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Basalt contains magnesium, calcium, and silica, among other components. When the rock is pulverized and applied to soils, magnesium and calcium are released from the silica and dissolve in water as it moves through the soil. The minerals in the soil react with the water and carbon that would otherwise go back into the atmosphere, forming bicarbonates, which can hang around in water for thousands of years, eventually making their way to the oceans where they can precipitate out as limestone and stay on the seafloor for millions of years.
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How Adding Rock Dust to Soil Could Help Get Carbon into the Ground

Researchers are finding that when pulverized rock is applied to agricultural fields, the soil pulls far more carbon from the air and crop yields increase. More studies are underway, but some scientists say this method shows significant benefits for farmers and the climate.
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Despite the devastating U.N. report, there are some cause for optimism

Curbing methane emissions will 'buy us time'


One of the key findings in the newly released IPCC report is that emissions of methane have made a huge contribution to current warming.
The study suggested that 30-50% of the current rise in temperatures is down to this powerful, but short-lived gas.
Major sources of methane include agriculture, and leaks from oil and gas production and landfills.
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Over a 20-year period it is around 84 times as powerful per unit of mass as carbon dioxide.
However, one key positive about CH4 is that it doesn't last as long in the air as CO2.

"If you emit a tonne of methane today, in a decade's time, I would expect half that tonne to remain in the atmosphere," said Prof Thorne.
"In two decades, time, there would be a quarter of a tonne, so basically, if we managed to stop emitting methane today by the end of this century, emissions would be down to natural levels, that they were in about 1750."
In the short term, experts believe that if methane emissions were cut by 40-45% over the next decade, you'd shave 0.3C off the increase in global temperature by 2040.
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There is real progress that can be made there, some quick wins.
 

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Among many things that the US needs to do. Proper recycling and composting infrastructure would do a lot in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. Right now the US only actually recycles 12% of what is actually put in recycling. They, along with a lot of countries, used to ship a lot of their trash and waste off to China to deal with. Until 2018 when China refused to take it anymore.

In addition to that composting drastically reduces greenhouse gases and waste that is burned. It can instead be used to eliminate the need for fertilizers and other chemicals. This prevents chemical runoff into local watersheds which result in massive growth of algae and death of fish. Chemicals used in farming also is attributed to colony collapse disorder with bees.

For the various reasons stated, I wish it would be included in the infrastructure bills congress is looking to pass. Especially since the fossil fuel industry and corporate America likely wouldn't interfere or lobby against it.
 
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Good news!

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China to exit coal-fired power abroad – DW – 09/22/2021

Beijing is to end support for overseas coal-fired power projects and plans to up investment in low-carbon energy. It's big news ahead of the November climate summit, but private investors need to follow suit.
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China gave unexpected hope in the push to decarbonize the global energy supply when President Xi Jinping committed to ending support for new coal power projects overseas.

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Xi's statement regarding the need to "actively respond to climate change and create a community of life for man and nature" reiterated China's commitment to carbon neutrality by 2060 — and to peak emissions before 2030.

But the further vow to end China's investment in overseas coal-fired power plants could be a groundbreaking moment in the leadup to the pivotal COP26 climate conference in November.
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EPA to Adopt New Rules to Cut Emissions From Coolants

The new Environmental Protection Agency rules target the use of coolants in air conditioners and refrigerators that are potent greenhouse gases.
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EPA to Adopt New Rules to Cut Emissions From Coolants

Phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons to cut the equivalent of 4.5 billion metric tons of carbon emissions through 2050

 
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Good news!

www.dw.com

China to exit coal-fired power abroad – DW – 09/22/2021

Beijing is to end support for overseas coal-fired power projects and plans to up investment in low-carbon energy. It's big news ahead of the November climate summit, but private investors need to follow suit.
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www.wsj.com

EPA to Adopt New Rules to Cut Emissions From Coolants

The new Environmental Protection Agency rules target the use of coolants in air conditioners and refrigerators that are potent greenhouse gases.
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EPA to Adopt New Rules to Cut Emissions From Coolants

Phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons to cut the equivalent of 4.5 billion metric tons of carbon emissions through 2050

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Niiice.

Except for the fact that Daily Wire is facist news source run by grifters.
 
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Okay, so for the sake of argument, how would you apply the principles outlined in that document towards trying to steer discourse in a more positive/action-focused direction in a thread like this?

www.resetera.com

Climate change won't stop while America hates trains and walking

A recently released Pew Research Center survey found that 60 percent of Americans want to live in communities where "houses are larger and farther apart, but schools, stores and restaurants are several miles away." That's an increase over the last two years and leaves only 39 percent who say...
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The car stuff is definitely a non-issue at this point. It veers too far into the "carbon footprint" grift. NIMBYism is still an issue that education can help fix in the long term. After all, the car industry indoctrinated kids about street safety in order for them to accept that cars should rule the streets. Why can't we teach today's kids about the importance of being a good neighbor and not caring about space, house appearance or neighbors?
 
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Right now the best way to rally in the US would be to make Machin's life hell on Earth
 

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Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against US climate bill.

"Some of America's most prominent companies, including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney, are backing business groups that are fighting landmark climate legislation, despite their own promises to combat the climate crisis, a new analysis has found. A clutch of corporate lobby groups and...
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Bunch of slimeballs. And because accountability is dead there's no way to be able to call them out in any form that would actually get them to respond or ever make them own up to their own blatant hypocrisy.

This is a fight worth fighting but we're never going to be able to win. All we can do is try to postpone the inevitable for as long as we can.
 
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Optimism in a Decadent World: An Opinion

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Before that, a word of advice: it's okay to feel disappointed at the turn of events unfolding before you, but keep in mind that people are trying to make a difference somewhere in the world. Not everyone is on a mission to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate
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Optimism in a Decadent World: An Opinion

The new decade opened up to us with a barrage of misfortunes. We spent a year (and still are) struggling through the daily terrors of…
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Bowing to investors, Microsoft will make its devices easier to fix​

In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the company has committed to increasing access to spare parts and repair documents.​


"We've seen shareholder resolutions become a significant tool for climate activists," Kerry Sheehan, the U.S. policy director at the repair guide site iFixit, told Grist. "We're seeing it get adopted in the repair context as well in part because these are very connected."
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Bowing to investors, Microsoft will make its devices easier to fix

A first right to repair victory, Microsoft devices will be more easily repairable.
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Ford just announced it is spending $11.4 billion to build two new factories in Tennessee and Kentucky to manufacture batteries and its electric F-series pickup trucks.

Together, they'll create over 11,000 jobs, and the Tennessee factory will be Ford's largest ever—and its first new American vehicle-assembly plant in decades.

"This is a transformative moment where Ford will lead America's transition to electric vehicles and usher in a new era of clean, carbon-neutral manufacturing," said Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford. "With this investment and a spirit of innovation, we can achieve goals once thought mutually exclusive—protect our planet, build great electric vehicles Americans will love, and contribute to our nation's prosperity."

Ford's $7 billion investment is the largest ever manufacturing investment at one time by any automotive manufacturer in the U.S.
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Ford Announces 'Transformative' $11.4 Billion Investment in New Electric Vehicle Plants in Tennessee and Kentucky

Ford has announced a $11.4 Billion investment in U.S. electric vehicle plants in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
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The lightning has a chance to be a really big deal. I think alot of people would buy electric if you can just get them for a test drive, the F150 brand can do that where i live.
 
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‘It’s not science fiction’: New East Bay facility producing lab-grown meat plans to produce 400,000 pounds per year

Berkeley’s Upside Foods plans to offer public tours for its new cultured meat...
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Located in a residential neighborhood near the Public Market Emeryville, Upside's new space looks like a brewery on steroids. It's capable of producing 50,000 pounds of meat per year, with room to eventually expand to 400,000 pounds.

Huge tanks known as bioreactors line the main room, where cells harvested from live animals will be bathed in nutrients such as glucose, vitamins and amino acids. The bioreactors create an environment similar to an animal's body, and the nutrients feed the cells until they get bigger, forming an unstructured, ground-meat-like product.
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Advocates say the process not only avoids killing animals but, because it requires less water and land, is a more efficient, climate-friendly way to produce meat. That's partially because the process is significantly faster, shrinking the three years it takes for a cow to mature to a matter of weeks.
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Despite the climate-focused missions of cultivated-meat companies, it's still unclear whether growing meat from cells is better for the environment than animal agriculture. That's because there hasn't yet been a commercial-scale production facility for researchers to examine; the few available studies are based on speculation.
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The lack of antibiotics alone make the lab meat an enormous step forward, not to mention the lack of feces and other bodily fluids that can make people sick.
 
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Yeah, Lab grown meat is one of the thing i've been keeping tabs a bit on, and I really hope it picks up. It could be a massive revolution in terms of the energy we use for meat production, the availability of it around the world, and the treatment of animals.

I expect capitalists to ruin this somehow, but I also want to keep my optimism for this.
 
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Found a great article on climate activism strategies.
How to Improve Climate Organizing

Can we imagine what it would be like to wield power like that for climate justice?

Actually, we don't need to rely completely on our imaginations. Janitors organized into SEIU local 26 have already won climate-related demands after their February 2020 strike. Here is an analysis of how they formed a coalition with climate groups and won.

In another inspiring action, miners in a remote area of Canada released a statement in solidarity with indigenous land defense actions that prevented them from mining in a certain area. The whole crew of miners did not sign onto the statement, but a "significant minority" did. This example, and others, should show us the folly of writing off swaths of workers as "too conservative" to organize.
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I might just make a thread on it for more exposure.
 
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Portugal closes its last remaining coal plant

Portugal shuttered its last remaining coal plant over the weekend, becoming the fourth country in the European Union to do so.
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Portugal has shuttered its last remaining coal plant, becoming the fourth country in the European Union to do so, along with Austria, Belgium, and Sweden.

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As Electrek reported in July 2020, Portuguese energy utility EDP announced the closure of its Sines coal power plant, which emitted 13.5% of all carbon dioxide in Portugal.

In 2017, Portugal signed a declaration to exit coal by 2030 at COP23 in Bonn, Germany. The country beat its original target by nine years.
 
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Portugal closes its last remaining coal plant

Portugal shuttered its last remaining coal plant over the weekend, becoming the fourth country in the European Union to do so.
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Portugal has shuttered its last remaining coal plant, becoming the fourth country in the European Union to do so, along with Austria, Belgium, and Sweden.

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As Electrek reported in July 2020, Portuguese energy utility EDP announced the closure of its Sines coal power plant, which emitted 13.5% of all carbon dioxide in Portugal.

In 2017, Portugal signed a declaration to exit coal by 2030 at COP23 in Bonn, Germany. The country beat its original target by nine years.
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Dang that's good
 
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Some good news about the Great Barrier Reef! Because we need good news too!

The researchers warned that climate change would wipe out more coral as oceans continued warming without curbs to human emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. But, they said, the underwater ecosystems can bounce back with some respite.

That's a main takeaway from the coral spawning event for Phillips, who worries that people may get the impression it is too late to save the Great Barrier Reef. "This event is a great showcase that it's not too late," he said. "It's got its pressures, but this is why we need to act to look after it."

Underwater video shows coral releasing sperm and eggs into the ocean on Nov. 23 at the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. (Calypso Productions)
In popular travel destinations, nonprofit organizations and biologists have worked through the pandemic to restore reefs, and some of these experts, including in Australia, have called on tourists to help. The coronavirus shutdowns that forced a pause in many industries also benefited some coral protection efforts — enough for one reef in Hawaii to show signs of regeneration.
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This is hopeful news. Tropical forests seems more resilient than expected.

Our research shows that tropical forests recover surprisingly quickly: They can regrow on abandoned lands and recover many of their old-growth features, such as soil health, tree attributes and ecosystem functions, in as little as 10 to 20 years.
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Tropical forests can recover surprisingly quickly on deforested lands – and letting them regrow naturally is an effective and low-cost way to slow climate change

As governments and corporations pledge to help the planet by planting trillions of trees, a new study spotlights an effective, low-cost alternative: letting tropical forests regrow naturally.
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This video is extremely important to put our attitude in perspective.

Don't get me wrong. It's absolutely okay to grieve, feel sad and angry. Constantly doomposting and spouting pessimism does nothing but let the oil pigs get away with genocide.
 
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Really appreciate this thread. I understand why it's in the Hangouts section but I think it really deserves to be in the Off Topic main section for more visibility.
 
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I thought this was interesting, some cool projects.
General shout out for Planet A it's a good series on DW.
 
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Why Australia’s largest coal-fired plant will close seven years early

Australia's largest coal-fired power plant will close earlier than planned because it's unable to compete with renewables.
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Australia's largest coal-fired power plant will close seven years earlier than originally planned. That's because its operator, Origin Energy, says it's unable to compete with renewables.

Origin Energy's 2,880 megawatt (MW) Eraring Power Station just north of Sydney in New South Wales was commissioned in 1982. It supplies New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, with around 25% of its electricity.

Eraring was previously targeted for closure by the end of its technical life in 2032. Once Eraring is decommissioned, Origin will replace it with a large-scale battery of up to 700 MW in size.
 
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www.smithsonianmag.com

A New Surge of Earth Optimism Takes Center Stage at This Year's Folklife Festival

The challenges are many, but evidence shows that positivity emboldens global conservation efforts
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"We all know that there are great problems," wrote Attenborough, "we don't hear enough perhaps of some of the successes." Together, the events provided a rich array of stories from scientists, innovators, community leaders and researchers across multiple disciplines from dozens of locations. Journalists joined the D.C. event with broadcaster Ali Velshi conducting interviews on site. Headlines like "Is positive thinking the way to save the planet?" appeared in New Scientist and "The experts are fighting back" ran in The Guardian.

For participants, optimism soared. Over three-quarters of those surveyed said that the global summit would have "important effects" on conservation. Another 45 percent said that they had already taken positive actions. Energized by this first-time launch, the Smithsonian and 30 other organizations agreed to further empower the movement in order to sustain the mood. (Today, on Twitter, using the hashtag #EarthOptimism, we continue flagging success stories.)
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Over the last decade, the Inland Empire has become the most polluted city in the United States. As e-commerce has exploded, so have toxic pollutants in the air. Tracing the supply chain from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, all the way to the Inland Empire, this film investigates the struggle for clean air, where grassroots organizations are coming together to fight polluting giants.
 
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www.theguardian.com

Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown

Exclusive: Oil and gas majors are planning scores of vast projects that threaten to shatter the 1.5C climate goal. If governments do not act, these firms will continue to cash in as the world burns
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The world's biggest fossil fuel firms are quietly planning scores of "carbon bomb" oil and gas projects that would drive the climate past internationally agreed temperature limits with catastrophic global impacts, a Guardian investigation shows.

The exclusive data shows these firms are in effect placing multibillion-dollar bets against humanity halting global heating. Their huge investments in new fossil fuel production could pay off only if countries fail to rapidly slash carbon emissions, which scientists say is vital.
 
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www.theguardian.com

Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown

Exclusive: Oil and gas majors are planning scores of vast projects that threaten to shatter the 1.5C climate goal. If governments do not act, these firms will continue to cash in as the world burns
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

The world's biggest fossil fuel firms are quietly planning scores of "carbon bomb" oil and gas projects that would drive the climate past internationally agreed temperature limits with catastrophic global impacts, a Guardian investigation shows.

The exclusive data shows these firms are in effect placing multibillion-dollar bets against humanity halting global heating. Their huge investments in new fossil fuel production could pay off only if countries fail to rapidly slash carbon emissions, which scientists say is vital.
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Captain Planet level evil shit...
It's literally this, there is no more claiming ignorance in this day and age...
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www.newscientist.com

Amazon deforestation in April was the worst in modern records

The area cleared in April almost doubled, from 579 square kilometres in April last year to 1012 square kilometres, despite a pledge to halt deforestation
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The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has suffered its worst-ever April deforestation rate since 2016, according to modern satellite records, months ahead of a general election where environmental protections are expected to be a key dividing line.

The area cleared almost doubled year-on-year, from 579 square kilometres in April 2021 to 1012 square kilometres last month. The losses are "bleak", tweeted Tasso Azevedo, the former head of Brazil's forest service.

The destruction follows several years of rising deforestation rates under President Jair Bolsonaro, who has argued that Brazil has a right to exploit the forest, a biodiversity hotspot and crucial sink for carbon emissions. Brazil accounted for about 40 per cent of forest cover loss in the tropics in 2021.
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Captain Planet level evil shit...
It's literally this, there is no more claiming ignorance in this day and age...
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Yep. Always been extremely scummy and just getting more egregious by the day.
 
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