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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

It's race, class, money and politics. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth. It's race, class, money and politics. Pull Quote.

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Nigel Farage’s ‘Net Zero Referendum’ Drive is Steeped in Climate Science Denial

DeSmogBlog

Tice claimed the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) suggested sea level rises would not occur for hundreds of years, adding: “Why are we investing all this money in getting to net zero? If you were worried about sea level rises, you’d be better investing the money in defences.”

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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

They use their tremendous wealth to buy politicians and political outcomes. According to the NGO Germanwatch , from 1994 to 2013, there were more than 15,000 extreme weather events that caused 2.2 Many eco-systems will be lost and sea ice will disappear as will glaciers. trillion in damages and killed at least 530,000 people.

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Net Economic Gains from Climate Action

Green Market Oracle

s National Oceanographic Centre, the costs of sea level rise alone could exceed $14 trillion a year by 2100. In 2013 the stock of manageable assets was $143 trillion as estimated by the Financial Stability Board, updated based on EIU data in 2015 suggests that number is $207 trillion. According to the U.K.’s

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

Like a chicken and egg dilemma, who came up with these goals first, politics or science? Political Origins of 2°C. The next key moment in the 2°C story is no longer scientific, but political. For a long time, the debate focused more on CO2 concentrations than on warming levels. But why are both numbers so important?

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

Renewable Energy World

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. Meeting of The Solutions Project and Sierra Club at Cornell University on April 20, 2013. Jacobson’s Early Story. Jacobson, Mark Ruffalo, and Josh Fox. © Jon Wank.

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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

They use their tremendous wealth to buy politicians and political outcomes. According to the NGO Germanwatch , from 1994 to 2013, there were more than 15,000 extreme weather events that caused 2.2 Many eco-systems will be lost and sea ice will disappear as will glaciers. trillion in damages and killed at least 530,000 people.