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The period between October and January saw the “strongest quarterly results” in the number and strength of climate-related policy and technology developments around the world since November 2021.
There's a long, nasty history of uranium mining on Native lands, but the company says this time is different.
The short-lived rule is helping the mining industry from beyond the grave.
An Estonian oil company planned to produce enough oil in 30 years to spew the equivalent of carbon emissions from 63 coal plants.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated more than $3 billion to help farmers transition to practices that sequester carbon and reduce emissions. But some researchers claim the program can’t measure emissions accurately and is unlikely to achieve its climate goals.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
“There's definitely a colonial imperative in the existence of those lands."
The grisly scenes are easy to understand "in the age of global warming," Hawaiʻi’s governor said.
They also could save consumers $50 billion by decreasing fuel consumption by 90 billion gallons.
