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Over 450 Climate Scientists Say Advertising Industry Must End ‘Complicity’ in Climate Crisis

DeSmogBlog

They study glaciers and global temperature changes, climate solutions and adaptation, the oceans and the human influence on global warming. August 18, 2009. Indeed, Exxon says it has spent only $300 million on its algae biofuels research since 2009, according to the Wall Street Journal , a rounding error for the company.

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Macquarie eyes coal exit by 2024 as bank ramps up green investment plans

Business Green

The firm said it expected to increase investment in "important emerging transition opportunities" such as zero emissions transport, hydrogen, carbon sequestration, nature-based solutions, and climate resilient infrastructure, and that it expects its coal-related lending exposures to "run off" by 2024.

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GIS Owners in California Must Comply With SF6 Regulation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

GIS containing SF6 gases are typically found in most if not all substations and at many power generating facilities, including natural gas plants, wind farms, solar parks, and geothermal plants. For comparison, carbon dioxide has a global warming potential of 1.

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GIS Owners in California Must Comply With SF6 Regulation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

GIS containing SF6 gases are typically found in most if not all substations and at many power generating facilities, including natural gas plants, wind farms, solar parks, and geothermal plants. For comparison, carbon dioxide has a global warming potential of 1.

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

Renewable Energy World

Their 2009 report concluded that but for the social and political impediments, the economic and technological wheels were in place to transition the world’s all-purpose energy demand to 100% WWS. Jacob justification is a cost benefit analysis whereby the external costs of coal, natural gas and oil far exceed the investment costs for WWS.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

More to work on: A bill to increase the State’s insufficient targets for emissions reductions to match the Paris Accords failed to advance for the second year in a row, leaving Washington state’s targets far below what’s necessary to avoid the worst harms from global warming. Photo by Samantha Bushman.