DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Working closely with the community, Cole represented the residents in lawsuits fighting against major mining and fossil fuel companies, including the groundbreaking case Kivalina v. Cole’s journey was tragically cut short in 2009 before he could see the full impact of his life’s work unfold. Credit: Laura Mangan.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

May also cited polling by the More In Common thinktank, which found concern about climate change was common across political and social groups. 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.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

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 fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org Jacobson’s Early Story. to 4 million deaths that occur worldwide, each year.”

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

The US-based organisation – which has links to a network of fossil fuel funded think tanks and advocacy groups – has opposed climate-friendly measures in Europe, such as the phase-out of petrol cars and green farming reforms, despite being removed from the lobby register over a year ago.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 16, 2020

According to scientists, reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone will not be enough to keep global warming below an average of two degrees Celsius globally. Founded in 2009, the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering is New York City’s longest running cleantech startup incubator. Urban Future Lab.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Alternative jet fuels or so-called “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” (SAF) are liquid hydrocarbon fuels that can be used with existing aircraft in place of kerosene produced from fossil fuels. The argument is that blending these fuels with fossil fuels would thereby reduce emissions.

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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. Since 1850, global temperatures have climbed 1.2 Christine Albano, an ecohydrologist at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, studies evaporative demand and how it might change under global warming. “A

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Department of Justice (DOJ) recently reviewed by DeSmog show that from 2007 to 2009, Edelman carried out a $6.4 Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), any group working for a foreign country to conduct political activity or public relations in the U.S. The campaign paid off: In 2009 IRENA established its headquarters in Masdar City.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Because the court got it wrong, Congress was inspired to step up and get it right.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It was the first time the majority of nations formally recognized the need to control greenhouse gas emissions , which cause global warming that drives climate change. That agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), and preferably to 1.5 What happens at COP26? The U.S. ,

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

“We need strong political leadership on climate change and filling the government with climate sceptics is the antithesis to this.” The GWPF has been the leading force opposing environmental action in the UK since former Chancellor and Conservative peer Nigel Lawson set up the group in 2009. Arch Critic of Climate Policies.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 13, 2022

Hintze, an Australian hedge fund manager who is set to join the House of Lords, is one of the few known funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The GWPF, founded by former chancellor Lord Lawson in 2009, is working with MPs to campaign against net zero. featuring Baker and Scullion.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Because the court got it wrong, Congress was inspired to step up and get it right.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Because the court got it wrong, Congress was inspired to step up and get it right.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Add to that a huge round of new licences for North Sea oil and gas extraction – and no further windfall taxes on energy companies making bumper profits – and it’s clear the former Shell manager has few qualms about going all-out for fossil fuels. Zahawi earned £1.3

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 23, 2022

Editor’s Note: This is part of a new column, Gaslit , which will navigate society’s dysfunctional relationship with fossil fuel disinformation. Europe still imports more than 40 percent of its gas from Russia, and the American fossil fuel industry is still pushing the U.S. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch. Here we go!

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. Political Shifts: Earth Day Gains Momentum Despite Political Turbulence. This was no doubt a political win for Earth Day. struggled under these political constraints.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. Political Shifts: Earth Day Gains Momentum Despite Political Turbulence. This was no doubt a political win for Earth Day. struggled under these political constraints.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

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. It is hugely encouraging news.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A group of Republican members of Congress are traveling to Glasgow, Scotland, in order to attend COP26, the United Nations’ international climate negotiations meant to galvanize global action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. In 2009, Sen. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) in Copenhagen in 2009. Credit: Andrew Revkin. (CC

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

“If you were a fossil fuel project, you would have been shut down long ago.” ” That apparent conservation activist was, in fact, an infamous climate change disinformation artist : Marc Morano, who’s done more than perhaps any other person to manufacture doubt about global warming.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 3, 2024

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s foremost climate science body, has stated that carbon dioxide “is responsible for most of global warming” since the late 19th century, which has increased the “severity and frequency of weather and climate extremes, like heat waves, heavy rains, and drought”.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Conway, authors of the classic 2010 book Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming , have released a new book placing that doubt machine into a longer arc of U.S. business and political history. and global politics.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 10, 2022

He repeats familiar talking points from public figures blocking climate action, including the Net Zero Scrutiny Group of MPs, who argue that the war in Ukraine means the UK should extract more fossil fuels and overturn its moratorium on fracking. Farage went further – arguing for coal extraction at the proposed mine in Cumbria.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

After a green stimulus package was passed in 2009, Democrats backpedaled. Shortly thereafter the Democrat's adopted an "all of the above" energy strategy that included fossil fuels. They abandoned a few key policy positions including dropping their call for an end to fossil fuels and support for cap-and-trade.

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