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Britons put planet before profit in their personal savings and expect more action from pension funds and banks, says survey

Envirotec Magazine

More than two-thirds of the British public (70%) believe the climate emergency demands a more urgent response and almost as many say it is now the biggest issue facing humankind (63%). Opinium surveyed 2001 UK adults between September 17th and 27th. degrees as possible. People are not only concerned about investing responsibly.

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How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

But there are other GHGs that contribute significantly to human-induced global warming such as methane (CH 4 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 0), refrigerant gasses (HFCs, PFCs, and CFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), water vapor (H 2 0), and ozone (O 3 ). This translation is based on the global warming potential (GWP) of a given GHG.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

For the first time, it proposed encompassing all the gases that cause global warming in a single indicator. “It was the most controversial and heated debate in the workshop,” recalls Rijsberman, now director of the Global Green Growth Institute. degree limit as the main demand. And so they fought.

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New Study Decodes ExxonMobil’s ‘Modern’ Climate Misinformation

DeSmogBlog

What’s the single word that fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil’s flagship environmental reports to investors and the public tie most closely to climate change and global warming? Within this frame, the company is an innocent supplier, simply giving consumers what they demand.

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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases. Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. But its problems go well beyond the farm. percent of all human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

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Top 10 Women of Solar

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Erica Mackie, P.E. – CEO and Co-Founder, GRID Alternatives During the 2001 California energy crisis, Erica Mackie, a mechanical engineer, along with Tim Sears, had a vision for free, clean, solar-driven electricity that would be practical and accessible for the low-income communities that needed it the most.

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COVID-19 and its effects on the environment

AGreenLiving

Airline ridership has slumped, and airports are as near-empty as they were in the 2001 aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. of global CO2 emissions in 2018, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) — have dropped significantly. As such, aviation emissions — which accounted for 2.4% degrees Celsius.