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Are the climate and coronavirus crises really so alike?

Business Green

Over the past fortnight the coronavirus pandemic has triggered a surge in hot takes highlighting the unnerving similarities between the global public health emergency and the worsening climate emergency that runs alongside it. What happens if sea levels rise and five mega-storms make US landfall in the same year?

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. External costs include everything from pre-mature deaths due to air pollution to the sky-rocketing insurance costs for properties vulnerable to sea level rise.

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How Climate-Friendly is Liz Truss’s Cabinet?

DeSmogBlog

Braverman’s Head of Communications David Scullion is deputy political editor of The Critic magazine, which regularly publishes articles attacking climate action by Craig Mackinlay , a Conservative backbencher who runs the NZSG with Baker. Ellis has indicated his support for climate action in a number of entries on his personal blog.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. In this blog I aim to figure out how much longer will we still have Arctic sea ice. Sea level rising (not because of melting).

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The Story of Sustainability in 2018: “We Have About 12 Years Left”

Andrew Winston

(Hi to my blog readers. The year 2018 brought extreme change — in weather and environmental ecosystems, in political winds and power, and in the expectations of business. And in a quieter move, a major real estate investor in Miami began pulling money out of coastal assets to avoid risk of sea level rise.