Tag: Carbon
What is the ‘social cost of carbon’?
From the Wire February 13, 2022
2 energy experts explain after court ruling blocks Biden’s changes by Jim Krane, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University and Mark Finley, Rice University When an electric company runs a coal- or natural gas-fired power…
‘Biggest story in the world right now’: Humanity has flipped Amazon from carbon sink to source
From the Wire July 16, 2021
The findings, said one expert, “show that the uncertain future is happening now.” by Jessica Corbett, Staff writer July 14, 2021 Following years of warnings and mounting fears among scientists, new research revealed Wednesday that climate…
Six days before election, Trump finalizes plan for opening up largest national forest to logging and mining
From the Wire October 28, 2020
‘One word for this: Vandalism‘ “Destructive development in the country’s largest national forest—such as extractive logging and expansive road building—will be catastrophic for generations to come,” warned Greenpeace. by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Wednesday, October 28…
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