DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Editor’s Note: This is part of a regular column, Gaslit , which navigates society’s dysfunctional relationship with fossil fuel disinformation. Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Politics Africa 98

Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

To limit global warming to a peak of 1.5C, which the impacts we are experiencing at 1.35°C °C warming (based on an average of the last 10 years) make clear is a higher than desirable goal. The challenge. gigatons of CO2 annually (GtCO2/year).

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Ocean acidification Sea level rise Global warming Climate change 39

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I was fortunate to interview Jacobson for an Energy Boom story in 2010 about the real cost comparison between coal and wind power. He focused on his training as an athlete to center himself and instinctively opened with, “So Dave, we’re developing science-based plans to eliminate global warming and air pollution, including the 2.5

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Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 101

Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

More than a decade ago the International Energy Agency estimated that over 200 power plants need to be fitted with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology by 2030, in order to prevent temperature rises of over 3°C (International Energy Agency [IEA], 2010). In 2013 the IPCC warned us to reduce emissions (IPCC AR5, 2013).

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Carbon Carbon-negative Climate change Building Energy Monitoring 52

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Compiled by Dutch climate activist Vatan Hüzeir , and reviewed by DeSmog and Dutch investigative journalism platform Follow The Money , the documents show how Shell was actively supporting research that clearly underscored the dangers posed by burning its fossil fuel products from the mid-1970s — years earlier than previously thought.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

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. Kemi Badenoch – Trade Secretary. Zahawi earned £1.3

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Climate change Fossil fuels Government Policy 89