Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

After decades of intense public debate and misinformation campaigns, nearly three-quarters of Americans now accept that climate change is happening ; not only that, more than half understand it is caused by human activity. But science education advocates aren’t too worried about the impact of the materials. It’s like ‘The 1990s called.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

The specific field of science that examines the connection between extreme weather events and human activity is called “climate change attribution.” The plaintiffs said the erosion had been exacerbated by climate change. Left: A young boy in Kivalina, Alaska, watches workers fill sandbags for a sea wall in 2007.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Writing in a blog post announcing the tech giant's "third decade of climate action", CEO Sundar Pichai said the company had used carbon offsets to achieve 'carbon neutral' status since 2007, but it had now moved to offset emissions released prior to 2007. "As This means that Google's lifetime net carbon footprint is now zero.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From the Global Team American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference By Cartie Werthman In 2023 we returned to our roots and investigated the ongoing relationship between the fossil fuel industry and advertising and public relations firms. Here’s What Actually Happened.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

.” “I believe that when you have the power of making the world a better place by your action, let’s do it”, Yannick Bolloré told Thomas Kolster, an activist advocating for ethical advertising, in a June 2023 video interview about the advertising industry’s role in solving climate change. billion euros (around $2.49

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

Multi-billion pound endowment to divest from fossil fuel companies and request evidence of net zero business plans right across its investment portfolio. Coupled with our research strengths, our new approach will enhance our position as a world leader in reducing carbon emissions and tackling climate change before it is too late.".

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a potential pervasive conflict of interest on the boards at a time when the international insurance sector is under pressure to halt its support for the fossil fuel industry. “When insurers underwrite fossil fuels, they actually are underwriting climate change.”

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Grist

DECEMBER 18, 2023

percent of scientists would come to agree that burning fossil fuels had disrupted the Earth’s climate. Yet almost 30 years after that warning, during the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years , people are still arguing that the science is unreliable, or that the threat is real but we shouldn’t do anything about climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The study shows a worldwide decline in coal-fired power generation with significant falls of 24 per cent in the EU and 16 per cent in the US in 2019, taking coal generation to around half the level seen in 2007 in both regions. To switch from coal into gas is just swapping one fossil fuel for another," Jones said.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a systemic conflict of interest at a time when the international financial sector is under increasing pressure to stop funding fossil fuels. DeSmog’s analysis found 65 percent of directors from 39 banks had 940 past or current connections to industries that could be considered climate-conflicted.

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Grist

MARCH 16, 2021

The project, which is one plank of a larger effort to protect and restore the Louisiana coast called the Louisiana Coastal Master Plan — a $50 billion plan created in 2007, two years after Hurricane Katrina walloped the state — will serve as a pilot for other parts of Louisiana experiencing severe land loss.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

“The science is clear: The world must act now if we’re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change,” Pichai wrote in the blog post. West driven by increased heat and dry conditions linked to global warming from human carbon emissions. Europe and Chile.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Wilkinson was previously employed by GWPF founder and former chancellor Lord Nigel Lawson , who recently said climate change was “not a problem”. The NZSG claims to accept climate science and Mackinlay recently said he is “not a climate-change denier”. Net Zero Scrutiny. Gesture Politics’.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

Disappointingly, the Bank's climate stress test will be a purely 'exploratory' exercise , meaning the Bank won't bring in regulatory measures or more stringent capital requirements for the institutions that are found to be particularly exposed to climate risks.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2020

Ahead of London Climate Action Week, E3G's Tom Burke warns that governments alone can not tackle the escalating risks from climate change - businesses and wider society have to step up. Climate change is a whole of society problem. This makes staying below 2C the mark of climate policy success.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The revelations come as the Church faces renewed pressure to fully divest from fossil fuels after its biannual meeting earlier this month, where climate campaigners expressed frustration at the Church’s ongoing stakes in oil and gas. . Fossil Fuel Ties. Officials also have ties to banks that finance fossil fuels.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Edda Sif Pind Aradóttir, Carbfix's CEO, has been with Carbfix since its inception in 2007. For the US, a country whose transition to 100 percent renewable energy depends upon steady job creation to compensate for the fossil fuel-based jobs lost , this is only good news.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As emissions keep rising and global carbon budgets decline, it is becoming increasingly apparent that if we are to stave off the worst of climate change we must deploy and scale these desperate remedies as quickly as possible. Carbon capture and sequestration have often been considered technologies of last resort. billion tons.

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Grist

AUGUST 9, 2022

They also confirmed that rising temperatures — driven by human consumption of fossil fuels — were partly to blame. In one sense, the climate change link seems obvious. But the connection between climate change and drought is not as straightforward as it seems. Since 1850, global temperatures have climbed 1.2

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2022

The municipality, which is home to roughly 75,000 residents, was among the earliest adopters of a climate target, pledging to achieve carbon neutrality way back in 2007 - long before climate targets were fashionable, and well before Paris Agreement triggered a deluge of net zero goals from governments and companies around the world.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

If adopted widely, it argues insect-based pet food could make a major dent in carbon emissions: one 2017 US study of pet cats and dogs suggested their diet constitutes about a quarter of the environment impacts from animal production in terms of land, water, and fossil fuel use.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy study warns the 'climate footprint of Europe's big meat and dairy companies rival the fossil fuel giants'. The climate footprint of Europe's big meat and dairy companies rival the fossil fuel giants yet they continue to operate with impunity," she said.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 1, 2020

In the previous installment of this series, I highlighted Jeff Bezos’s recent commitment of $10 billion to fight climate change. The primary culprits that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere are the coal, oil, and natural gas — the fossil fuels — we consume for energy. coal consumption has dropped by 44% since 2007.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Since the rebound from the 2007-08 financial crisis, it would have taken a singularly motivated unwise investor to lose money in U.S. A declining investment rationale for fossil fuels. Prior to the 2007-08 financial crash, ExxonMobil enjoyed a market capitalization in excess of $500 billion. equity markets.

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Jigar Shah

JUNE 11, 2019

Prominent among these shifts is an increase in ride-sharing and public transit over car ownership, and an elevated political awareness of climate change. Lastly, we need to increase the clean energy industry 10x to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. People switched because in 2007 George W.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Griffith was introducing a dramatic approach to slowing climate change and creating tens of millions of new jobs on U.S. energy economy is actually finding, mining, refining and transporting our fuels to support our fossil fuel economy, there's a huge savings there as well," he said.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2021

What’s the single word that fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil’s flagship environmental reports to investors and the public tie most closely to climate change and global warming? The risk of climate change and its potential impacts on society and the ecosystem are widely recognized ,’ says another the following year.”.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

A business can then consider all the aspects of their business that produce carbon, including fossil fuels , land clearance and the production and consumption of food, manufactured goods, materials, wood, roads, buildings, transportation and other services. WHAT EXACTLY IS A CARBON FOOTPRINT? To have the best chance of avoiding a 2?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2021

Global coal power use, however, must drop by 14 percent per year to achieve the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C As Ember reported, coal power is losing out to renewable energy around the world but the transition isn’t happening nearly fast enough to address climate change.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 23, 2019

Over the past few months, we’ve been writing this series to inform readers about just what exactly the federal government is doing in the fight of our lifetimes — that is, the fight against climate change. We’ve talked about a couple of different hugely important climate policies that don’t receive enough news coverage.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Negotiators at COP28 will also aim to make progress on key climate issues including loss and damage finance, a just energy transition, and closing the emissions gap. Al Jaber, the person leading these global climate negotiations, is the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Critics argue it is anything but.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

First launched in 2007, the EPC regime for homes and buildings was designed to ensure UK compliance with an EU directive to reduce the amount of energy used by both commercial and domestic properties. Meanwhile, inconsistent assessment practices means there can be significant inconsistency within scoring bands up and down the country.

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Jigar Shah

JUNE 11, 2019

Prominent among these shifts is an increase in ride-sharing and public transit over car ownership, and an elevated political awareness of climate change. like car ownership, reliance on fossil fuels, or skepticism of scientific discoveries?—?have People switched because in 2007 George W.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. including: Pollen from changing growing seasons.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Al-Jaber later denied questioning whether climate science required a phase-out of fossil fuels to keep warming below 1.5 DeSmog has previously documented Edelman’s extensive work with the UAE to position Al Jaber as a leader in international climate diplomacy, even as Adnoc plans to ramp up production of oil and gas.

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Grist

JANUARY 20, 2022

Other studies found exposure to smoke from wildfires doubled the risk of severe birth defects, while reduced fertility was linked to air pollution from fossil fuel burning, even at low levels. The second study analyzed 200,000 births from 2007-2011 in Harris County, Texas – which includes Houston – where people are accustomed to heat.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Abstract: There is a growing recognition among businesses, policymakers, and the general public regarding the economic and societal risks of climate change. A declining cap on fossil fuel consumption has a much larger set of unknowns regarding technology, resources, and other shifts that could affect the cost of compliance.

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