to Replant on Forests Devastated by Disa... - 0 views

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The Arbor Day Foundation and Cabela's Outdoor Fund have partnered together to replant in forests devastated by natural disaster. The reforestation efforts, which include the planting of 200,000 trees, are critical to preserving wildlife habitat. Record wildfire seasons in recent years have destroyed millions of trees in forests around the country. Many areas burned so severely that natural regeneration is not possible, making the need to replant necessary. Insect infestations, disease and weather events also destroy forests.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Arbor Day Foundation and Cabela's Outdoor Fund have partnered together to replant in forests devastated by natural disaster. The reforestation efforts, which include the planting of 200,000 trees, are critical to preserving wildlife habitat. Record wildfire seasons in recent years have destroyed millions of trees in forests around the country. Many areas burned so severely that natural regeneration is not possible, making the need to replant necessary. Insect infestations, disease and weather events also destroy forests.</div>

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The great garbage fire debate: Should we be burning our trash into energy? - Salon.com - 0 views

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Waste-to-energy technology has shown some success, but adoption has been slow, particularly in the US. This column looks at some of the challenges.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Waste-to-energy technology has shown some success, but adoption has been slow, particularly in the US. This column looks at some of the challenges.</div>

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Unraveling the Myriad Causes Of North India's Pollution Pall - Yale E360 - 0 views

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A brown cloud of pollution now frequently shrouds much of northern India. It's a growing health and environmental problem, and scientists are working to understand its many causes, which range from burning agricultural waste to auto emissions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A brown cloud of pollution now frequently shrouds much of northern India. It's a growing health and environmental problem, and scientists are working to understand its many causes, which range from burning agricultural waste to auto emissions.</div>

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Scientists in Japan to put Stars-2 satellite into orbit to trial space cleanup | Scienc... - 0 views

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Japanese scientists are preparing to launch a satellite that will use a 300-meter electromagnetic tether to snag orbiting trash left over from past satellites and space missions. The magnetic field will slow the trash, causing it to gradually fall closer to Earth and eventually burn up in the atmosphere. It's thought there are tens of millions of trash fragments in orbit around the Earth.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Japanese scientists are preparing to launch a satellite that will use a 300-meter electromagnetic tether to snag orbiting trash left over from past satellites and space missions. The magnetic field will slow the trash, causing it to gradually fall closer to Earth and eventually burn up in the atmosphere. It's thought there are tens of millions of trash fragments in orbit around the Earth. </div>

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Sierra Club accuses LG&E of 'almost daily' dumping pollution into Ohio River - 0 views

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Citing a year's worth of remote-camera photos, the Sierra Club alleged Monday that LG&E has dumped polluted water into the Ohio River "almost daily" from a coal-burning waste pond at its Mill Creek power plant, violating a permit that allows only "occasional" discharges.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Citing a year's worth of remote-camera photos, the Sierra Club alleged Monday that LG&E has dumped polluted water into the Ohio River "almost daily" from a coal-burning waste pond at its Mill Creek power plant, violating a permit that allows only "occasional" discharges.</div>

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New Greenpeace briefing explains why forests cannot offset fossil fuel emissions | redd... - 0 views

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The briefing is a very clear explanation of the fundamental difference in terms of climate change between the carbon stored in fossil fuels and the carbon stored in trees. REDD as a carbon trading mechanism assumes that a ton of carbon not released from forests is the same in terms of the climate as ton of carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels. As Greenpeace explains, this assumption is wrong.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The briefing is a very clear explanation of the fundamental difference in terms of climate change between the carbon stored in fossil fuels and the carbon stored in trees. REDD as a carbon trading mechanism assumes that a ton of carbon not released from forests is the same in terms of the climate as ton of carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels. As Greenpeace explains, this assumption is wrong.</div>

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Incineration Versus Recycling: In Europe, A Debate Over Trash by Nate Seltenrich: Yale ... - 0 views

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recycling most materials from municipal solid waste saves on average three to five times more energy than does burning them for electricity.
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As it turns out, countries with the highest rates of garbage incineration — Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, for example, all incinerate at least 50 percent of their waste — also tend to have high rates of recycling and composting of organic materials and food waste. But zero-wasters argue that were it not for large-scale incineration, these environmentally Zero-waste advocates say a major problem is the long-term contracts that waste-to-energy plants are locked into.conscious countries would have even higher rates of recycling. Germany, for example, incinerates 37 percent of its waste and recycles 45 percent — a considerably better recycling rate than the 30-plus percent of Scandinavian countries.
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(In the United States, more than half of all waste is dumped in landfills, and about 12 percent burned, of which only a portion is used to produce energy.)
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In Flanders, Belgium, an effort to keep a lid on incinerator contracts has led nearer to zero waste, said Joan Marc Simon, executive director of Zero Waste Europe and European regional coordinator for GAIA. Since the early 1990s, when recycling rates were relatively low, the local waste authority in Flanders has decided not to increase incineration beyond roughly 25 percent, Simon said. As a result, combined recycling and composting rates now exceed 75 percent, GAIA says. "They stabilized and even reduced waste generation when they capped incineration," Simon said.
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Without incineration, he believes, most European countries could improve current recycling rates of 20 or 30 percent to 80 percent within six months. Hogg agreed, saying that rates of 70 percent should be “easy” to attain. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which calculates recycling and composting together, puts the current U.S. rate at 35 percent, compared to a combined European Union figure of 40 percent.
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Increasingly common in Europe, municipal "waste-to-energy" incinerators are being touted as a green trash-disposal alternative. But critics contend that these large-scale incinerators tend to discourage recycling and lead to greater waste.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Increasingly common in Europe, municipal "waste-to-energy" incinerators are being touted as a green trash-disposal alternative. But critics contend that these large-scale incinerators tend to discourage recycling and lead to greater waste.</div>

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Tesla handing over the keys to its technology - Yahoo News - 0 views

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Electric car maker Tesla Motors is handing over the keys to its technology in an unusual effort to encourage other automakers to expand beyond gasoline-burning vehicles.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Electric car maker Tesla Motors is handing over the keys to its technology in an unusual effort to encourage other automakers to expand beyond gasoline-burning vehicles.</div>

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How Europe's climate policies led to more U.S. trees being cut down - The Washington Post - 0 views

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European climate policies are creating new demand for biomass, which power plants now have an incentive to burn instead of coal. That's leading to dramatically increased logging along the eastern coast of the U.S., even as researchers question the eco-friendliness of biomass-based power generation

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">European climate policies are creating new demand for biomass, which power plants now have an incentive to burn instead of coal. That's leading to dramatically increased logging along the eastern coast of the U.S., even as researchers question the eco-friendliness of biomass-based power generation</div>

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Extracting carbon from nature can aid climate but will be costly: U.N. | Reuters - 0 views

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A new technology called bio-energy with carbon capture and storage, or BECCS, could potentially eliminate the equivalent of China's total carbon emissions from the planet's atmosphere, dramatically slowing the rate of climate change, according to a draft U.N. report. The system, which involves capturing and burying carbon emissions from burning biomass, has not yet been tested at scale but is increasingly seen as "an essential component" of any effort to tackle climate change, the report notes.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new technology called bio-energy with carbon capture and storage, or BECCS, could potentially eliminate the equivalent of China's total carbon emissions from the planet's atmosphere, dramatically slowing the rate of climate change, according to a draft U.N. report. The system, which involves capturing and burying carbon emissions from burning biomass, has not yet been tested at scale but is increasingly seen as "an essential component" of any effort to tackle climate change, the report notes. </div>

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Indonesia in Crisis: Fires Releasing More Emissions Than the Entire U.S. Economy | Sust... - 0 views

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Production of palm oil - the most widely used vegetable oil in the world - and a strong El Niño have converged into a perfect storm to amplify the effects of Indonesia's dry season. Indonesia produces half of the world's palm oil, which has led to illegal burning to clear land and plant African oil palm trees. Deforestation typically accounts for about 60 percent of Indonesia's total greenhouse gas emissions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Production of palm oil - the most widely used vegetable oil in the world - and a strong El Niño have converged into a perfect storm to amplify the effects of Indonesia's dry season. Indonesia produces half of the world's palm oil, which has led to illegal burning to clear land and plant African oil palm trees. Deforestation typically accounts for about 60 percent of Indonesia's total greenhouse gas emissions. </div>

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The Seafloor Is Disappearing - 1 views

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