Executive Brief • April 6, 2023
NAEM
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
Danish Physicist, Nobel Laureate
White House CEQ Launches Task Forces to Promote Beneficial CCUS Projects
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced on March 24, 2023 membership in two new task forces to inform responsible development of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS). The task forces are required by the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act.
Lexology
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‘Doomerism’: Why Scientists Disagree with Biden on 1.5 C
His comments are raising concern among scientists who say the president risks adding to public confusion about the dangers of surpassing the 1.5 C threshold, an event that is expected to occur in about a decade.
E&E News
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Revealed: UAE Plans Huge Oil and Gas Expansion as It Hosts UN Climate Summit
Exclusive: UAE’s fossil fuel boss will be the president of Cop28, making a mockery of the summit, say campaigners.
The Guardian
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Warehouse Safety: Focus on Augmentation Before Automation
Warehouse wearables can help support safer human-machine collaboration.
EHS Today
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Here’s How Much Top US Polluters Must Cut Methane to Avoid Fees
The top 10 US emitters need to spend a combined $426 million by 2024 on technologies to reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas if they want to avoid fees, estimates from BloombergNEF show.
Bloomberg
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Climate Change: Catalonia in Grip of Worst Drought in Decades
In the Sau reservoir, teams in small boats are hard at work hauling out fish with nets. The idea is to remove them before they die and rot in the water, making it unusable for human consumption.
BBC News
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Carbon Dioxide Removal is Not a Current Climate Solution — We Need to Change the Narrative
Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.
Nature
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