In early 2023, the Guardian published an article suggesting that more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless. These credits are essentially a promise to protect forests and can be bought as a way to "offset" ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2023
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The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a Kyoto Protocol device to curb greenhouse gases through market forces, has now issued a billion tonnes of carbon credits, the UN climate forum announced on Friday.
Environment
Sep 7, 2012
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The International Energy Agency said Friday that Germany must shield its consumers from paying too much of the cost of its ambitious switch from nuclear power and fossil fuels toward renewable energy.
Energy & Green Tech
May 24, 2013
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Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution reactions occur in various fuel cells, metal-air batteries, and in water splitting devices. Large-scale use of noble metals and their complexes in industries are limited by ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 16, 2023
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The United Nations (UN) global carbon market requires substantial reform because it too often fails to support the projects and people it is meant to help, according to new research from the Economic and Social Research Council ...
Environment
Mar 15, 2012
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During the first three years of California's five-year-old cap-and-trade program, the bulk of greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions occurred out of state, thus forgoing in-state reductions in harmful co-pollutants, such as particulate ...
Environment
Jul 11, 2018
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VTT specialists have assessed Finland's chances of achieving the 80% greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. The EU's goal for 2050 is to reduce emissions by at least 80% from the level of 1990.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 20, 2012
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Calculating the cumulative cost of carbon dioxide emissions gives new insights into the question of who is responsible for climate change.
Environment
Jul 8, 2014
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Leading researchers are calling for a cease to native forest logging if Australia wants to meet its net zero targets in coming decades.
Environment
Oct 14, 2022
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A consortium led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new technology that captures the carbon dioxide emissions of power plants more economically and ecologically. The International Energy Agency IEA ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2013
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