#carbonemissions — Public Fediverse posts

EIB Backs €203 Million Green Hospital Project in the Netherlands

Bravis Hospital has completed a major financing agreement for a new hospital building in Roosendaal, the Netherlands,…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #ABNAMRO #BravisHospital #carbonemissions #CleanEnergy #DutchHealthcare #EIB #EuropeanInvestmentBank #GreenHospital #HealthcareInfrastructure #HospitalConstruction #patientcare #RABOBANK #Roosendaal #SustainableHealthcare
https://www.europesays.com/netherlands/44871/

Singapore awards Thales air traffic system contract

The Civil Aviation Authority o…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Thales #AirTraffic #airtrafficcontrol #ArtificialIntelligence(AI) #aviation #aviation-safety #Carbonemissions #Cloud-as-a-service(CaaS) #Communications-as-a-Service(CaaS) #CriticalInfrastructure #cybersecurity #Defence #Defense #DigitalIdentity #DigitalTransformation #Productivity #ResearchandDevelopment(R&D) #Singapore #Systemsintegration #thales
https://www.europesays.com/france/59610/

“You can have a healthy fossil-fuel balance sheet, or a relatively healthy planet”*…

The first two installments of what will be an on-going series from ProPublica and Drilled, covering fossil fuel companies in the 1990s who, even as they denied the reality of climate change, were quietly funding research that favored climate fixes that would protect their businesses…

An investigation by ProPublica and Drilled has found that fossil fuel companies have been funding climate research at prestigious U.S. universities for more than 30 years. Their support has helped amplify the work of scientists who promote the idea that we can stop the climate crisis without breaking our dependence on oil, gas, and coal.

The research produced by those schools in turn shaped global climate models, as well as the policy and technology solutions adopted by governments around the world.

Ultimately, it fostered a misperception that climate change could be solved without dramatically curtailing fossil fuels — a notion that has delayed emissions cuts by decades.

Corporate funders sponsored entire centers, paid the salaries of researchers, kept offices on campus and in some cases had veto power over projects.

Companies maintain they are supporting innovation and needed science. Universities say that with safeguards, sponsorship enhances research programs while preserving academic independence.

Still, the impact of funding constitutes a pattern that Benjamin Franta, an associate professor of climate litigation at University of Oxford, called the “colonization of academia.”…

“Why Carbon Capture Can’t Conceivably Solve Climate Change“- For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas. Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas. One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis. From Katie Worth and Lucas Waldron.

“How Oil Execs Shaped A Landmark Climate Study“- BP created an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” shaped climate discourse for a generation. From Maddie Stone.

As the first piece concludes…

Climate experts know about the costs, technical troubles, and failures of CCS [Carbon Capture and Sequestration] test projects.

Yet many of them have continued to boost the technology, even as they have downplayed solutions showing greater progress.

For example, the same modelers who overestimated the potential of geological carbon storage repeatedly underestimated solar power — one of the energy technologies that would allow more oil to remain in the ground.

A distressing– but critically important– read. How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself: “Carbon Captured,” from @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social.

And as a reminder that, while climate change is certainly reason enough, it’s by no means the only reason to care: “Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds.”

* Bill McKibben

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As we face facts, we might give ourselves a short break on this, the anniversary of “Raspberry Beret,” by Prince & The Revolution, hitting #1 on the charts in 1985.

Here is the official video (now in 4K). Directed by his Purple Majesty himself, it features graphics and animation from Drew Takahashi, George Evelyn, and the crew at Colossal Pictures.

https://youtu.be/l7vRSu_wsNc?si=lEGZZM2x16Ulk2fx

Rock Weathering Can Counteract River CO2 Emissions Induced By Permafrost Thaw
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10664-8 <-- shared paper
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H/T @aaron Bufe
“[The researchers] measured carbon emissions and water chemistry in 50 headwater rivers draining 780,000 km² of the Tibetan Plateau.
The rivers flow in landscapes underlain by continuous permafrost and landscapes in which the permafrost has retreated since the last glacial maximum. They collect[ed] organic carbon from soils and dissolved inorganic carbon that is fixed by rock-weathering.
Where the permafrost cover is continuous, rivers emit CO2 from degrading (permafrost) soil carbon. Weathering reactions in these catchments are relatively slow.
In landscapes with (almost) no permafrost, carbon fluxes from weathering are faster than CO2 emissions from rivers.
Thus, as permafrost landscapes transition to landscapes without permafrost cover, chemical weathering reactions may play an ever more important role in riverine carbon cycling.
Interestingly, weathering can affect the carbon cycle in different ways. Where sulfide minerals are present, weathering reactions can emit CO2. Where silicate minerals dominate, weathering draws down CO2 from the atmosphere…”
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“Climate-induced permafrost thaw unlocks large stores of organic carbon that are mineralized and emitted as carbon dioxide (CO2) from rivers to the atmosphere. Concurrently, warming and permafrost thaw can increase mineral weathering rates, thus affecting the release and sequestration of inorganic carbon. Yet how these biological and geological carbon cycles interact and jointly affect CO2 dynamics (emission compared with drawdown) in permafrost rivers remains unknown. Here [they] combine[d] CO2 emissions, organic and inorganic solute concentrations, dual carbon isotopes (δ13C–Δ14C) and geochemical modelling to infer how permafrost thaw may affect river biogeochemistry over decades to centuries across the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Leveraging a gradient of thermal permafrost degradation, we find that river CO2 emissions decline, whereas solute fluxes from rock weathering increase with decreasing permafrost cover. Across this region, net CO2 drawdown fluxes from rock weathering are about 35% of river CO2 emissions, varying from around 15% in catchments with continuous permafrost to more than 100% in catchments with discontinuous or isolated permafrost. Thus, carbon fluxes from chemical weathering may become increasingly important with ongoing permafrost thaw, potentially even outpacing river CO2 emissions. [Their] findings disentangle the interplay between biological and geological carbon fluxes that are important for the cryosphere and the global carbon cycle…”
#permafrost #melting #thaw #climatechange #warming #Tibet #TibetanPlateau #Qinghai #water #hydrology #carbonemissions #CO2 #emissions #waterchemistry #waterquality #cryosphere #sediment #sedimentation #weathering #rock #carbon #river #riverine #carboncyling #geochemistry #biology #geology #soil

Former Treasury boss says Australians left with little to show from commodities boom

Why doesn’t Australia collect more tax revenue on the sale of its natural resources? We are a high-income…
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #anthonyalbanese #Business #carbonemissions #ClimateChange #Gasindustry #KenHenry #Liquefiednaturalgas #LNG #oilandgassector #resourcerenttaxation #RossGarnaut #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/550842/

"Warren Wells, policy and planning director for the Marin County Bicycle Coalition, said his organization has long been a supporter of e-bikes and believes they can make an impact on climate goals.

“'However, for the past year we have been sounding the alarm about electric motorcycles capable of speeds over 30 mph being marketed as e-bikes and sold to young people."

https://www.marinij.com/2024/12/26/fairfax-parent-sues-e-bike-company-for-alleged-deception/

ICYMI: Marin County Bicycle Coalition, along with Bicycling Monterey and others, issued a related statement Dec 10. https://bikemonterey.org/california-bicycle-advocates-call-on-elected-leaders-to-protect-e-bike-riders.html

#ebikes #ebike #ElectricBicycles #ElectricBikes #ActiveTransportation #transportation #CarbonEmissions #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateHope

Released today, a statement from California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike and other California bike advocacy leaders:

California Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders
https://bikemonterey.org/california-bicycle-advocates-call-on-elected-leaders-to-protect-e-bike-riders.html

#BikeTooter #California #eBikes #eBike #ElectricBicycles #ElectricBikes #ActiveTransport #transportation #CarbonEmissions #ClimateCrisis #ClimateHope

Friday is farmers market day at Del Monte Center, Monterey. Don’t know who rode this bike to DMC today, just appreciate that they did. Related tips in “Bike to Farmers Markets” https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/food-for-all and in “Shopping by Bike”: https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/unique-attractions

DMC is in city of Monterey. The city’s bike-aware leaders, e.g., Mayor Tyller Williamson and Council Member Gino Garcia (whose day job is working for Ecology Action of Santa Cruz / Lets Modo) may be unaware that we formerly had in that Shopping section of the Tips guide a detailed map listing all Del Monte Center bike rack locations. Their ED at that time himself biked to work! Why is that detailed map no longer in our guide? Because DMC 🔥REMOVED those bike racks! 😭#NotProgress #GoingBackward #CarbonEmissions #TrafficCongestion #Monterey #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #transportation

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #ShopByBike #BikeToShop #ShoppingCenters #ParkingLots #ebike #DelMonteCenter #DelMonteShoppingCenter

"Starting as soon as January, major #US companies that raise money on European stock exchanges will start compiling information on their #CarbonEmissions, #ClimateRisks and strategies to counter the damage.

The #SEC proposed a #ClimateDisclosure rule last year, but the agency is trying to deal with pushback from Republican lawmakers and industry groups."

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2023/10/17/eu-climate-rule-about-to-hit-u-s-businesses-00121979

#Orkney islands to trial #ElectricFerries to cut #CarbonEmissions

#BatteryPowered #hydrofoils will replace ageing and highly #polluting inter-island #ferries from March 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/11/orkney-islands-to-trial-electric-ferries-to-cut-carbon-emissions

#ClimateCrisis #Scotland

Will Biden's plan to tax crypto mining reduce emissions? Critics say no - The tax is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, electrici... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/would-biden-s-plan-to-tax-crypto-mining-reduce-emissions-critics-say-no #marathondigitalholdings #bitcoinminingcouncil #carbonemissions #carbonleakage #fredthiel #niccarter #marathon #joebiden #cea