DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, a small number of fossil fuel entities — just 57 corporate and state producers — have been responsible for 80 percent of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Chinese coal alone accounts for 25 percent of global fossil fuel CO2 emissions. million barrels of oil.

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Fossil fuels Ocean acidification North America Pollution 112

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

Another study found that climate change was responsible for $67 billion of damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas in 2017. For example, recent research found that human-caused sea-level rise increased the damages suffered when Hurricane Sandy hit the US East Coast in 2012 by $8.1

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Sea level rise Ocean acidification Climate change Pollution 90

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

‘Plant-based diets do not solve the problem of climate change’ The meat industry often dismisses dietary change as a means of tackling climate change and claims that meat production only has a small emissions footprint, quoting a 2017 study by researchers at Virginia Tech’s Department of Animal and Poultry Science and the U.S.

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Climate change Methane Soil 89

Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

A declining cap on fossil fuel consumption has a much larger set of unknowns regarding technology, resources, and other shifts that could affect the cost of compliance. These real health and environmental costs not currently included in the purchase price of fossil fuels are commonly referred to as the social cost of carbon.

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Policy Carbon-neutral Carbon Pollution 72

Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These changes will only worsen for as long as society continues to burn fossil fuels, and for some time after. The Chugach Regional Resources Commission, an organization made up of seven Indigenous governments in south-central Alaska, is leading several projects aimed at helping coastal communities adapt to the changing ocean.

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Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 141