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Vast Majority of Global CO2 Emissions Tied to Just 57 Entities

DeSmogBlog

In its analysis of the new data, InfluenceMap, a London-based nonprofit think tank, found that two-thirds of investor- and state-owned fossil fuel companies outside of North America expanded oil and gas operations between 2016 and 2022. Only in North America were a slim minority of carbon majors — 16 of 37 — linked to rising emissions.

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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. The Alder fire in the Druid Complex in Yellowstone National Park, August 19, 2013. This latest study extends that analysis to the realm of wildfires.

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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

The report today - the IPCC's first of its kind since 2013 - may not make for joyful reading on the state of the only habitable home humans have, but coming just weeks before the crucial COP26 Climate Summit its core conclusions could not be more essential to every business on the planet. And today the IPCC concluded the 1.5C