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The Happiest Environmental News From 2016
Hey look, we didn’t entirely screw up the planet this year.
When Trump’s Energy Secretary Was Governor, Texas Led the US in Carbon Emissions
Under Rick Perry, the state emitted nearly as much CO2 as the entire country of Canada.
New Method For Trapping CO2 as Solid Rock Could Help to Fight Climate Change
A groundbreaking field test proves that carbon emissions can be safely stored as solid rock in basalt formations.
These Gold ‘Nanoneedles’ Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change
They function like lightning rods, catalyzing a reaction that splits CO2 apart.
There's a New Plan to Stop Climate Change: Turn CO2 Emissions Into Stone
Under natural circumstance, carbon dioxide can take hundreds or thousands of years to turn into a mineral, but the scientists claim that 95 percent of the carbon dioxide they injected around 2,000 feet underground became harmless calcite in two years.
Fruits and Vegetables Are Literally OD’ing on Climate Change
It turns out that the huge amounts of carbon dioxide that we pump into the atmosphere with fossil fuels could be causing plants to OD on CO2.
This Graph Shows Nations Are Addressing Climate Change Without Tanking Their Economies
Data compiled by the World Resources Institute shows that 21 nations, including the United States, Germany, and France, grew their economies while reducing greenhouse gas pollution.
Brown Coal Blues: Inside the Tense Conflict Between Germany's Coal Miners and Climate Activists
VICE Germany heads to the Rhineland, where clashes are taking place between the region's coal miners and the climate activists searching for a cleaner energy solution for the country.
US Supreme Court Blocks Obama Climate Change Plan
In a 5-4 vote, the court temporarily delayed implementation of the administration's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's power plants, while an appeals court hears a suit brought by 27 states and business groups.
Climate Agreement Says Airlines Must Reduce Emissions — Just Not Very Much
Boeing calls the deal ambitious — but environmentalists say the new rules amount to greenwashing because they don't force airlines to do more than they are already doing.
Global Warming Could Delay the Next Ice Age by 100,000 Years
A new study shows the extraordinary extent to which anthropogenic global warming is altering the naturally occurring changes of the Earth's climate.