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American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference

DeSmogBlog

Department of Justice (DOJ) recently reviewed by DeSmog show that from 2007 to 2009, Edelman carried out a $6.4 The campaign paid off: In 2009 IRENA established its headquarters in Masdar City. Hundreds of pages of documents filed with the U.S. million campaign to boost the United Arab Emirates’ green reputation. Under the U.S.

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Office for Students Chair Condemned for Role With Oilfield Firm

DeSmogBlog

The International Energy Agency has stated that new oil and gas exploration is incompatible with the effort to limit global warming to 1.5C – the legally-binding limit set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. The OfS is the higher education regulator in England, which works to protect the interests of students.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 3)

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), 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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'Unusually positive news': Does 2020 mark a turning point for delivering on the Paris Agreement goals?

Business Green

The 'domino effect' of net zero pledges from world leaders in recent months could prove hugely impactful on global warming trajectories, a new analysis suggests, but is its optimistic outlook justified? Back then, CAT's estimate for global average temperature rise by 2100 was 3.5C.

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US Oil-Linked Pressure Group Attacks EU Green Policies, Breaks Lobbying Rules

DeSmogBlog

Students for Liberty has received over $1 million in funding since 2009 from the philanthropic organisations of Charles Koch, who co-owns Koch Industries – one of the largest privately-held companies in the US – which trades heavily in oil and gas. Consumer Choice Center was part of US-based Students for Liberty until 2020.

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Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program Announce the Carbon to Value Initiative

Greentown Labs

Leading climatetech innovation organizations launch multi-year initiative to accelerate the trillion-dollar carbon-to-value market. According to scientists, reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone will not be enough to keep global warming below an average of two degrees Celsius globally. Newswise — New York City, N.Y.,

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The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil

DeSmogBlog

The fact that Mitloehner did not question the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector was overlooked in the subsequent media campaign that claimed that the FAO was wrong to blame global warming on livestock. “He But he uses that to say, ‘Oh, because [livestock’s climate impact] is not a relative problem in the U.S.