If we act now, carbon-reduction policies can substantially lower the risk of future climate change, says a new analysis of climate risk published by researchers at MIT and other institutions. The analysis shows that quick, global emissions...
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It sounds like a no-brainer, but given the world’s insistence on ignoring this simple truth, it’s always worth repeating it: halting deforestation is one of the most effective and cheap ways to reduce the impact climate change...
As a follow-up to our post about Brazil’s sugar cane zoning proposals, Energy Refuge spoke to the Chief of the Environment Unit of Brazil’s Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Celso Vainer Manzato, about the ZAE Cana bill that...
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Fossil fuels still getting largest U.S. subsidies
Image via Wikipedia A new research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) reveals that “the largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil productionâ€. The report was...
A Santa Barbara-based developer of technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels earlier this week announced that it anticipates the completion of a prototype that will demonstrate its biocatalytic CO2 to fuel...
