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In D.C. Defamation Trial, Climatologist Michael Mann Confronts the Climate Deniers Who Maligned His Work

DeSmogBlog

Weatherford, a lawyer from the corporate law firm Baker Hostetler, stated in opening arguments that Mann was so disliked that “even his own family won’t come to court to defend him.” Many other scientists on the IPCC panel have also said they won the 2007 award, Mann testified.

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How using space tech helps humanity move toward a sustainable future today

The Environmental Blog

The interest in precision farming among the industry players is driven by their intention to withstand competition amid increasing risks of crop failure caused by climate change-related weather extremes and ever-growing food demand. A National Forest Law prohibits lumbering in these areas adopted at the end of 2007.

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New UN report could be a game-changer for climate lawsuits

Grist

“The IPCC report should be a sort of rallying call to lawyers,” said Rupert Stuart-Smith, a climate researcher at the University of Oxford, “to ensure that they are making use of the most up-to-date developments in climate science.”. The plaintiffs said the erosion had been exacerbated by climate change. But the U.S.

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Steps some of the most sustainable countries are taking to protect our oceans

The Environmental Blog

As well as providing a habitat for marine life , they play a crucial role in combating climate change, offering renewable energy and feeding growing populations. Due to their abundance of natural resources, oceans play a vital role in the sustenance of ecosystems both on land and at sea.

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Alberta Is Spending its Carbon Tax on Pro-Oil Ad Campaigns

DeSmogBlog

The province earlier set aside a budget of $80 million for the Canadian Energy Centre in its 2019 Budget, paid for by climate taxes on the province’s biggest polluters. It’s a ridiculously ineffective program,” Drew Yewchuk, a lawyer with the University of Calgary’s Public Interest Law Clinic, told DeSmog.

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Ignoring nature was never going to work  

Business Green

I've always found it curious how, on the whole, the business community has been much slower to ‘get' the seriousness of the global ecological crisis and the profound threat it poses to the future of business, the global economy and - well - humanity, as compared to the threat posed by climate change.

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Understanding California Wildfires: Climate Trends And Response Options

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Discouragingly for many, it may already seem too late to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. California is in the middle of another unprecedented fire year.