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Oil-drilling project under Whittier nature preserve rankles opponents

2013-08-16 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: The city of Whittier and a conservation group have reached an agreement to allow a controversial oil-drilling project under a nature preserve, a proposal that immediately drew fire from opponents. Under the settlement, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, a regional government entity dedicated to preserving open space and wildlife, is to receive up to $11.25 million a year from the city of Whittier's royalties from the oil. The authority will use the money to buy and preserve land...

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Scientists Say Nature Is Better at Carbon Farming

2013-08-11 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Large forests planted with a single species of tough small trees could capture enough carbon from the atmosphere to slow climate change and green the world's deserts at the same time, researchers say. A group of German scientists says the tree Jatropha curcas is resistant to arid conditions and can thrive where food crops would not survive. Jatropha curcas could be the way to remove atmospheric carbon, the researchers say. Unlike other geo-engineering schemes, which are expensive and rely...

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