Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report , released on Monday, contained some of the group’s strongest language yet affirming the link between human activity and global warming. Take, for example, the 2008 case of Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.,

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

She is the latest high profile figure to ally with NZW’s parent organisation, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , which is the UK’s principal climate science denial group and part of the Tufton Street network of free market think tanks. Rapidly cutting carbon emissions is necessary to limit global warming to 1.5°C

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2023

The Daily Telegraph’s chief interviewer and columnist Allison Pearson has joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , one of the UK’s principal climate science denial groups. This appointment adds to the influence of the GWPF in the press and potentially the amount of sway that it holds over the Conservative Party.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

global warming goal is 'not fully safe', scientists warn. Scientists have today raised the alarm that the world is currently at greater risk of triggering key climatic 'tipping points' than previously thought, which could lead to irreversible and accelerating climate breakdown that would devastate economies and communities globally.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

UnHerd has published multiple articles and videos critical of climate action, including an interview in July with Bjorn Lomborg about “ how global warming will save lives ”. They agree that rapidly cutting carbon emissions is necessary to limit global warming to 1.5C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017 fossil fuel industry trade associations spent almost $1.4tr on public relations, advertising, and communications contractors, according to Clean Creatives. "As long as they continue to engage in polluter relations, these firms will be one of our greatest barriers to climate progress.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Bill would require the inclusion of emissions from the UK's share of international aviation and shipping in the country's existing 2050 net zero greenhouse gas target, as well as emissions linked to UK supply chains and consumption, none of which currently fall under the 2008 Climate Change Act.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 12, 2020

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has continued to be a thorn in the side of efforts to curb global warming. The new figures that were reported on Tuesday, June 8, 2020 now present the highest level of deforestation since 2008.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

During the event, Baker failed to mention he had recently become a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation , a group criticised for its “laughable record of inaccurate and misleading claims”. His remarks come a month ahead of the UK government hosting the UN COP26 climate summit. They are implausible.”.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

global warming climate scenario and to meet several other climate-focused objectives, the company said, providing investors and other market participants with a means to align their investments with the Paris Agreement and manage climate-related risks and opportunities.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The report was also shared by leading climate science denial groups, including Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. The report was covered in the the Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, the Spectator, and the influential conservative blog Guido Fawkes through both news reports and opinion pieces.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

The five previous biggest falls in emissions occurred during World War Two, the global recession in 1991-92, the early 1980s energy crisis, the Spanish flu pandemic shortly after the First World War, and the 2008 financial crash, according to the analysis. global warming target set out in the Paris Agreement within reach.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

The move builds on the firm's £400m investment in directly purchasing renewable energy for its business in the UK since 2008. this century. For example, mobile network operators adopting the SBT would be required to reduce emissions by at least 45 per cent by 2030.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 18, 2019

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. 4, 2008, pp. 4, 2008, pp. 2. The Challenge of Climate Change. Davidson, Marc D.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Mass Save’s programming is guided by three-year energy efficiency plans, a system put in place by the state’s 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act. However, advocates have long said these programs fall short when it comes to serving members of environmental justice communities.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

These are welcome pledges, and they have the potential to become turning points in the race to avoid catastrophic global warming," she wrote in a blog post published yesterday. But they are still just that: pledges.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the UK’s main climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), welcomed the reports, saying it hopes the changes were a “significant first move” towards a complete dismantling of the net zero target.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In 2016, Theresa May received a £15,000 donation from Ian Taylor, chair and former global chief executive of Vitol Group, the Dutch oil and shipping company. In 2018, May nominated two of the only five Conservative MPs who voted against the UK’s 2008 Climate Change Act for peerages – Peter Lilley and Andrew Tyrie.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 trillion on public relations, advertising and communications, according to Clean Creatives. Since the 1990s, the world's top five public oil companies alone — Exxon, BP, Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips — have spent over $3.6

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

During the leadership contest, Truss defended her tax plans by citing economist Patrick Minford, an IEA trustee who has institutional connections to the climate science-denying Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Sinclair campaigned against green taxes in senior roles at the TaxPayers’ Alliance pressure group from 2008 to 2013.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

The UK pledged to prevent global warming from spiraling out of control by signing the 2015 Paris Agreement – enshrining into law the ambitious climate change target to cut emissions by 78% by 2035. He joined Logan Energy Limited in 2008 as Director of Operations and became Managing Director and CEO in 2012.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

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. Exxon , was filed in February 2008 in U.S. Credit: Suzanne Tennant. District Court.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The agency said global energy demand and associated emissions are set to bounce back slower than they did after the financial crisis in 2008-09, but warned the world was still a long way away from a sustainable recovery. Although clearly a global shift, it is clear the message is getting through in the UK.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 22, 2020

Hence, a huge global debate is going on regarding how to protect, preserve and utilise natural resources in a sustainable way. These issues should be analysed, in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crisis of 2008, and it should be considered whether our past development has addressed real needs.

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Grist

MARCH 26, 2021

Between 2008 and 2018, U.S. Russell said research into cloud brightening could inform scientists’ understanding of “how much global warming will increase temperatures, and how soon, and where.”. Except it’s happening in an ad hoc, fragmented way, across many disciplines, and with varying degrees of public engagement.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2008, Jacobson teamed up with student, Graeme Hoste, to assess whether California’s hourly demand for electricity could be satisfied with a combination of renewable power sources. (Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson). Collaboration with Students. In 2005, Jacobson worked with Stanford students to begin mapping regions of the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Al Gore at the World Economic Forum in 2008. Around the same time, the group published an article refuting the idea that weather variations were becoming more extreme, and stated on its website that “those who would like to see massive cuts in energy use associate bad weather with global warming in an effort to promote their cause.” .

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming. According to Project Drawdown, eating a plant-based diet is "the most important contribution every individual can make to reversing global warming."

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

They study glaciers and global temperature changes, climate solutions and adaptation, the oceans and the human influence on global warming. billion on advertising and PR between 2008 and 2017. And as this letter makes clear, they have had enough. Chamber of Commerce ranked second.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

million hectares in its indirect supply chain, since 2008. Institutional Shareholder Services also notes that JBS has not committed to verify that its emissions intensity goals align with the most ambitious Paris target to limit global warming to 1.5C. JBS has said it is working with SBTi to strengthen its targets.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Provenance: Inside Climate News featured this document in a 2015 story titled, “ Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago.” Provenance: Inside Climate News featured this document in a 2015 story titled, “ Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago.”

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Lacey Act , first enacted in 1900 to ban trafficking of illegal wildlife , then amended in 2008 to include plants and plant products, like timber. Mislabeling of wood is of high concern because illegal logging harms fragile forests, placing them at risk of biodiversity loss. Whether purposeful or not, mislabeling breaches the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Ridley wrote last year that global heating was “mostly beneficial”. Ridley is an advisor to the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate denial group, which is based on Westminster’s Tufton Street. Eleven opinion writers were board members or academic advisors at the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil fuel industry trade associations in the US spent almost $1.4tr on public relations, advertising, and communications, according to Clean Creatives. It is a big business.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Italy’s first climate change lawsuit brought by Greenpeace Italy and climate advocacy group ReCommon against Italian oil giant Eni opened with its first hearing on February 16, alleging the company contributed to global warming. to obscure the Italian oil giant’s true contribution to global warming.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

For the first time, it proposed encompassing all the gases that cause global warming in a single indicator. “It was the most controversial and heated debate in the workshop,” recalls Rijsberman, now director of the Global Green Growth Institute. The year was 2008. And so they fought. And they won.

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Cleantech East

JUNE 25, 2019

The founding of new community organisations from 2008-2018. One can see the perversity of this situation in terms of the leading position in the EU , the UK holds in subsidising fossil fuels despite its decarbonisation rhetoric and signing of the Paris climate change agreement to limit global warming to 1.5ºC!

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