climate change mitigation
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A Tiny Alabama Company Owns More Gas Wells Than Exxon
A Birmingham-based oil and gas producer called Diversified Energy has built its business model on buying up old, low-producing gas wells which are spewing out methane, reporting from Bloomberg shows. The wells are largely not very productive — thousands of them were producing no usable gas at all at the time of purchase. But thanks…
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Is It More Sustainable to Live Off the Land or in the City?
Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life — and the systems that will save us. Check out…
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The World’s Biggest Plant to Suck Carbon Dioxide From the Sky Is Up and Running
The world’s biggest direct air capture (DAC) plant is set to come online in Iceland on Wednesday. The moment is an important one in developing new technologies to help suck carbon dioxide out of the air — but raises a whole host of questions on the future of how we’re going to put those technologies…
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Should I Work Less for the Climate?
Welcome to Burning Questions, a new series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life — and the systems that will save us. Check…