The 2006 study of the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Centre in North Dakota found wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada and the U.S. comprise only 17 per cent of the landscape, but may detain twice as much carbon as surrounding agricultural soils employing no tillageย management.
The study estimated that prairie wetlands have the potential to offset 2.4 per cent of the carbon emissions produced annually by the burning of fossil fuels in North America at 1990ย levels.
Residents call for more transparency around โhyperscaleโ data center announced last month for Twiggs County.
Coal, oil and gas have been killing people for centuries. Weโre still paying for it.
Unsubstantiated allegations against top climate advocates part of campaign to โdiscredit and defundโ civil society actors in EU, says transparency campaigner.
San Francisco-based developers launch publicity drive to soothe local concerns over giant project.
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