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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

A report released Wednesday gives that distinction to fossil fuel runoff from highways, parking lots, and other land-based infrastructure, mostly transportation related. The report was co-sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, a fossil fuel industry trade group, in addition to federal agencies from the U.S.

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‘There’s no alternative’: Louisiana’s ambitious plan to stay above water

Grist

Now, the boot is losing a football field of land every hour to the rising tide. In order to save the state from sea-level rise, the Louisiana state government is embarking on a series of years-long, multi-billion dollar projects to slow the rate of land loss. This month, the U.S. It is time we held them accountable.”

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1.5C: Where the target came from - and why we're losing sight of its importance

Business Green

Global temperature rise is just one measure of how the climate is changing. Scientists also track concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere, sea-level rise and the intensity of heatwaves and flooding. Only stopping global temperature rise well below 1.5C Acceptable for who? At 1.5C, few reefs will escape harm.

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

Editor’s Note: This is part of a regular column, Gaslit , which navigates society’s dysfunctional relationship with fossil fuel disinformation. Davies noted that fossil fuel interests were conducting operations of their own. At the same time, fossil fuel companies have worked to insulate themselves from extreme weather.

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Media Brief: COP26 and the implications for Canada

Clean Energy Canada

However, a recent UN Climate report suggests that the current climate targets are still projected to result in a 16% increase in global emissions by 2030 compared to 2010, which would lead to a temperature rise of about 2.7°C C by the end of the century. However, the report does not include recent commitments made last week.

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

Renewable Energy World

I was fortunate to interview Jacobson for an Energy Boom story in 2010 about the real cost comparison between coal and wind power. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org This was the first time we “met,” albeit via a cross-country phone call. Photo of Mark Jacobson and Stacy Clark, August 1, 2018.

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Reaching net zero requires climate intervention and aggressive mitigation

Business Green

To achieve this the IPCC calculates that annual global emissions of CO2 must be reduced to 45 per cent below their 2010 level by 2030, which was roughly 1.9 Currently, society is continuing to subsidise the combustion of fossil fuels at a direct and indirect cost the IMF estimates to have been $5.9tr in 2020.