[GWSG] Greenland gallop; trees' limits; biofuel's role; fossils dropped; Dem's climate plan; Dow drops ExxonMobil

[Tilley, Al]

1. An overview of Greenland’s loss of ice illustrates its growing rate. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/20/greenland-ice-sheet-lost-a-record-1m-tonnes-of-ice-per-minute-in-2019

2. In Scotland areas newly planted with trees stored less carbon than land left on its own. Soil stores carbon; planting it with trees can lead to a net loss of carbon to the atmosphere. Sequestering carbon by afforestation requires careful planning which takes soil carbon into account. Thanks to Brian Paradise for the article. https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/in-the-scottish-moorlands-plots-planted-with-trees-stored-less-carbon-than-untouched-lands-study/?utm_source=Mongabay+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fe0fb3827c-Newsletter_2020_04_30_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_940652e1f4-fe0fb3827c-67250995&mc_cid=fe0fb3827c&mc_eid=e96dc36e07

3. Biofuels from such cellulose stocks as switchgrass could replace fossil fuels for aviation and shipping, two industries which it could take some time to electrify. In combination with carbon capture and sequestration such biofuels could play an important (even if temporary) part in a program to limit heating to 1.5C. https://phys.org/news/2020-08-advanced-biofuels-real-fossil-fuels.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

4. The Norwegian investment firm Storebrand has dropped its holdings in ExxonMobil, Chevron, Rio Tinto, the Southern Company, and other firms which use their resources to block climate action. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/24/major-investment-firm-dumps-exxon-chevron-and-rio-tinto-stock

5. The Democratic climate plan is designed in part to counter the fossil fuel industry’s political power. The plan will expose the industry’s efforts to block climate action, require transparency of them in the future, and encourage groups attempting climate action in the face of the fossil fuel industry’s opposition. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/24/democrats-climate-plan-fossil-fuel-industry?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

6. ExxonMobil has been dropped from the Dow Jones market index. Its replacement is a software firm.  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dow-jones-exxon-mobil-pfizer-raytheon-replaced-salesforce-amgen-honeywell/

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.unf.edu/pipermail/gwsg/attachments/20200825/dd82735c/attachment.html>