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Fossil Fuel Producers Must Be Forced To ‘Take Back’ Carbon, Say Scientists
“The technology exists — what has always been lacking is effective policy,” he said. “The failure has been policy, not technology — we know how to do this.” The companies that profit from extracting fossil fuels — oil, gas and coal producers around the world — should be paying for an equivalent quantity of carbon dioxide to be stored geologically as a condition of being allowed to operate, he argued.
Allen is a co-author, along with four other scientists from Oxford, the US and the Netherlands, of a paper published on Thursday in the journal Environmental Research Letters that sets out how such an “extended producer responsibility” could work. Under a “carbon takeback obligation,” all fossil fuels extracted or imported into a nation or group of nations would be offset by storing underground an amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to that generated by that fuel. Phased in over time, it could be used to store 100% of emissions by 2050, to help the world reach net zero.
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Manchin’s Favorite Federal Offshore Fossil Fuel Lease Sale Flops
A massive federal offshore drilling lease sale in Alaska has, once again, proven wildly unpopular among fossil fuel companies.
Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition review: history repeats itself
Fossil makes the best of a messy Wear OS 3 transition, but it’s hard to shine when you keep getting dealt a bad hand.
Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Review: Avoid This Wear OS 3 Smartwatch
76-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals How Armored Dinosaurs Used Their Sledgehammer Tails – CNET
Midlands to receive €169m to transition away from fossil fuels
The funding aims to address the impacts that come with the move away from peat production, by creating new employment options and alleviating economic effects.
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Irish scientists lead discovery of 350m-year-old fossil sea urchins
The fossil find has the potential to reveal important information about the nature of seafloor communities during the Carboniferous period.
Read more: Irish scientists lead discovery of 350m-year-old fossil sea urchins
525-Million-Year-Old Fossil Defies Textbook Explanation For Brain Evolution – The University of Arizona
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New York Cracks Down on Fossil Fuels for Crypto Mining
Cryptocurrency mining often requires massive amounts of electricity, especially for proof-of-work chains like Bitcoin. That power sometimes comes from fossil fuels, which the state of New York wants to limit.