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California’s offsets are considered additional carbon reductions because the floor serves “as a conservative backstop,” Clegern said.
A NONPROFIT PROMISED TO PRESERVE WILDLIFE. THEN IT MADE MILLIONS CLAIMING IT COULD CUT DOWN TREES.BY LISA SONG, AND JAMES TEMPLE, MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWMAY 10, 2021PROPUBLICACredits in the pool can never be sold, but act as a kind of backstop in case of wildfires, drought and other events.
THE CLIMATE SOLUTION ACTUALLY ADDING MILLIONS OF TONS OF CO2 INTO THE ATMOSPHEREJAMES TEMPLE, LISA SONGAPRIL 29, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWInstead, it calls on government to act as a backstop through incentives that will lead to job creation and provide greater access to the safety net while expanding things like universal pre-kindergarten and childcare.
SACRAMENTO REPORT: WE HAVE A SCHOOLS DEALVOICE OF SAN DIEGOMARCH 5, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIt paid for a backstop and dugouts at a neighborhood Little League field.
DOMINO SUGAR IS REPLACING ITS MASSIVE NEON LANDMARK IN BALTIMORE — AND HOPES NO ONE WILL NOTICE A DIFFERENCECOLIN CAMPBELLFEBRUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe government is going to be putting a backstop on certain parts of the economy.
ADENA FRIEDMAN, CEO OF NASDAQ, ON THE RED-HOT MARKET AND CRITICS OF HER DIVERSITY PLANEBEN SHAPIRODECEMBER 13, 2020TIMESome businesses had been using federal stimulus programs like the CARES Act, passed in March, as a backstop.
MASSIVE LAYOFFS ARE UNDERWAY ACROSS THE U.S., THREATENING THE ALREADY FRAIL RECOVERYEMILY BARONEOCTOBER 2, 2020TIMESo without having to actually invest a dollar of taxpayer money, the mere announcement of providing liquidity and a backstop unlocked unprecedented amounts of activity.
HOW JAY POWELL’S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE IS CHANGING THE FED FOREVERCHRISTOPHER LEONARDJUNE 11, 2020TIMEShe was out of the cell before it hit the backstop and following me down the hall towards her brother's room.
HIGHWAYS IN HIDINGGEORGE OLIVER SMITHEach time one sailed away over the backstop, it was like the pop of a safety-valve; it averted an explosion.
THE VOICE IN THE FOGHAROLD MACGRATHThe backstop was built up of earth and was soft enough so that the pins would not splinter on striking it.
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