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The 1.5C global warming limit is not impossible - but without political action it soon will be

Business Green

Limiting global warming to 1.5C warming involves two distinct questions. So scientifically speaking, humanity can still limit global warming to 1.5C An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2018 synthesised hundreds of studies and found rapidly escalating risks in global warming between 1.5C

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Immediate action on organic waste needed to meet Paris targets, says biogas group

Envirotec Magazine

“By mapping out how AD and biogas could help countries to dramatically cut their greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane, over the next decade and beyond, this report aims to put humanity back on track to deliver on the ambitions of both the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals.” Read the Executive Summary.

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In D.C. Defamation Trial, Climatologist Michael Mann Confronts the Climate Deniers Who Maligned His Work

DeSmogBlog

The graph, co-created by Mann, shows that while global average temperatures have been rising for the past 500 to 2,000 years, the rate of heating has sharply accelerated since the start of the industrial revolution in the West, and particularly during the 20th century. On Monday, former Minnesota GOP Rep.

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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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Michael Gove’s Climate Views Put Him on Collision Course With New Spectator Bosses

DeSmogBlog

From 2015 to 2023, he was a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation , the UK’s leading climate science denial group. He added that “peer-reviewed scientific research states that the rapid [global] warming is substantially due to the methane, nitrous oxide, and fossil fuel emissions we produce.”

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

According to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), carbon offset programs can be grouped into the following broad categories: Renewable energy, energy efficiency, methane abatement, reforestation and conservation, fuel switching, and community projects. Carbon offset program #3: Methane abatement.

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Ominous Trend Revealed in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

Green Market Oracle

Greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions cause heat to be trapped in the atmosphere which is warming the globe and driving climate change. Emissions include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) and (commonly measured through what is known as carbon dioxide equivalents or CO2e). Emissions have grown by an average 1.4