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Dairy Products Are High Carbon

3 min read

Dairy cows are ruminant animals that produce methane emissions. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. Nitrous oxide, another greenhouse gas, is released from their manure and urine. Open manure storage can also generate methane. Energy is used to grow food for dairy cattle and that energy typically comes from fossil … [continued]

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Hydrogen Isn’t The Answer: 0.7-1.5 Billion Tons CO2e Would Make It A Climate Liability

9 min read

Hydrogen is often presented as the clean-energy solution capable of decarbonizing the trickiest sectors, including heavy industry, aviation, maritime shipping, and long-haul trucking. Yet, a growing body of evidence makes it clear that a hydrogen economy, at scale, would deliver a major setback to global climate goals rather than helping … [continued]

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Criminalize Fossil Fuel Disinformation, Says UN Rapporteur

7 min read

The latest report from Elisa Morgera, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change, is an extraordinary document that every member of the CleanTechnica community should read. We know that is a challenge in our online digital world that moves at the speed of TikTok, but if you … [continued]

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