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Vast Majority of Global CO2 Emissions Tied to Just 57 Entities

DeSmogBlog

The database — which academics, lawyers, and advocates often rely on for research and legal cases — had only included information through 2017. Their ranks have become even more intensely consolidated: In 2017, the rankings showed that 100 entities were responsible for 71 percent of the sector’s emissions between 1988 and 2015.

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Legal Action Against High Emitters Failing to Use Latest Climate Science, Study Finds

DeSmogBlog

The new study from the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme and Environmental Change Institute, Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation, finds that many lawsuits have not used the latest advances in attribution science as evidence. The power of climate litigation is increasingly clear”, said lead author Rupert Stuart-Smith.

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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

billion in tourism at the close of 2017. In addition to plastic waste, 30 to 40% of carbon emissions from cars, buses, airplanes, and manufacturing plants are absorbed by the ocean, causing chemical imbalance in sea water i.e. Ocean Acidification. Intentional implementation of ocean conservation by EVERYONE.

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Review of Climate Policy Options

Low Carbon Prosperity

Examples of hybrid policies include: Washington’s 2017 introduced HB 2338 – Carbon Fuel Standard bill is a technology agnostic hybrid combining a regulatory requirement with a pricing mechanism affecting transportation fuels. The change is required by law. Carbon taxes can be beneficial to an economy. have a catalytic converter.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

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. Climate pressures like ocean acidification have made it harder for the mollusks to build and maintain shells.