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Topic: CO2 emissions

A man wearing a respirator walks through an eerily empty Times Square in New York, the United States, March 26, 2020 (Xinhua/M IchaelNagle/wangying via Getty Images)

The pandemic is slowing down the world

David Cay Johnston - DCReport

Natural gas flame on a stove (Robert Clare/Getty Images)

Natural gas's dirty secret

Bird and Spin scooters sit parked on a street corner in San Francisco, California. (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Are e-scooters good for the environment?

Alistair Charlton - GearBrain

FILE - In this March 15, 2017 file photo, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson approaches to participate in the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States, at Busan port in Busan, South Korea. (Jo Jung-ho/Yonhap via AP, File) (AP)

U.S. military is a climate offender

Kate Yoder - Grist

(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

The world of trees: Up in smoke

Eric Holthaus - Grist

This Nov. 16, 2015 photo shows a section of the Mississippi Power Co. carbon capture power plant in DeKalb, Miss. Carbon capture entails catching the carbon emissions from a power plant or cement or steel factory and injecting them underground for permanent storage. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) (AP)

"Record-breaking" rise in CO2 rates

(Scripps Institute of Oceanography)

First commercial CO2 plant

Bobby Magill - Climate Central

(AP)

Janet Xuanli Liao - The Conversation

(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Kate Yoder - Grist

FILE - In this May 21, 2008, file photo, Marco DelTreste, left, and Arsenio Patricio, of Mercury Solar Systems, install panels on the roof of a home in Newburgh, N.Y. Energy-efficient upgrades can not only shrink your utility bill; they can increase the value of your home. The payoff time and the savings from installing solar panels will vary depending on where you live. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) (AP)

Jeffrey C. Peters - The Conversation

(DyziO/Shutterstock)

"Yet another wake-up call"

(Screenshot, Andy Jacobson, CIRES/NOAA)

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