greenhousegasemissions
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Qatar Claims the 2022 FIFA World Cup Is Carbon Neutral, It’s Not
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Billionaires Are Funding Climate Destruction
The world’s wealthiest people are responsible for about a million times more emissions than the world’s lowest earners when you take into account their investments, a new report has found. The report, issued Sunday by Oxfam, finds that the world’s 125 wealthiest people — including American billionaires Bill Gates, Jim Walton, Warren Buffett, and Elon…
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Fossil Fuel Industry May Be Seriously Undercounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The oil and gas industry may be seriously undercounting its greenhouse gas emissions. A technique used to burn off methane during production may be getting rid of less of the greenhouse gas than previously thought, a new study finds — which could mean that emissions from flaring could be as much as five times higher…
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Google Changed Emission Calculations in Google Flights, Making Air Travel Look Cleaner
When Google launched a carbon emissions tool for its flight tracker last fall, allowing consumers to see the individual emissions created by each flight they were browsing, it received widespread attention and praise from industry leaders and climate scientists alike. But last month the tech giant quietly shifted the algorithm to exclude a crucial component…