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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Globally, some 2 trillion tons of carbon dioxide have been released since the start of the Industrial Revolution. (Dreamstime/TNS) Clock’s running out on climate change. California says it’s time for giant carbon vacuums Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, (TNS) WASHINGTON — Solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars will go far in helping California and the Biden administration meet their aggressive climate goals but not far enough. As time runs short, scientists and government officials say the moment to break out the giant vacuums has arrived. The art of i...

WASHINGTON —  Solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars will go far in helping California and the Biden administration meet their aggressive climate goals — but not far enough. As time runs short, scientists and government officials say the moment to break out the giant vacuums has arrived. The art of industrial-scale carbon removal — sucking emissions from the atmosphere and storing them underground — has long been an afterthought in climate-action circles: too expensive, too controversial, too unproven. But as the deadline to avert climate catastrophe barrels nearer, the Biden...

  TORONTO -- It sounds not only like an idea straight out of science fiction, but a bad idea straight out of science fiction: shooting particles into the atmosphere to dim the sun as a measure to fight climate change. However, the idea is one of a few contemplated in a new report by the U.S National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that calls for US$100-US$200 million in funding to examine the feasibility and wisdom of trying to stop some of the sun’s rays from hitting the Earth’s surface. “One way to respond to climate change might be to try and reflect some amount o...

Mar 9, 2021 One thing is certain, 2020 was a turning point for supply chains. Never before have market forces shifted so dramatically, so quickly. By Simon Nicholson, senior director: product management for IoT at Oracle Enterprises and customers around the world have had a tough and challenging year dealing with the rapidly changing market conditions. Online purchasing increased approximately 30% during 2020. That’s a massive amount of growth compared to the typical e-commerce growth rate of 12-16% per year and is driving changes in how we think about the priorities for logistics processes...

Businesses Aim to Pull Greenhouse Gases From the Air. It’s a Gamble. A surge of corporate money could soon transform carbon removal from science fiction to reality. But there are risks: The very idea could offer industry an excuse to maintain dangerous habits. A direct air capture system, developed by the Swiss company Climeworks, on the roof of a trash incinerator in Zurich.Credit...Orjan Ellingvag/Alamy Jan. 18, 2021 Using technology to suck carbon dioxide out of the sky has long been dismissed as an impractical way to fight climate change — physically possible, but far too expens...