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Watch: Carbon Capture Tech Helps Fight Climate Change
NBC Bay Area’s Kari Hall spoke with the executive chairman at Delta Clean Tech, Lionel Kambeitz, who says California is leading the pack when it comes to creating clean energy and reducing carbon emissions. (June 28, 2022)
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Carbon Capture Tech Helps Fight Climate Change
Carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping greenhouse gas, has increased by 50% since the beginning of the industrial era.
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Carbon Capture Tech Helps Fight Climate Change
NBC Bay Area’s Kari Hall speaks with the executive chairman at Delta Clean Tech, Lionel Kambeitz, who says California is leading the pack when it comes to creating clean energy and reducing carbon emissions. (June 28, 2022)
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‘Greener' Beer: New System Allows Breweries to Capture, Reuse Greenhouse Gas
One of Vermont’s best-known breweries made a change to its manufacturing process it hopes could inspire fresh approaches to reducing environmental impacts across the industry.
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Climate in Crisis: Record CO2 Despite the Pandemic
For today’s Climate in Crisis feature, we focus on bad greenhouse gases that are causing our planet to warm at a faster pace than expected.
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Climate in Crisis: Record CO2 Despite the Pandemic
For today’s Climate in Crisis feature, we focus on bad greenhouse gases that are causing our planet to warm at a faster pace than expected. Meteorologist Kari Hall reports.
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Climate Focus: No Commute Equals Smaller Carbon Footprint
One of the things the NBC Bay Area weather team has done is calculate how much carbon dioxide they are saving by not commuting to work. Meteorologist Kari Hall’s household typically averages about 60 metric tons of CO2 per year, but by not driving into work, she has saved about 22 metric tons over the past year. That’s the equivalent...
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Heat Producing Big Ecosystem Changes
We all know trees as the great absorber of carbon dioxide (CO2) but that is changing as temperatures have warmed over the past few decades. Warming temperatures is producing a drier ground which is leaving less soil nutrients for trees. This process is making it harder for trees to convert CO2 to oxygen as effectively. Chief Meteorologist jeff Ranieri reports.
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Heat Producing Big Ecosystem Changes
We all know trees as the great absorber of carbon dioxide (CO2) but that is changing as temperatures have warmed over the past few decades. Warming temperatures is producing a drier ground which is leaving less soil nutrients for trees. This process is making it harder for trees to convert CO2 to oxygen as effectively.
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World Carbon Dioxide Emissions Drop 7% in Pandemic-Hit 2020
New calculations show the world’s carbon dioxide emissions plunged 7% in 2020 because of the pandemic lockdowns.
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Carbon Dioxide: The Invisible Indoor Air Pollutant in California's Classrooms
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and UC Davis recently released a study looking at ventilation in California schools – several right here in the Bay Area. Their findings: 85 percent of classrooms had levels of carbon dioxide, or CO2, above acceptable levels of 1,000 parts per million, having the potential to impact students’ health and academic performance. “We…
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Carbon Dioxide: The Invisible Indoor Air Pollutant
Poor ventilation and air quality in California’s schools could be impacting students’ health and academic performance. Jessica Aguirre reports.
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Beat the Holiday Break Up Blues With Help From a Relationship Expert
Lots of break ups happen right before the holidays Relationship expert Dr. Wendy Walsh has some tips on how to beat the holiday break-up blues. As seen on California Live on Friday Dec. 20. 2019.
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PG&E Admits 1987 Hook Failures Did Not Prompt More Tests
In its response to a federal judge about NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit report of last week, PG&E said Thursday that while two worn hooks failed strength tests back in 1987, such hooks had not been regularly failing like the one that sparked the deadly Camp fire. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.