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CO2 Levels Rose at Record Rate in 2024 - EcoWatch (www.ecowatch.com)
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Atmospheric CO2 levels rose faster than ever in 2024, according to scientists who say the rise is “incompatible” with Paris Agreement goals.

“Today, governments around the globe spend nine times more making fossil fuels cheaper than they do on making clean energy more affordable for consumers,” Guterres said. “We must tear down these walls.”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Cooling towers emit water not co2.

[–] spidermanchild 1 points 11 hours ago

Let's pack it up then, if there's a cooling tower in a picture we can't use it, even if it's actually a picture of a sprawling petrochemical plant with a massive smokestack emitting CO2 that also happens to include the cooling towers that are part of the facility.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Not too sure how this comment is relevant to the article?

If you just saw the picture, there is something written bellow it:

A garbage dump in Secunda, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa near the Sasol petrochemical plant, the world’s largest single-point emitter of CO2

[–] [email protected] -1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The big grey emitting thingies in the photo are cooling towers, looks scary but are not dangerous.

Why the garbage too? That's not in itself co2 emitters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

But they look really scary tho, perfect for "journalists" to scare an uneducated public