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DeSmog Remembers Ross Gelbspan, Who Inspired Our Founding

DeSmogBlog

Jim had recently read Boiling Point , Ross’s 2004 book chronicling the fossil fuel industries’ strategy of denial and delay, which Gelbspan correctly labeled a crime against humanity. “I I so wish he had been right, and, even today, I envy his optimism as much as I admire his example,” Littlemore said.

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Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

This includes both the physical and environmental conditions that the species is adapted to, and how it interacts with other organisms. Between 2004 and 2017, 43 million hectares of tropical forest were lost – an area roughly the size of Morocco (WWF).

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Former BP Scientist Steve Koonin Claims Climate Journalists Are Spreading ‘Hysteria’

DeSmogBlog

A former chief scientist for the oil and gas producer BP claims that journalists specializing in climate change reporting are spreading false claims about extreme weather — an accusation that a major climate media organization deems “factually careless and ideologically driven.” It’s a big problem.”

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Typhoon-battered Philippine town turns to agroecology, agroforestry for food security

Eco-Business

After their town was devastated by floods in 2004, residents of Kiday in the Philippines shifted to organic methods when rebuilding their farms.

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Berkeley Lab publishes detailed report on Salton Sea geothermal lithium potential

ThinkGeoEnergy

The study considers the production of geothermal brine from the existing geothermal power plant at Salton Sea since 2004, which is just over 120 million metric tons per year. million.

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ESG and Sustainability: Your 101 Guide for Understanding Corporate Sustainability

Green Business Bureau

Thinking about these three focus areas, are they enough to infer whether an organization is sustainable or not? It seems the boundaries of what constitutes business sustainability are fuzzy, making it difficult to ascertain whether an organization’s work should be promoted as sustainable or downgraded to merely greenwash.

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Don’t lock yourself (or others) onto a unsustainable path

Terra Infirma

Back in 2004 when I was first elected Councillor, I was part of the first change in political control of the Council for 31 years, a real shock to the system for all involved. Our manifesto included a commitment to ‘zero waste’, so we got stuck into boosting the levels of recycling in the City.

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