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- Serious about emissions? It’s time to embrace nuclear (2013) https://theconversation.com/serious-about-emissions-its-time-to-embrace-nuclear-12964 3 comments
- "Get serious": Eight technologies that could eliminate nearly all emissions by 2035 https://reneweconomy.com.au/get-serious-eight-technologies-that-could-eliminate-nearly-all-emissions-by-2035/ 19 comments climate
- Is Biden Serious About Emissions Reductions or Not? If he is, then he shouldn’t let Manchin stop him. https://newrepublic.com/article/164727/biden-serious-emissions-reductions-not 25 comments politics
- Is Biden Serious About Emissions Reductions or Not? If he is, then he shouldn’t let Manchin stop him. https://newrepublic.com/article/164727/biden-serious-emissions-reductions-not 19 comments climate
- Romney: We Must Get Serious About Reducing Global Emissions https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-we-must-get-serious-about-reducing-global-emissions/ 138 comments environment
- “The average American causes through his/her greenhouse gas emissions the serious suffering and/or deaths of two future people.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/travel/traveling-climate-change.html 105 comments environment
- “The average American causes through his/her greenhouse gas emissions the serious suffering and/or deaths of two future people.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/travel/traveling-climate-change.html 103 comments climate
- According to climate scientist Kevin Anderson, we can cut global CO2 emissions by about 1/3rd in less than a year if we are really serious about the climate crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bt=4029s&v=gzChsxqotx0 5 comments climate
- Serious flaws have been found in a decade's worth of studies about the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the climate. http://m.phys.org/news/2015-12-carbon-capture-analyst-coal-ground.html 5 comments worldnews
- Serious flaws have been found in a decade's worth of studies about the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the climate. http://phys.org/news/2015-12-carbon-capture-analyst-coal-ground.html 7 comments science
- Employers face a rising climate conundrum | Younger workers in unexpected places are pressing their firms to take serious action on emissions https://www.ft.com/content/810ab310-a6cb-486d-a942-9b103d68fc48?accessToken=zwAGGraUyJPYkdOBCrMQpstIbdOpQpsQPWj8SA.MEUCIQCFkjZDXzEsRM5P0k4YiPc9EN8RHW9sVx_Mc2KWYU0CeQIgIZn6oEksH27qgBv6TDZpn9p2OUrZFeOBdiKi8TyGKA0&sharetype=gift&token=0e50504f-a820-48de-88f7-cafa5b9cb412 15 comments climate
- Volkswagen says 800,000 European cars have false CO2 emissions levels too: CO2 emissions cheating would be far more serious than the NOx "defeat device." http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/11/volkswagen-says-800000-cars-may-have-false-co2-emissions-levels-too/ 6 comments worldnews
- Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival, according to Australian research. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/01/16/3409053.htm 3 comments science
- Greenwashing Denmark’s Big Farmers: The plan locks in big Danish farmers’ focus on energy-inefficient animal farming for export, frustrating hopes of a serious cut in emissions. https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greenwashing-denmarks-big-farmers/ 2 comments climate
- Fossil Fuel Industry Propaganda Blamed as Record Heat Scorches Planet | "We need to tackle the root cause and get serious about reducing record levels of greenhouse gas emissions," said the head of the World Meteorological Organization. https://www.commondreams.org/news/extreme-heat-2024 2 comments climate
- Dutton’s surprise climate policy proves he ‘can’t be taken seriously’, Albanese says | PM says opposition leader’s refusal to name a short-term emissions reduction target in line with Paris agreement is calculated to reignite climate wars https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/13/duttons-surprise-climate-policy-proves-he-cant-be-taken-seriously-albanese-says 2 comments climate
- UN Livestock Emissions Report Seriously Distorted Our Work, Say Experts | FAO used a paper by Behrens and others to argue that shifts away from meat-eating could only reduce global agri-food emissions by 2% to 5% #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/un-livestock-emissions-report-seriously-distorted-our-work-say-experts?CMP=share_btn_url 74 comments climate
- Herschel Walker touts ‘gas-guzzling cars’ and ‘good emissions’ Georgia Republican Herschel Walker has struggled with the seriousness of the climate crisis. Now he’s celebrating “gas-guzzling cars” and “good emissions.” https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/herschel-walker-touts-gas-guzzling-cars-good-emissions-rcna57247 81 comments politics
- Radiation emission risk: Russian troops seriously damage nitrogen-oxygen unit at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – Energoatom https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/08/6/7362137/ 16 comments environment
- Radiation emission risk: Russian troops seriously damage nitrogen-oxygen unit at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – Energoatom https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/08/6/7362137/ 3 comments europe
- Radiation emission risk: Russian troops seriously damage nitrogen-oxygen unit at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – Energoatom https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/08/6/7362137/ 638 comments worldnews
- Tracking the whole world's carbon emissions -- with satellites and AI: « If we really want to get serious about fighting climate change, we need a way to track carbon pollution in real-time and identify the worst culprits. » https://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_mccormick_tracking_the_whole_world_s_carbon_emissions_with_satellites_and_ai/ 86 comments climate
- Earth's ancient climate warns that we need to take urgent action, study suggests: Scientists looked into Earth's ancient history and found that it would take serious action in reducing fossil fuel emissions to prevent our climate from reaching prehistoric warming levels https://www.space.com/earth-climate-change-prehistoric-carbon-dioxide 23 comments science
- Climate advocates call for fossil fuel companies to foot Australia fires bill | "'Whatever it takes' needs to include serious and ambitious action to reduce Australia's and global emissions." https://www.salon.com/2020/01/08/climate-advocates-call-for-fossil-fuel-companies-to-foot-australia-fires-bill/ 5 comments worldnews
- Human-driven N₂O emissions have been growing unabated for many decades, but we may have been seriously underestimating by just how much http://theconversation.com/nitrogen-fertilisers-are-incredibly-efficient-but-they-make-climate-change-a-lot-worse-127103?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton 3 comments science
- Joshua Trees Will Be All-But-Extinct by 2070 Without Climate Action, Study Warns - If greenhouse gas emissions are seriously curbed and summer temperatures are limited to an increase of 3 degrees Celsius, about 19% of the park's Joshua tree habitat would survive after the year 2070. https://www.livescience.com/65953-climate-change-destroying-joshua-trees.html 107 comments science
- UK Parliament must “seriously consider” levying a tax on meat to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help to render the farming industry carbon neutral, the Green party MP, Caroline Lucas, is urging. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/04/caroline-lucas-green-mp-meat-tax-oxford-farmers-conference-prioritise-sustainability 10 comments worldnews
- Australia's emissions continue to climb, reaching seven-year highs - "With no serious climate policy, emissions continue to increase – making a mockery of Australia’s Paris Agreement targets." https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/australia-s-emissions-continue-to-climb-reaching-seven-year-highs-20181130-p50jd5.html 25 comments worldnews
- About two in three Australians say the Abbott government should take climate change more seriously and even more believe coal-fired power will eventually be supplanted, indicating a potential voter backlash if the Coalition adopts facile emissions targets http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-government-may-be-out-on-a-limb-with-voters-over-climate-action-as-emissions-announcement-looms-20150809-giuvll.html? 17 comments worldnews
- Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue | One third of world's food produced is discarded, more than enough to feed world's 870 million hungry; production and disposal of unconsumed food big contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/us/food-waste-is-becoming-serious-economic-and-environmental-issue-report-says.html 30 comments worldnews
- And the pattern of capitulation, and not leading continues for Obama. He has decided not to implement the new EPA rules on smog and toxic emissions from industrial boilers, instead continuing the Bush Era lax rules because of Republican opposition. Is this guy serious? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/science/earth/10epa.html?hp 4 comments politics