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How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

You’ll understand what products and processes emit g reenhouse gases (GHGs), including the carbon-containing gases carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon dioxide equivalent” is a standard unit for counting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regardless of whether they’re from carbon dioxide or another gas, such as methane.

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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases. Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

GreenBiz

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. In 2001’s Whitman v. There is over $5 trillion in value-at-risk to US assets under a middle-of-the-road global warming scenario—not including the cost of market volatility.

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Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds

Grist

Using high-resolution satellite data, researchers found that the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and Brazil recorded the largest acceleration in forest loss from 2001 to 2020, with the South American country responsible for the largest total emissions from clearing in the Amazon and other forest ecosystems.

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Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization’

DeSmogBlog

This research paved the way for Keeling’s later revelatory findings on global atmospheric CO2, and the publication of the iconic “Keeling Curve,” which charts how the level of atmospheric CO2 is rising due to the effects of burning fossil fuels. Asked about Jones’ statement, Shell told DeSmog the company had “nothing to add.”

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

AGreenLiving

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. In 2001’s Whitman v. There is over $5 trillion in value-at-risk to US assets under a middle-of-the-road global warming scenario—not including the cost of market volatility.

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

AGreenLiving

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. In 2001’s Whitman v. There is over $5 trillion in value-at-risk to US assets under a middle-of-the-road global warming scenario—not including the cost of market volatility.

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