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Scientists Have Now Linked Worsening Western Wildfires to Top Polluters

DeSmogBlog

New research for the first time links wildfire risks and impacts in western North America to carbon emissions traceable to the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies. This research builds on over a decade of science tracing heat-trapping emissions and impacts on a global scale to particular fossil fuel operations.”

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You Can't Say You Haven't Been Warned

Green Market Oracle

A half century ago climate models accurately predicted global warming. A brief review of climate science shows us that we have known about the dangers of a warming planet since the 1950s. In 2013 The U.S. Seven years ago the IEA and the WRI warned that we need to stop burning fossil fuels.

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

Renewable Energy World

Motivated by New York Governor Cuomo’s willingness to consider banning hydrofracking, Jacobson worked through the night to layer New York’s pollution, human health, morbidity and global warming data into a cohesive model. Meeting of The Solutions Project and Sierra Club at Cornell University on April 20, 2013. © Jon Wank.

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'We can end the climate wars': Can Australia's 'greenslide' election provide renewed momentum for COP27?

Business Green

Albanese, a veteran politician who served as deputy prime minister under the last Labor government that was voted out in 2013, is to be sworn into office today. The country's national climate action plan under the Paris Agreement remained worryingly underpowered, aligned with as much as up to 4C of global warming, according to some experts.

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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

Fifty years ago, climate models accurately predicted that greenhouse gases cause global warming (Hausfather et al, 2020). The WRI warned that we need to stop burning coal (Yang & Cui, 2012) and the IPCC synthesis report (2014) said that we must stop using fossil fuels. Special Report - Global Warming of 1.5°C

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. Since the first edition was published in 2013, new strategies, measurements, and certifications have been developed.

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How Climate-Friendly is Liz Truss’s Cabinet?

DeSmogBlog

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