Solar energy’s deforestation problem – Net Zero goals may impact ‘a cumulative land area the size of Virginia’
https://www.cfact.org/2022/12/19/solar-energys-deforestation-problem-ft-john-murawski/ By Gabriella Hoffman “This year the American Farmland Trust said that expanding solar power could gobble up as much as 3,900 square miles nationwide, and predicted that many Eastern states could lose between 1.5% and 6% of their undeveloped land to solar facilities – mostly on farmland that’s flat, cleared, and near to existing transmission infrastructure. A Princeton University study this […]
Nations promise to protect 30% of Earth by 2030 – Agree to formation of a new UN biodiversity fund
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4061822/great-step-forward-history-nations-promise-protect-cent-earth-2030 Countries agree to protect 30 per cent of land and sea, slash environmentally harmful subsidies, and ramp up financing for nature restoration and protection History was made this morning in a conference room in Montreal, after world governments adopted the most ambitious international commitment on biodiversity conservation ever seen, pledging to protect 30 per […]
Massive Increase in Global Greening as Extra Carbon Dioxide Boosts Global Crop Yields
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/09/23/massive-increase-in-global-greening-as-extra-carbon-dioxide-boosts-global-crop-yields/ BY CHRIS MORRISON Scientists have shown that world food production has soared in recent decades as carbon dioxide has taken small steps to reclaim atmospheric levels common through geological time until the relatively recent past. One Italian scientist estimated that reducing atmospheric CO2 back to pre-industrial levels would lead to an 18% decrease in the production of many basic […]
Flashback 2013: Deserts ‘greening’ from rising CO2 – ‘Increased levels of carbon dioxide’ boost green foliage in world’s’ deserts ‘over past 30 years’ due to ‘CO2 fertilization’
https://twitter.com/PeterDClack/status/1561147426601566208 # https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2013/Deserts-greening-from-rising-CO2 JULY 3, 2013 By Dr Randall Donohue – Principal Research Scientist In findings based on satellite observations, CSIRO, in collaboration with the Australian National University (ANU), found that this CO2 fertilisation correlated with an 11 per cent increase in foliage cover from 1982-2010 across parts of the arid areas studied in Australia, North America, the […]
California Reparations Report Demands Tree Planting in ‘Black Neighborhoods’ for ‘Shade Equity’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/06/02/california-reparations-report-demands-tree-planting-in-black-neighborhoods-for-shade-equity/ By Gabe Kaminsky A report on alleged systemic racism released Wednesday and greenlit by California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for the planting of trees statewide “to create shade equity” and reduce “heat islands in black neighborhoods.” The 500-page report was released after Newsom, a Democrat, signed legislation in 2020 forming a nine-member task force to “inform Californians about slavery […]
‘Forests exist on paper only’ – BBC: ‘How phantom forests are used for greenwashing’
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61300708 By Navin Singh Khadka Capturing carbon by increasing forest cover has become central to the fight against climate change. But there’s a problem. Sometimes these forests exist on paper only – because promises have not been kept, or because planted trees have died or even been harvested. A new effort will now be made […]
Government’s Net Zero plan for tree planting may increase global warming, climate scientists find
https://mailchi.mp/5e0664818d24/governments-net-zero-plan-for-tree-planting-may-increase-global-warming-climate-scientists-find-188270?e=0b1369f9f8 London, 12 April – Findings by an international team of climate scientists suggest that the government’s Net Zero project to plant millions of trees in Britain is likely to increase rather than decrease global temperature. In a new paper published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change the scientists look at the climate effects of deforestation at different […]
How CAN this be a green scheme? It’s some of Britain’s most fertile land – yet there’s a plan to cover 2,800 acres of it with ugly solar panels
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10454063/Its-Britains-fertile-land-theres-plan-cover-2-800-acres-solar-panels.html By DAVID LEAFE FOR THE DAILY MAIL The January sun slanting low across the beautiful Suffolk countryside casts a wintry light over the 600 acres owned by Nick Wright, as he talks proudly about the land he has farmed for the last 25 years. Only a few miles from the racing town of Newmarket, the […]
New York City chain saws down 1,000 trees to raise park 8-10 feet to address panic over 3mm sea level rise – Protesters ‘watched in horror’
https://www.eenews.net/articles/in-n-y-battling-climate-change-means-killing-1000-trees/ In N.Y., battling climate change means killing 1,000 trees NEW YORK — After years of planning by city officials, New Yorkers got a close-up glimpse of the trade-offs inherent in the fight against climate change when crews this month began cutting down the first of a thousand trees targeted for removal in John […]
Burning wood for energy is a ‘scandal’ that will worsen global warming, group of 50 UK MPs tell energy minister
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10315351/Burning-wood-energy-scandal-worsen-global-warming.html Burning wood to create power is a ‘scandal’, 50 MPs warn the energy minister in a letter today The letter has cross-party support and marks a major shift in political opinion over the burning of biomass Biomass is currently classed by the Government as a green form of energy Burning wood to create power […]