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Oil Industry ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges are an Attempt to Delay Climate Action, New Paper Warns

DeSmogBlog

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Fossil fuel companies have taken a variety of approaches when it comes to climate change.

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Oil Industry ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges are an Attempt to Delay Climate Action, New Paper Warns

DeSmogBlog

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Fossil fuel companies have taken a variety of approaches when it comes to climate change.

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Jordan Peterson’s New Online School Will Be Rife with Climate Crisis Deniers

DeSmogBlog

One document reviewed by DeSmog referenced a course about “population growth, innovation and human flourishing,” to be taught by Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley, co-authors of a book called Superabundance. based libertarian think tank founded in 1977 by fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch that has long disputed the facts of climate change.

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Yes, Investing in ESG Pays Off

Andrew Winston

Every ton of carbon emitted raises the temperature a tiny bit and reduces air quality, but companies never pay for those costs to society, also known as externalities. Many leading companies internalize the externalities by putting a “shadow price” on carbon inside the business (some collect real money as a self-imposed tax).

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A world of equal weight: How an Aboriginal family’s battle with fossil fuels started with a walk

Grist

This story is adapted from the forthcoming book WARMTH which will be published by Penguin Books in August. Eventually the protest caught the attention of some larger organizations: the Australian Green Party, the Tasmania-based nonprofit Wilderness Society, and the Sea Shepherd, a marine conservation group.

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Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom

GreenBiz

Roman Krznaric’s book " The Good Ancestor " is an important antidote to redirect our thinking away from apathy and fear. Innovation marches forward. A large and globally impactful number of innovations are coming into play just in the nick of time. Accelerating climate change will keep the federal research and development spigot open.

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Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up

DeSmogBlog

And now, as Reuters reports, many are trying to sell-off “dozens of oil and gas fields and refineries worth more than $110 billion to curb both their ballooning debt and their carbon footprints.”. BP gets to tell investors it's reducing carbon impact. So Exxon decided not to sell. . Industry’s Clean Getaway On Land.