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Mark Maslin, “Embracing the Anthropocene: Managing Human Impact” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Science

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Green Energy and Renewables in the UK

If i was in charge of the british isles, first thing would be shifting subsidies towards green energy and renewables. I also want to actually make sure that my sea oil - which is a wonderful revenue generator for the britishes - is used up as slowly as possible. The reason why fossil feels, at this moment in time, seem to be cheaper than renewables cause of subsidies. If you look at the top 25 fossil fueld companies in the world, 19 of them are fully or part owned by a country. They get huge tax breakes and subsidies so they can produce fossil fields cheaply. So what we need to do is actually make sure those countries are forced to reduce those

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