by faster | Mar 10, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: March 10, 2020 SNIP: Commercial tree plantations in Britain do not store carbon to help the climate crisis because more than half of the harvested timber is used for less than 15 years and a quarter is burned, according to a new report....
by faster | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: February 27, 2020 SNIP: New cars sold in the UK produce more carbon dioxide than older models, according to new research that suggests the industry is going backwards in tackling the climate crisis. Cars that reach the latest standards of...
by faster | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: February 3, 2020 SNIP: Just beyond the windows of Satsuki Kanno’s apartment overlooking Tokyo Bay, a behemoth from a bygone era will soon rise: a coal-burning power plant, part of a buildup of coal power that is unheard-of for an advanced...
by faster | Jan 28, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 28, 2020 SNIP: Inside a US vinyl pressing plant – its owners have asked that I do not give its location – dozens of hydraulic machines run all day and night. These contraptions fill the building, as long as a city block, with hissing...
by faster | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Nature DATE: November 27, 2019 SNIP: Politicians, economists and even some natural scientists have tended to assume that tipping points1 in the Earth system — such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the West Antarctic ice sheet — are of low probability...
