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

GreenBiz

What continues to define these people as "deniers" in my book is their unshaken belief that climate change is simply no big deal and there is no reason to go out of our way to prevent more of it. More often, it is implicitly built into the conversation, as it was in so many other public debates, like those over leaded gas, ozone and tobacco.

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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?

Grist

The atmospheric chemist had won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for demonstrating how humanity was destroying the ozone layer, just one of the many ways people had radically altered the planet, from urbanization to releasing greenhouse gases. I was very struck that geologists were describing humanity as a geological force,” he said.

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'A role model in leadership': Tributes paid to pioneering climate diplomat Sir Crispin Tickell

Business Green

Her speech to the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, which Sir Crispin had a central role in conceiving, elevated climate change, ozone depletion and other environmental issues in the international arena and helped usher in the UN climate convention in 1992. He will be much missed.".

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6 Foods that have as much protein as beef with much less of an environmental impact

The Environmental Blog

Greenhouse gases (methane, carbon dioxide, ozone, etc.) Research from the book claims that, “There are virtually no nutrients in animal-based foods, that are not better provided by plants.” . • Some of the warmth that gets bounced off remains inside of our atmosphere vs. heading back into space.

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The Overview Effect

Grist

Her recent book Back To Earth pairs fun astronaut trivia (you can take a “shower” by “gently squeezing hot water out of the straw of a drink bag directly onto your body and watching it coat you like a second skin”) with facts about pressing environmental issues — climate change, microplastics, and the insect apocalypse.

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Top 10 Economic Benefits of Converting to Solar Energy

Sunrun

Going solar can affect the climate, the economy and our own pocket books. But ground-level ozone and other pollutants from cars, power plants, industrial boilers, refineries and chemical plants can kill. Decisions we make as consumers have an impact on our lives and on the world around us. Here are 10 important benefits to home solar.

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

AGreenLiving

”) What continues to define these people as “deniers” in my book is their unshaken belief that climate change is simply no big deal and there is no reason to go out of our way to prevent more of it.