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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. This document shows that the oil industry was informed of the science of global warming.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). UN Global Compact, Arlene Thompson. Jillian Lennartz (2016).

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

The average American spends $2,392 per year on food while the average Kenyan spends $543 per year on food (World Economic Forum, 2016). Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. Au contraire, it is the reverse. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

Her first 2 articles are on The Ethics Of Using Cotton and Do You Know What Happens Every Time You Use A Plastic Water Bottle? vi I think this reason alone is enough to warrant the use of recycled paper more extensively. Dioxin is produced in the production of paper viii Just to be clear, Dioxin is a carcinogen and is toxic.

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A year of editing at The Conversation

Martin LaMonica

As we approach 2016, we look back at the big – even world-changing – stories of The Conversation’s environment and energy coverage this year. Our academics weighed in on various aspects of the Anthropocene, including the value of nature , the ethics of “rewilding” large portions of the Earth and what preserving nature means.

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Part 2: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

Provenance: Inside Climate News featured this document in a 2015 story titled, “ Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago.” Provenance: Inside Climate News featured this document in a 2015 story titled, “ Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago.”

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“A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance”: My annotated version of Larry Fink’s Bombshell CEO Letter

Andrew Winston

In 2016 , he said that the “culture of quarterly earnings hysteria is totally contrary to the long-term approach we need.” This should include your plan for operating under a scenario where the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to less than two degrees is fully realized, as expressed by the TCFD guidelines.