DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. Carbon Capture and Storage. Below, a handful of DeSmog writers dive into the issues they’ll be watching in 2023. Aquaculture. Next year you will.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog. Credit: Sam Whitham.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The IPCC tends to present its latest dossier of evidence roughly every seven to eight years. As underscored by recent flooding, heatwaves, and wildfires across parts of North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, the report makes clear that climate change is accelerating and intensifying across every region of the planet. by the 2100.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree I am asking corporate leaders to support a minimum international carbon price and align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement. We need immediate action on energy. degree goal will fall quickly out of reach. There must be no new coal plants built after 2021. "The

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

There were also successful precedents, says Weiss, pointing to the decisions TRS made to jettison investments in South Africa in the mid-1990s, and firearms in the 2010s. It’s unclear how much of that total is invested in coal, oil, or methane gas. They found a way to do this and continue funding pensions.”

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s. In 1962, Shell’s chief geologist, Houston-based Marion King Hubbert, produced a book-length report on energy for the U.S. Shell had other plans.

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