A flock of sheep being raised for meat and lambswool graze in a field at Bodega Pastures, a cooperative pasture-raised sheep farm in Bodega, Calif.
The science journal Nature reports that civilization faces the daunting challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 7.6 percent a year this decade to preserve life as we know it, starting now.
Houston’s annual emissions are as massive as the those of many nations that attended the United Nations climate conference, with more than 34 million metric tons according to Houston’s Climate Action Plan.
High gas and oil prices are driving gains in renewable energy and electric vehicles which are on track to double this year over last, according to Rystad, an energy research firm.
Multi-year failures at the world’s largest carbon-capture system located in Western Australia have cast doubt on the viability of scaled carbon-capture as an investment by anyone — even with public subsidies.
Department of Energy, which provided $190 million to construct NRG’s $1 billion system called Petro Nova, according to Reuters .
According to the very consultants GHP used to form their low-carbon initiative, McKinsey & Company, “There is no clear path to deliver climate mitigation without investing in nature.
I’m part of a working group at Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies which created the nonprofit BCarbon to certify quality soil carbon credits for reliable trading while simplifying the process for landowners around the world.
Soil is the largest terrestrial carbon sink and an immense Texas asset with agricultural ecosystems making up 75 percent of the state.
Plus, richer soil produces more food for a growing population and retains more water for flood resilience — a dire need in Houston and Texas.
Grazing regimes move cattle in paddock holding systems preventing them from cropping vegetation to the nub, enabling plants to regrow more quickly and sink deeper roots.
It’s a ripe time to get more creative with our rich endowment of grasslands, prairies and soil when civilization is pursuing answers now — not in 2050.
Randall Morton International was a marketing firm serving leading oil equipment companies in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.
“Given the increase we are seeing in omicron, we could very possibly be at 100 percent omicron by January,” said Dr.