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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/26\/22901613\/california-climate-change-carbon-sequestration-soil-agriculture<\/a>
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Scaling up composting, tree-planting, and other sustainable agricultural practices in California could trap about a quarter of the state\u2019s annual carbon dioxide emissions<\/a> by 2030, according to a new report<\/a>. These strategies for drawing down greenhouse gases are cheaper and easier to ramp up than technological alternatives, like devices that suck planet-heating CO2 out of the air, and should play a key role in the state\u2019s efforts to address climate change, the report authors argue.<\/p>\n

Although it often leads the nation in setting aggressive climate goals, California is also a state with one of the biggest carbon footprints, making it imperative that the state consider a wide range of strategies for reducing emissions. That could include carbon sequestration. <\/p>\n

Over the next eight years, the new report finds that California could sequester up to 289 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent on \u201cworking lands\u201d \u2014 urban areas and lands used for agriculture and livestock. By 2030, that capacity could increase to almost 100 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent sequestered a year. That\u2019s roughly equivalent<\/a> to shutting down 25 coal power plants for a year.<\/p>\n

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