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Carbon Capture Tech Hype Is Fizzling Out, IEA Says
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released an updated road map this week for reaching zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The new report emphasizes that solutions like carbon capture technology and carbon credits have not lived up to their promise of removing CO2 from our atmosphere, while renewables have made the most progress toward…
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Greenpeace Takes VW To Court Over Its Contribution To The Climate Crisis
Car makers, on the whole, aren’t great at saving the planet. They might try to convince you that hybrid tech and more efficient engines are helping you cut your carbon footprint. But in reality, every mile you drive in a combustion engine-powered car is still clogging up the atmosphere a little more.
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The One Basic Fact About History That Time Travellers Always Forget
One of the staples of time travel stories is the idea that our heroes will visit earlier geological periods in Earth’s history. Of course — because they will want to see dinosaurs with ostrich feathers and giant millipedes. But they generally forget something very important about Earth’s past.
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These Tiny Capsules Suck Up CO2
They might look more like candy, but these micro-capsules are rather more special than that. Their shiny shell allows CO2 to pass straight through — where it can be trapped by a liquid held in their core.