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Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit

DeSmogBlog

The new book by former Prime Minister Liz Truss urges the UK, U.S. In her book, Ten Years to Save the West , which she is promoting widely this week, Truss writes that “the zealous drive to net zero”, the UK’s legally binding 2050 climate target, amounts to “unilateral economic disarmament” and is “a drag on economic growth”.

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Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

GreenBiz

At one such event in 2014, speaker Christopher Monckton surveyed the room and declared that everyone there agreed that humanity’s "emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have contributed to the measured global warming since 1950." His point was to make it clear that "we are not climate change deniers."

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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. I love how he calls greenhouse gas emissions from cars “pollution.”

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Exxon Could Have Helped Stop Climate Change 30 Years Ago, ‘Proprietary’ Docs Show

DeSmogBlog

That’s according to a newly reviewed 1993 document labeled “proprietary” that was written by the company’s Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil, one of the top producers in a heavily polluting oil deposit known as the Alberta tar sands. Read a Q&A with Geoff Dembicki, author of the book The Petroleum Papers.

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UK Climate Minister Pulls Out of Event with Climate Science Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Graham Stuart MP was listed as a keynote speaker on Tuesday at the four-day Global Investment in Sustainable Development conference in London, hosted by the CC Forum, a company which touts itself as the “green Davos”. in a call and response chant of “Global warming is?” in a call and response chant of “Global warming is?”,

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Adopt This Eco-Friendly Habits to Save Our Planet

The Environmental Blog

Transport is a major source of pollution that contributes to global warming. When more people choose to take the bus or train, there will be fewer emissions which will help to reduce air pollution. If you enjoy flying, book a fuel-efficient airline to reduce your carbon footprint. Travel Sustainably.

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Boris Johnson Meets Coal Baron on India Tour Despite Calling For End to Dirtiest Fossil Fuel

DeSmogBlog

. ‘Consigning Coal to History’ The UK has used its presidency of COP26 to call for a global phase-out of coal-fired power. The Adani Group has faced opposition in India for its coal extraction and pollution, and protests in Australia over its Carmichael coal mine. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels”.