materials are made from nonrenewable resources such as sand and gravel, making the search for sustainable alternatives an urgent challenge 

okay

every time you misuse that word, you erode its meaning

This is why I always skim the comments before a follow a link. Feels like two out of every three articles that catch my attention end up being intellectually dishonest clickbait.

Why are you here?

flat-screen TVs

in which nursing home was this written?

ITT: a overreacting OP gets torn to shreds by blase country bumpkins 

There have been coördinated reforestation and afforestation prohects on all populated continents for the last four decades at least. I’m surprised that we only now confirmed that these processes can “transform a desert into a carbon sink” and I’m wondering if the data is lagging or if the work is much slower than I realized.

We found, for the FIRST time, that human-led intervention can effectively enhance carbon sequestration in even the most extreme arid landscapes, demonstrating the potential to transform a desert into a carbon sink and halt desertification… Based on the results of this study, the Taklamakan Desert, although only around its rim, represents the FIRST successful model demonstrating the possibility of transforming a desert into a carbon sink,” Yung said.

(emphasis mine)

And here I thought they had been doing that around the world. 

I think you spend too much time online.

…Connor Teskey, the CEO of Brookfield Renewable Partners, told analysts in a call to discuss the company’s full year earnings.

Not really an impartial source, but interesting read. Thanks.