Utility wants to pour $334 million of taxpayer money down carbon capture rathole « Green Hell Blog

So AEP plans to spend $670 million — remember half is taxpayer money — to avoid increasing atmospheric CO2 levels by 0.000077 ppmv per year. That’s only $8.7 trillion per ppmv avoided.

Big benefits seen in adapting to climate change | Reuters

OSLO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Helping developing nations to adapt to climate change such as floods or heatwaves can give bigger economic benefits than a focus on deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a study indicated on Friday.