Here in good ol’ Santa Barbara, I attend meetings of the local chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, in support of the “Carbon Fee and Dividend.” We’re all encouraged to write letters to editors of various media outlets, and I …
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Carbon Fee and Dividend: Another Take
The video below is billed as a “Republican, conservative, business-oriented” solution to the carbon emissions problem. In fact, however, it contains few if any differences from the “Carbon Fee and Dividend” plan that the Climate Citizens’ Lobby is offering, as …
DiCaprio, Climate Change, and a Carbon Fee
Here is a conversation I’m having with a reader that I thought I’d share. Reader: This piece on Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary on climate change is interesting.
Let’s Support the “Carbon Fee and Dividend”
There are a great number of different ways to address the long-term environmental damage, climate disruption in particular, posed by our civilization’s consumption of fossil fuels. The problem, obviously, is an economic one.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Decarbonization
Question: Which country, the smallest of the G20, is the world leader in decarbonizing its energy and transportation sectors? Hint: They feel a moral duty to lead the way, insofar as they had been an industrial giant in the past …
ExxonMobil Wants Your Opinion on Carbon Capture and Storage
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION writes: Time is running out. Complete the survey to vote on what interests you most about carbon capture and storage. OK, here goes. Given that carbon capture and storage as a proposed answer to the climate crisis, …
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Carbon Dioxide Capture
A reader asked for my feedback on this concept in CO2 capture. I really don’t have the background to evaluate this, but I can say that the capturing of CO2 at point sources, e.g., coal plants and concrete manufacturing, is …
Scientists: Decarbonize Now!
Here’s an open letter from a number of top scientists to key elected officials that includes this excerpt: As our nation reels from extreme heatwaves, drought, wildfires, and abnormally warm ocean waters fueled an early start to a projected more …
Bloomberg: Exxon’s Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents
From Bloomberg Green: Exxon Mobil Corp. has been planning to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece (17% — see graph), an analysis of internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg shows, setting …
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When It Comes To Carbon Sequestration, Mangroves Are Super-Trees
It’s well understood how trees of all types sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and the formation of plant tissue, but scientists are just now learning why mangroves are so much better at this than most.
