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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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For example, a covered source (an entity in the power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement industries) can make reductions beyond its compliance obligations and then sell these reductions as credits to other covered sources. Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from agricultural operations or specific industrial processes (GWP = 298).

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Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

Conversely, don't let the other side oversell things -- while reducing tailpipe emissions is a necessary step forward in fighting the negative effects of climate change, the production of the materials needed for electric and electrified vehicles has its own environmental toll. And don't let those who have an anti-EV agenda lie to you.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. 100% for some agricultural processes.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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The dispute has contributed to a significant split among the primary bloc of developing countries, and has highlighted an increased focus on climate adaptation strategies, in addition to emissions reductions, during the talks. ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures. worldwide temperatures, as compared to pre-industrial temperatures.

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Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

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The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change analyzes data from ten stages of plastics production, usage, and disposal and finds that the US plastics industry is releasing at least 232 million tons of greenhouse gases each year—the equivalent of 116 average-sized coal-fired power plants. million tons of GHG each year.

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Decision on US’s largest natural gas export terminal to be delayed

Baua Electric

Three sources who spoke to the Times on condition of anonymity said the Biden administration is pausing approval for the controversial Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) LNG export terminal in Louisiana so that its impact on climate change, the economy, and national security can be considered.

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Greenius Says, Time’s Up Folks. Your Global Warming Goose Has Now Been Cooked…

Creative Greenius

The smartest scientists on the face of the planet, the ones studying climate change and global warming, are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it any more. An oil-covered pelican flaps its wings on an island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010.