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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

These revelations quickly spurred calls for Congress to investigate Exxon’s and other fossil fuel companies’ efforts to obstruct climate action. For years, academics, journalists, and activists have been unearthing documents proving that the fossil fuel industry knew about the dangers of climate change since the late 1950s.

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Media Brief: COP26 and the implications for Canada

Clean Energy Canada

Canada has committed to reducing emissions by 40% to 45% below 2005 levels by 2030, up from a previous target of 30%. Recent independent modelling indicates that the government’s current climate plan, if fully implemented, could achieve a 37%-to-41% reduction in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. For comparison, the U.S.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

In 2005, Jacobson worked with Stanford students to begin mapping regions of the U.S. Jacobson’s Greenhouse-Gas-Free (GHGFREE) Teslas run on solar power, as does his home, built by BoneStructure. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson).

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The Uncertain Future of Gas Exports on Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastline

DeSmogBlog

“But four hurricanes since 2005 and sea level rise — it really decimated this coastline.” He estimates that 70 metres of his property has been swallowed up by sea level rise since he moved there in 1998, with trees and wetlands washed away as the ocean advanced bit by bit with each passing year.