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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.

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

DeSmogBlog

At a Columbia University symposium, physicist Edward Teller warns oil executives about rising levels of carbon dioxide and the likelihood of global warming and sea level rise by the end of the century. Business as usual would lead to: 2005: 1°C rise in temperatures that would be barely noticeable.

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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. Jacob justification is a cost benefit analysis whereby the external costs of coal, natural gas and oil far exceed the investment costs for WWS. Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson). Collaboration with Students. for wind power production.