Since most of the wood pellets are derived from newly harvested trees, the immediate impact on Earth’s climate is worse than coal.
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Since most of the wood pellets are derived from newly harvested trees, the immediate impact on Earth’s climate is worse than coal.
Wind power is an important component of any program that insures future energy independence and avoidance of climate change.
When you decide to have a cup of coffee, you have already made your largest contribution to the energy used to deliver coffee to your cup.
All other policy actions that could be taken now won’t matter if we fail to curb climate change.
Tide gages show rising seas along nearly all of the East Coast, despite the efforts of some politicians to ignore it
Changes in the currents in the world’s oceans are known to have affected climate in the past, and are likely to affect climate in the future
We’ve spent about half of our total allowance of carbon that can be emitted to the atmosphere without a global climate catastrophe.
there is no doubt that a vegetarian diet would have much less impact on the climate.
The emission of carbon dioxide from the production of cement current accounts for about 5% of the total annual industrial emissions of CO2.
We can’t count on better management of soils to solve the climate crisis