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A California state grant program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions results in the direct release of approximately 225,000 to 300,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air each year, according to an Inside Climate News analysis of state data. The pollution, which comes from burning biomethane fuel that was captured from decomposing cow manure, is equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of between 50,000 and 65,000 automobiles.
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Governments cannot reach their climate goals without rethinking humanity’s relationship to the Earth.
Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says
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A new Swedish study focuses on very high levels of PFAS exposure in drinking water.
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