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New Report Examines Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Government-Owned Companies
State-owned companies emit more carbon dioxide than any country except China. Countries can leverage these enterprises to achieve climate and energy policy objectives.
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Offshore Wind Farms Could Capture Carbon From Air and Store It
When the wind can produce more power than is needed, that unused power could be used to remove carbon from the air and lock it away.
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Clearing the Air: Decarbonization Technologies Take a Giant Step Forward
Research from Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is being used to pull CO2 out of the air.
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Building an American Political Consensus Behind Environmental Sustainability
Economic modernization is how we can and hopefully will build an American political consensus behind environmental sustainability.
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Building and Financing the Infrastructure of a Sustainable New York City
The city’s environmental sustainability effort spans many agencies and needs control and coordination by a senior official with experience and clout.
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Reactions That Store Carbon Underground Can Cause Cracking. That’s Good News.
A laboratory experiment found that as CO2 solidified, it caused the rock around it to crack. In real reservoirs, this process could open up space to pump in more CO2.
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Beyond Climate Change: What Happens Once We Control the Global Thermostat?
We’re developing the tools to slow and reverse climate change. If we succeed, our species will be managing the planet’s atmosphere indefinitely.
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Federal Purchasing Power, the Green Economy and Sustainability Management
Sustainability management is rapidly becoming the norm, and President Biden’s Green Executive Order will accelerate the growth of the green economy.
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Oceans Could Be Harnessed to Remove Carbon From Air, Say U.S. Science Leaders
Seaweed cultivation, altering the chemistry of seawater, or even injecting electrical currents should be studied, say the authors.
