Topic: carbon storage
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Google's Carbon Capture Bet: A Risky Power Play?
Google is investing in a new 400-megawatt natural gas power plant in Illinois, designed to capture approximately 90% of its CO₂ emissions to power its local data centers, with ADM utilizing some of the plant's output. The captured carbon will be stored in deep geological formations, though a rece...
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Big Business Is Failing at Carbon Removal
Achieving net-zero by 2050 is essential to limit catastrophic warming, but current corporate efforts are falling short by prioritizing temporary solutions over lasting change. Many corporations rely on short-term carbon storage methods like tree-planting, which lack the permanence needed to genui...
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Climate Change Is Disrupting Whale and Dolphin Migrations
Whales undertake long migrations from tropical breeding grounds to nutrient-rich polar feeding areas, but climate change is disrupting these ancient routes by altering environmental cues. A UN report reveals that over 20% of migratory species are threatened with extinction, as climate change affe...
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