Soil carbon sequestration on farms alone won’t absolve our daily emission sins

We must be realistic about how much soil carbon sequestration can achieve in the fight against the climate crisis

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Soil carbon sequestration is front and centre in the government’s plan to combat global warming, and it makes political sense, because politicians have a dilemma.

Voters and big business want climate change action. But on the eve of an election, it’s a game politician who tells the voters to fly less, drive less, use less internet, watch less television, waste less food and turn the lights off.

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