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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. This document shows that the oil industry was informed of the science of global warming.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate impacts 2. Climate action 4.

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

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

Around the same time, the group published an article refuting the idea that weather variations were becoming more extreme, and stated on its website that “those who would like to see massive cuts in energy use associate bad weather with global warming in an effort to promote their cause.” . Deny, Distract, Doubt.

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‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s Primer on Climate Denial Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science

DeSmogBlog

The movie is an allegory for climate change , showing how those with the power to do something about global warming willfully avoid taking action and how those with vested interests can mislead the public. But it also reflects science denial more broadly, including what the world has been seeing with COVID-19. In the U.S.

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'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Business Green

Taking immediate action to slash emissions towards net zero by 2050 could make a monumental difference to the level, frequency, and breadth of growing climate impacts, the scientists emphasise. The stark fact is that if we keep warming to 1.5?C C we are still facing half a metre of sea level rise.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Nevertheless, lawyers are building cases on the oil industry’s own documents , seeking to echo the success of a previous generation of lawsuits against tobacco companies for covering up the health risks of smoking. These included Shell-produced content such as the Time For Energy film, and a book called Energy published the same year.