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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

Accusing people of alarmism has long been a favorite tactic of climate deniers and those who oppose climate action. In Italy, daily newspaper Il Mattino published multiple interviews with climate deniers saying the record heat is “influenced by the sun’s cycles” and “isn’t news.” Changing Extremes.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 1997. Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson).

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

In 2015, nearly 200 countries agreed to “Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”.

COP 95
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Climate migration is part of our future. Is it a problem or a solution?

Grist

From scenes of scared Americans fleeing to Mexico in The Day After Tomorrow to the Biden administration’s discussion of migration as a matter of national security , climate migration is often viewed by wealthier nations as one of the many negative impacts of climate change. To be clear, climate migration is already happening.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. Sea level rising (not because of melting). Global conflict and geo-political upheaval.

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How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning

DeSmogBlog

It has confused the public about climate science, bought the eternal gratitude of one of America’s two main political parties, and repeatedly out-maneuvered regulatory efforts. Controlling Climate Science. Big Oil also saw climate change coming.

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Nigel Farage’s ‘Net Zero Referendum’ Drive is Steeped in Climate Science Denial

DeSmogBlog

On the website of CAR26 the group questions whether carbon dioxide is a “significant factor in global warming” and suggests that teaching children about the dangers of climate change is “borderline child abuse”. Perry has said the climate crisis is a “con” designed by “elites” to make people poor and hungry.