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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

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In 2016, the Anthropocene Working Group confirmed that the Anthropocene is different from the Holocene, and it began in the year 1950 with the Great Acceleration. Stratospheric ozone depletion – The stratospheric ozone layer in the atmosphere filters out ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

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Taylor, a retired general contractor, was driven to form the community group in 2016 after learning that the U.S. The current push to expand the petrochemical industry and increase LNG exports would lock in an increased demand for natural gas at a time of worsening climate change. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

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Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. The Paris Climate Agreement opened for signature on Earth Day (22nd of April 2016), at the UN headquarters in New York. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production in the US

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As climate concerns lead to a slow but steady decline in the demand for oil, the companies’ collaboration represents a shift by the fossil fuel industry. Indeed, the International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 petrochemicals will account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand, and for almost 50% of demand by 2050.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

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The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record. While CO 2 may be the greatest contributor to climate change, other gases such as methane and nitrous oxide are also responsible for creating the greenhouse effect, therefore, solutions must also focus on the reduction of these gases. In June of 1988 James E.