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Carbon Footprints: The Oil Giants Should Come Clean

October 29, 2021

How guilty should we feel about our own personal carbon footprints? Not too much, it seems. Experts say that oil giants are shirking responsibility and blaming individual consumers.

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But their greenwashing narratives are beginning to backfire. 

 

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Maledives: Seagrass acts as carbon sink

The seagrass meadows around the Maledives were under threat. But the government now plans to place this valuable ecosystem under protection. As well as serving as nurseries for sea life, they act as carbon sinks and protect the atolls from erosion.

 

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Chile: A future without coal

Chile has lots of solar energy and now has a way of storing it. An innovative new facility in the Atacama Desert can store the power for up to 17 hours a day. Now there are also plans to convert coal-fired plants

 

DW Sendung Global 3000 | Singapur Klimaanlage
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Singapore: Green and cool

Conventional air conditioning units are energy guzzlers and contribute to global warming. Yet the hotter it gets, the more we use them. It's a vicious circle. Now Singapore is developing innovative green solutions to keep people cool.

 

 

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