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WoodMac: Energy Sector Faces ‘Darwinian Challenge’ to Tame Climate Change

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’s climate change board. In its first INDC, submitted in 2016, China offered only a carbon-intensity limit for 2030. The declining costs of solar and wind power make green hydrogen an attractive proposition. ” “But if any country can achieve such ambitious goals, it will be China," Thompson said.

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Theresa May Slams Net Zero ‘Sceptics’ and ‘Pessimists’ – Though Ex-PM’s Climate Record is Mixed

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May, who was UK Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, was speaking last night at an event hosted by the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), which represents more than 100 Tory MPs who back policies to cut emissions and protect nature. May said the UK has “confounded the pessimists” by taking action on climate change while growing the economy.

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Jordan Peterson’s Climate Expert is Science Denier Funded by Oil-Backed Think Tank

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The source for author Jordan Peterson’s recent claim that climate change cannot be modelled was a climate science denier who received money from a libertarian think tank funded by oil companies. Peterson responded to the criticism on Thursday in tweets to his 2.2

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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

DeSmogBlog

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Research by DeSmog shows that Porter has a track record of publicly casting doubt on established science on human-caused climate change.

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Western Canadians are ready for a new economic era

Clean Energy Canada

What you may have missed: the unprecedented heat dome, which subsequently drifted eastward through the Prairies, was 150 times more likely because of human-caused climate change. For comparison, the Fort McMurray fire of 2016 was up to six times more likely as a result of global warming. Reality is changing in other ways too.

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The Corona Virus Reduces China's Emissions by 25 Percent

Green Market Oracle

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.

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Corporations Drive Greater Share of US Solar Procurements

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“Back in 2016, we saw over 1 gigawatt of projects with a corporate offtaker come online,” said Smith. Smith, however, argues that clean energy procurement is no longer just good PR; many companies, he says, are beginning to view climate change as “an existential threat to their own business.”