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Extreme weather conditions in Pakistan due to climate change

The Environmental Blog

Millions of hectares of the country’s land experience an annual rainfall of less than 30 mm, and some hectares of land which is suitable for agriculture are subjected to wind and water erosion, waterlogging, loss of organic matter and salinity. The study of glaciers provides the basis for climate change and global warming.

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Industry ‘Sabotaged’ Climate Solutions, ‘Petroleum Papers’ Author Told Canadian Senate

DeSmogBlog

While researching my book, I read through hundreds of pages of internal documents from the company, which revealed that Imperial Oil was studying the link between fossil fuels and global warming as early as the 1970s. They were instructed to stress the “many uncertainties” associated with stopping global warming.

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Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

Experts said the promotion was misleading and ignored the global warming impact of UK diets. The advert was produced by CleanFoodFacts.com, a site run by the Center for Organization Research and Education (CORE) – a network established by veteran industry lobbyist Richard Berman.

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Andrew Coyne Helped Run Charity That Gave $6.4M to Climate Crisis Denial Groups

DeSmogBlog

Other recipients of Aurea funding that have downplayed or denied the catastrophic consequences of global temperature rise include the Frontier Centre for Public Policy , the Montreal Economic Institute and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (which in 2019 merged with Fraser). They in turn belong to a U.S.

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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

Global deaths from the disease declined by 27 percent between 2002 and 2021, as countries have adopted insecticide-treated nets, antimalarial drugs, and tests. Climate change presents another emerging threat, World Health Organization officials wrote in their latest global malaria report.

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The ‘Last Ice Area’ is already disappearing

Grist

But there was reason to hope for Milne Fjord: For years, scientists believed this area, home to the oldest and thickest ice in the northern hemisphere, would survive the worst effects of global warming. Even if we do manage to limit global warming to the goal of 1.5 degrees C (2.7

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

This philosophy led Cole to structure CRPE so that community organizers were in the lead and lawyers would be accountable to the organizers. The lawsuit described these actions as a “nefarious campaign of deception and denial intended to manufacture a false sense of public uncertainty regarding the science of global warming.”.

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