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Big Fossil: Links for July 2019

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Emissions: Past, present and no future

ABC [Australia]   Bitcoin's annual carbon footprint equal to Las Vegas, researchers say

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Axios   The climate stakes of speedy delivery

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BG   Towards Net Zero: A year of extremes

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C&EN   Industrial ammonia production emits more CO2 than any other chemical-making reaction. Chemists want to change that

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CBC   How some doctors want to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the operating room

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Global Change Biology   Fixing a snag in carbon emissions estimates from wildfires

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Guardian   Latest data shows steep rises in CO2 for seventh year

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Mongabay   Carbon to burn: UK net-zero emissions pledge undermined by biomass energy

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Vox   More natural gas isn’t a “middle ground” — it’s a climate disaster

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Wiley/AGU100/Global Biogeochemical Cycles   Pacific Anthropogenic Carbon Between 1991 and 2017

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Transportation emissions

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Guardian   Climate crisis: aviation industry hears clamour for electric planes

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Independent   CLIMATE CHANGE: WE CAN RECLAIM CITIES FROM THE CAR WITHOUT INCONVENIENCING PEOPLE

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Natural History Museum   Leading scientists set out resource challenge of meeting net zero emissions in the UK by 2050

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Politico   EU takes aim at global airline emissions pact

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Reuters   Electric vehicle push in Norway could add $1.3 billion to power bills by 2040: study

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Treehugger   Why electric cars won't save us: There are not enough resources to build them

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Yale   It's getting easier to road-trip in an electric vehicle

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Cleaner tech: How much can it help?

BBC   Hydrogen trains: Are these the eco-friendly trains of the future?

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Business Green   Carbon capture and feedstock: Drax unveils project to turn CO2 into animal feed

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Business Green   Plans confirmed for UK industrial CCU plant: Has carbon capture's time finally come?

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Business Green   US renewables capacity overtakes coal for the first time

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Climate Home News   Europe’s largest solar plant unveiled amid Spanish renewable rebirth

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CNN   Robert Downey Jr. wants to combat climate change with robots

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Forbes   Renewable Energy Costs Take Another Tumble, Making Fossil Fuels Look More Expensive Than Ever

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Inside Climate News   As Trump Touts Ethanol, Scientists Question the Fuel's Climate Claims

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Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation   The 7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change

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Mongabay   No need to dam free-flowing rivers to meet world’s climate and energy targets

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Reuters   China could build 30 'Belt and Road' nuclear reactors by 2030: official

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Reuters   France to double pace of offshore wind projects as costs fall: PM

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Time   'We're in a Race Against Time.' Michael Bloomberg Plunges $500 Million Into Clean Energy

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Wired   WHAT TO DO ABOUT CO2? TRY STUFFING IT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO

Wired   WHY ELECTRIC BUSES HAVEN'T TAKEN OVER THE WORLD—YET

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WRI   Besides Buying Renewables, How Can Companies and Cities Create a Greener Grid?

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Coal:

The dumbest fuel

BBC   Adani mine: Australia approves controversial coal project

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CNBC   ANALYSIS-South Korea fires up on renewables, to close more coal plants

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Eco-Business   China can’t wean itself off overseas coal

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Quartz   The world is spending more propping up coal—not less

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RollingStone   The World’s Most Insane Energy Project Moves Ahead

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Sydney Morning Herald   Al Gore slams Adani, tells Queensland 'good luck' in selling coal to India

Photo Attributions

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Cleaner technologies: Photo by: Marufish

Emissions: Photo by: Michael Elleray

Coal: Photo by: USDA NRCS Montana / Flickr

Oil: Photo by: liquidcrash

Gas: Photo by: Lars Plougmann

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