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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Approximately twenty years after the publication of UNESCO’s Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations, the need to protect the earth for the future generations has finally received a significant consideration in the field of ethics. 3. Application of Ethics.

Ethics 247
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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Luke had high moral and ethical standards and he fit right into our community,” Swan said. In 2006, a federal judge found the mine had violated the Clean Water Act over 600 times. When his son was born, Adams, Jr. named him after Cole. Lucy Adams, mother of Enoch Adams, Jr., Credit: Suzanne Tennant. Again, no one was ever caught.

Law 99
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Why people still fall for fake news about climate change

Grist

Why, after all this time, do 15 percent of Americans fall for the lie that global warming isn’t happening? Spreading lies about global warming like these can further social divisions and undermine public and political support for action to reduce emissions, according to the Climate Action Against Disinformation’s report.

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The Rise of the ‘Climate Friendly’ Cow

DeSmogBlog

New research published in Nature Climate Change in March, which was able to pinpoint the warming caused by livestock emissions for the first time, has added to the pressure. In 2006, he famously challenged the methodology of the UN’s landmark Livestock’s Long Shadow report. Mitloehner is a controversial figure.

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GAMING THE SYSTEM HOW SOCIAL MEDIA TRANSFORMS THE PUBLIC SPHERE, UNDERMINES CLIMATE ACTION AND THREATENS DEMOCRACY

Green Market Oracle

As explained by Habermas, media both constitutes and maintains the public sphere and media professionals are key actors in the public sphere (Habermas, 2006, p 416). It is a place for mediated political communication by the elite (Habermas 2006, p 416). Nolte’s article is titled, “Scientists Prove Man-Made Global Warming Is a Hoax”.