Climate Change

October 12, 2021

The Potential of Artificial Ocean Upwelling and Downwelling in CDR

This webinar, co-hosted by the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy and the Environmental Policy & Culture Program, will examine the prospects for two potential ocean-based carbon removal approaches, artificial ocean upwelling and downwelling, to effectuate large-scale sequestration of carbon dioxide. 5 p.m. ET.

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Cowabunga: "Scientists Drove A Robotic Surfboard Into Hurricane Sam"

"Scientists with Saildrone and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration managed to drive a robotic surfboard into the core of Category 4 Hurricane Sam on Thursday, in a first-of-its-kind scientific mission as they try to better understand hurricanes."

Source: Washington Post, 10/01/2021

"Deportations Of Haitians Spark Concerns Over Environmental Refugees"

"The swell of Haitian migrants attempting to come to the U.S. shows the country needs a plan to help environmental refugees, advocates say, while warning that the swift deportation of those camped in Texas is indicative of how climate migrants could be treated in the years to come."

Source: The Hill, 10/01/2021

BC Anti-Logging Protesters Win As Judge Denies Firm’s Injunction Bid

"A provincial court in Canada has refused to extend an injunction against protesters demonstrating against old-growth logging, ruling that police conduct has been so troubling that to extend the order would place the court’s own reputation at risk."

Source: Guardian, 10/01/2021

Some Utilities Support, and Others Doubt, Dem Clean Electricity Proposal

"One of the sticking points in the $3.5 trillion spending bill in Congress is a clean energy policy that would use financial incentives and penalties to get utilities to accelerate their shift to carbon-free electricity."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/01/2021

In Your Facebook Feed: Oil Industry Pushback Against Biden Climate Plans

"The ads appear on Facebook millions of times a week. They take aim at vulnerable Democrats in Congress by name, warning that the $3.5 trillion budget bill — one of the Biden administration’s biggest efforts to pass meaningful climate policy — will wreck the United States economy."

Source: NYTimes, 10/01/2021

"China’s Power Cuts Shut Down Factories, Fuel Climate Goal Pushback"

"Last Friday, the lights went out across northeast China. Cars piled up at intersections under blacked-out stoplights. Residents took to social media to complain about needing to walk up dozens of flights of stairs to get home. Sales of candles increased tenfold, according to state media."

Source: Washington Post, 09/30/2021

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