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‘It’s almost beyond belief’: Findings blast Australia’s biggest carbon offset scheme (www.theage.com.au)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14326042

Australia’s biggest carbon credit scheme is barely removing any greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, according to a new study, despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into it by businesses and the government.

One of the study’s authors, Dr Megan Evans from UNSW Canberra, said the findings about the Human Induced Regeneration scheme, known as HIR, pointed to “such huge failures that it’s almost beyond belief”.

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‘It’s almost beyond belief’: Findings blast Australia’s biggest carbon offset scheme (www.theage.com.au)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14326042

Australia’s biggest carbon credit scheme is barely removing any greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, according to a new study, despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into it by businesses and the government.

One of the study’s authors, Dr Megan Evans from UNSW Canberra, said the findings about the Human Induced Regeneration scheme, known as HIR, pointed to “such huge failures that it’s almost beyond belief”.

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New paradigm of drug discovery with world's first atomic editing? (www.sciencedaily.com)
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Healthcare is solarpunk.

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New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it (edition.cnn.com)
‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Isn't that only for controlling pine trees?

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The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works (edition.cnn.com)
A Chinese mining company relocated a whole Peruvian town. Now, they are struggling to survive. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah Chinese companies care even less than Western ones. Good luck with that Peru, enjoy your bed.

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‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge (www.theguardian.com)
TGIF in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It ended too soon.

Remember the employees of Impact Plastics in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Freedumb more like it lmaobang

hey, did you know that the ocean would emit sulfur at 5C warming? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Bringing up stats instead of ignoring them isn't unpleasant.

Companies spend billions over years to convince us to think nothing of it, we need to fight back with grassroots.

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US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories (www.reuters.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13985944

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/32287179

One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.

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US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories (www.reuters.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/32287179

One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.

one more shitty techbrofad down in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

Watching cryptobros lose their life savings was my kink.

Problems in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We need to re-think our relationship with property.

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Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is worse than coal, study finds (phys.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13936985

Liquified natural gas leaves a greenhouse gas footprint that is 33% worse than coal