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Big Oil Clouded the Science on Extreme Weather. Now It Faces a Reckoning.

DeSmogBlog

One key player was the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) — an international industry lobbying group that was instrumental in early efforts to deny climate change and generate opposition to policy action to reduce emissions. A report that AccuWeather produced minimizing the impact of global warming on extreme weather in 1994.

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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

It has been highlighted that any increase in the present-level global warming (1°C > pre-industrial periods) will likely be trailed by adverse consequences to food and water ecosystems, human security and peace, and economic well-being. The London School Of Economics And Political Science, 2006, [link] Accessed 2 June 2019.

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

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 4)

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Shareholder Activism Faces Big Oil Obstruction Playbook When Pushing for Climate Action

DeSmogBlog

This is “due to the sector’s role in driving global warming, and the seismic risks that climate change and the energy transition present to the industry,” he explained. Researchers identified seven different strategic communication themes companies used against shareholder proposals.

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GIS Owners in California Must Comply With SF6 Regulation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Although SF6 is non-toxic, the gas is one of the most potent GHGs with a global warming potential of 23,900 and an atmospheric lifetime of 3,200 years. For comparison, carbon dioxide has a global warming potential of 1.

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GIS Owners in California Must Comply With SF6 Regulation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Although SF6 is non-toxic, the gas is one of the most potent GHGs with a global warming potential of 23,900 and an atmospheric lifetime of 3,200 years. For comparison, carbon dioxide has a global warming potential of 1.