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Lorrie Goldstein
sunlorrie
Since PM Trudeau came to power in 2015 Canada's annual greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 10 million tonnes annually, from 720 million tonnes in 2015 to 730 million tonnes
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Greta Thunberg
GretaThunberg
Some very good points in this article. But still: the problem isn’t what we call these targets but what they contain and that they’re now being used as excuses to
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Akshat Rathi
AkshatRathi
You may read that Smithfield, the world's largest pork producer, is aiming to be "carbon negative" by 2030.You may then scratch your head. Because, of course, that cannot be right.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-0
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Zeke Hausfather
hausfath
Waxing poetic about deindustrialization and degrowth is largely done from a position of extreme privilege. Most of the 21 century's economic growth (and emissions if we don't decarbonize that growth)
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Jason Hickel
jasonhickel
As we await the new US commitment on emissions reductions, we should keep two simple facts in mind:First, the US is responsible for 40% of global emissions in excess of
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Tommo
TomMcCluskey_
Lewis has used his monetary wealth to offset his carbon emissions dating back to 2007. Over the last 13 years, his personal emissions are net zero.It's a nuanced issue, and
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David Roberts
drvolts
If you had a chance to talk to some smart experts about CDR (carbon dioxide removal), what would you ask? What are you curious/worried/excited about in that space? Political dynamics?
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Ankita Gangotra
ankipodean
It’s #EarthDay so let’s talk about cement & concrete: the 2nd most used resource on the planet after water. Every year cement production causes ~8% of our global greenhouse
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Michael Wara
MichaelWWara
I just got asked for the nth time about what I think about the comparison between CA wildfire CO2 emissions in 2018 and our state's climate goals. I think the
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Kees van der Leun
Sustainable2050
I'm worried about people who want climate action, but then claim that reducing emissions to zero is easy, if only all kinds of existing energy companies would get out of
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roshan
papa_rosh
lord help me but i'm doing a Thread bc i want to say more about this approach to climate policy. it's very common among liberal wonks and assumes a policy
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Glen Peters
Peters_Glen
"Human-caused climate warming stops when humans stop adding CO₂ to the atmosphere, & emissions of other greenhouse gases are declining sufficiently" (text from @KA_Nicholas)A THREAD on a recent presentation on
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Tyler Norris
tylerhnorris
Which US states can contribute most to Biden's 2030 target? New analysis here to help address this question, focused on electricity (thread). This one got me: New England, CA, &
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Dr. Andrew S-K. 🇨🇦
DrAndrewSK
Because the rebate is a fixed amount while the tax depends on your emissions. Even if you’re paying little/no net tax, you still have an incentive to lower your emissions
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Ajit Niranjan
NiranjanAjit
A recurring comment under our articles is some variation of: people are bad for the planet so fewer people will save it. ("humans are the virus!!")A new model projects the
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Zeke Hausfather
hausfath
There is a lot of confusion about carbon budgets and how quickly emissions need to fall to zero to meet various warming targets. To cut through some of this morass,
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