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Failed Finances and 'the Demonization of Gas' Are Threatening the Future of US LNG

DeSmogBlog

liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) market, once the promising golden child of the fossil fuel industry, has a major long-term problem. While it's facing financial disaster due to the current crash in oil and natural gas prices, that's only the short-term threat. Read time: 7 mins The U.S.

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El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion

Grist

Forecasters are predicting the formation of an El Niño later this summer, a natural weather phenomenon that fuels above-average global heat and more intense natural disasters in parts of the world. Those impacts come with a surprisingly steep price tag, according to the study, which was published in Science on Thursday.

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Chicago Takes Big Oil to Court, Adding Another Heavyweight to the Fight

DeSmogBlog

The case charges BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and the American Petroleum Institute with conspiring together and through front groups to run “tobacco-industry-style campaigns to deceive and mislead the public about the damaging nature of their fossil fuel products.”

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Study: Climate change to blame for $8 billion of Hurricane Sandy damages

Grist

And, according to a new study out Tuesday in Nature Communications, 13 percent of its costs can be attributed to human-caused sea-level rise. Still, the study is a good start for scientists looking to put a price tag on disasters brought on by warming temperatures, vicious hurricanes, and rising seas. billion in damages.

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Turtle-inspired bamboo shelter contracts to half its size in case of extreme weather

AGreenLiving

Using the Philippines as an example of areas that are prone to natural disasters , the team’s design strategy was to create something that could withstand even the most extreme weather emergencies, from floods and superstorms to typhoons and earthquakes. Each bamboo shelter starts at $8,500 and can be constructed within 28 days.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

As business leaders and employees , we must understand the nature of corporate greenwashing. BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster illustrates this point. Creating any product and delivering any service uses natural resources and energy, but some industries are more harmful than others. Is this really tomorrow’s solution?

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

As business leaders and employees , we must understand the nature of corporate greenwashing. BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster illustrates this point. Creating any product and delivering any service uses natural resources and energy, but some industries are more harmful than others. Is this really tomorrow’s solution?