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"...Alberta Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf says nuclear energy is being explored to help his province become carbon neutral by 2050..."
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"...Electric vehicle (EV) sales are growing, not slowing, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). But in the past six months the EV narrative has changed dramatically, from high growth to sputtering sales, perhaps even the end of transportation electrification. Whats going on?..."
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"...Alberta's electricity grid is heavily dependent on natural gas, and many analysts believe that offsetting those emissions will require a mix of wind and solar, hydrogen, nuclear power in the form of small modular reactors, and carbon capture and storage in the future..."
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"...CALGARY, Alberta, Canada On April 30, Calgary-based Eavor was joined by Rebecca Schulz, the Minister of Environment & Protected Areas, the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association, the Rural Municipalities Association, and Brazeau County to begin the planning and development of the Alberta Drilling Accelerator..."
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"...OTTAWA Canada's latest greenhouse-gas emissions report shows the country making progress toward meeting its next target in 2030, but there is still a very long way to go..."
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"...KYIV, Ukraine (AP) At a Ukrainian power plant repeatedly hit by Russian aerial attacks, equipment department chief Oleh has a one-word answer when asked what Ukraines battered energy industry needs most: Patriot..."
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"...CALGARY Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as it realized lower prices for synthetic crude oil and natural gas..."
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"...A signature carbon capture and storage project in Saskatchewan continues to miss emissions reduction goals, raising questions about the cost-effectiveness of the technology, says a report. "We don't think carbon capture works as well as industry and promoters claim," said David Schissel, an analyst who wrote the report for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, an international non-profit agency. "We don't think it's a good use of money to keep coal-fired power plants running..."
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"...At the COP15 biodiversity summit in December 2022, nearly every country in the world committed to a new global agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and restore harmony with nature by 2050..."
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"...Every month I carefully track the most popular and significant environmental history articles, videos, audio, and other items making their way through the online environmental history (#envhist) community. You can read all of our past #EnvHist Worth Reading lists right here. Here are my choices for items most worth reading from April 2024:..."
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"...On Tuesday, the government directed those living in flood-prone areas to move or be evacuated forcefully, as more rain is predicted across the country through May..."
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"...“AAFC’s contributions to reduce emissions … are integral to the fight against climate change, which is why setting targets and tracking results are so important,” said DeMarco in a statement. “Given the current climate crisis and limited results thus far, AAFC will need to ensure that all its expected reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for 2030 take place in the six growing seasons that remain. ” Agriculture is responsible for about 10 per cent of Canada's emissions; it is a major source of methane and nitrous oxide, which are potent GHGs..."
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"...Watch the highlights from the naming ceremony of the world’s first container vessel sailing on green methanol, Laura Mærsk🍾This marks a momentous milestone towards reaching net-zero emissions by 2040🌏Together we can go #ALLTHEWAYTOZERO#Maersk #LauraMaersk #Decarbonisation pic. twitter. com/b3bEHQPrZD— Maersk (@Maersk) September 15, 2023To meet the IMO’s newest regulations — which it designed to put the shipping industry on a path to net zero by 2050 — commercial vessels will have to cut their carbon emissions by at least 30 per cent in just six years, says Simon Bullock, a shipping and climate change researcher at the University of Manchester in England..."
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"...Inside an electric toothbrushs waterproof housing is a battery that powers a tiny motor which rapidly rotates or vibrates a replaceable brush head. The batteries are usually rechargeable but don't last forever. The question of their longevity, and toothbrush repairability as a whole, is the subject of many online forums..."
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"...“We don't think carbon capture works as well as industry and promoters claim,” said David Schissel, an analyst who wrote the report for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, an international non-profit agency..."
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"...NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) The Cyprus government has given Chevron another six months to come up with a revised plan to develop a sizeable natural gas deposit off the island nations southern coastline after an earlier plan proposed by the U. S. energy company lacked a timetable, an official said Thursday..."
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"...One of the most important things to learn about a pest before trying to manage for it, is to learn its lifecycle and assess the economic damage it can do..."
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Recent peer-reviewed papers relevant to the latest news and opinion.
"...The vulnerability is enhanced by the other components of global change affecting the Mediterranean basin, including biodiversity loss, freshwater overuse, disrupted nutrient cycles, soil degradation and altered fire regimes, in a context of high population density, water scarcity, high dependence on biomass and energy imports, and the prevalence of highly specialized, low diversity agroecosystems..."
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"...Moreover, by replacing fossil fuels with clean energies, more energy efficiency and less environmental consequences can be achieved because fossil fuels cause air pollution leading to acid rain, eutrophication, damage to forests, and harm to wildlife..."
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"...Crop diversification systems involving drought and salt-tolerant crops are likely to be the key to future agricultural and economic growth in the regions where salt-affected soils exist and/or saline aquifers are pumped for irrigation..."
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"...Estimates of theoretical agroforestry expansion and associated carbon sequestration potential in the region were compared to regional emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation..."
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"...Based on a site-specific analysis of present soil management, we developed spatially explicit C sequestration scenarios including five promising management practices (cover cropping, improved crop rotation, organic farming, agroforestry and conversion of arable land to grassland)..."
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"...At the initial stage of the formation of the Russian carbon market, only reliable and transparent projects should be allowed to be implemented (reforestation and afforestation with mixed species; improved forest management of managed forests; management of previously unmanaged forests; restoration of wetlands/grass ecosystems; conservation of soil carbon of agricultural lands; biochar application to soils)..."
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"...5% of the overall energy intake in the planet, whereas the footprint of food waste is equal to about 4 gigaton (Gt) of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) per annum..."
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"...Soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics along land-use changes influences the terrestrial and global carbon cycle, the climate, soil fertility, agricultural productivity, and food security..."
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"...Owing to the continued global environmental crisis, wastewater treatment is seen with great potential to limit the demand on freshwater usage while contributing to depletion of global warming with alternative source of renewable energy..."
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"...Wastewater (WW) and food waste (FW) from municipal sources are the primary contributors of organic waste from cities..."
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"...This review paper examines a range of strategies and methodologies, including green building rating systems, sustainable materials and renewable energy, smart building management systems, carbon capture and storage, life cycle assessments, and greenhouse protocols, that can facilitate sustainable development by reducing and quantifying carbon emissions..."
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"...The booming industrial sectors have been resulting in a massive depletion of natural resources, greenhouse gas erosion, and toxic waste disposal, which further can cause uncontrolled degradation of air, soil, and water..."
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