Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) refers to a range of technologies that aim at capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from combustion of (mostly from industrial operations such as refineries and power plants) instead of releasing them into the atmosphere. The track record of CCS clearly shows that it is an ineffective, expensive, […]
Carbon Footprint
A carbon footprint is a measure of (usually expressed in tons of CO2) produced by an activity or entity. The concept has been popularized and promoted successfully by the oil industry to frame climate change as an issue of personal choice rather than structural solutions. Carbon footprint estimates are typically given for products, activities, individuals, […]
Carbon Neutrality
Carbon neutrality refers to balancing the CO2 emissions of an activity, business or country by removing an equal amount of emissions from the atmosphere. It is achieved via , which uses different methods, such as tree-planting or renewable energy projects, all of which have been criticized as ineffective. The debate around carbon neutrality Anthropogenic activities […]
Carbon Sequestration
Storing carbon dioxide (CO2) in forests, oceans, or underground geological formations to slow down or prevent the buildup of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. The process aims to counteract the increase in – the main contributor to . Sequestration can occur naturally in carbon sinks such as forests and oceans. It is also possible through […]
False Solutions
Measures, often of technical nature, that have been proposed to deal with the , often by fossil fuel corporations and their lobbies, but which don’t lead to any substantial outcomes in dealing with the climate crisis. Examples are , carbon trading, REDD+, , and geoengineering.
Greenwashing
A marketing trick corporations and governments resort to in order to convince others that they are environmentally responsible or that they produce environmentally friendly goods. The term is also applied to companies that claim to care for the environment while their activities and practices prove the contrary.
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. It hardly occurs in nature in separate form, because it easily reacts with other elements into more stable substances such as water. In recent years, hydrogen has been investigated as an energy carrier which could store energy. It is important to note that hydrogen is thus […]
Low Carbon
A term promoted by corporations to convince people that it’s impossible to reach zero carbon emissions, while in fact it is an urgent necessity to stop . It is an attempt to undermine pressures against the business of these corporations. Sometimes, nuclear and other questionable energy sources hide behind the term.
Net-Zero
Balancing the total amount of of a certain entity with an equal amount removed. This is ideally done by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and taking measures to absorb the remaining emissions from the atmosphere. Such measures may include tree planting and other schemes. While the concept has made it into the , with the formulation […]
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