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Study: The public is pretty confused by your climate change jargon

Grist

Some of the most difficult-to-understand words were mitigation , referring to efforts to reduce emissions to slow down climate change, and carbon-neutral , when there’s no net increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Only 15 percent of those interviewed in the study mentioned climate change in their initial definition.

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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral

DeSmogBlog

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged

That means we can bring the meter negative. But buses, school buses, all those things will definitely be a part of it. FERC [the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] is the federal organization that regulates the independent system operators. Charged : Do you think SB 233 has a good chance of being signed into law?

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Burned Out: Documents Reveal The Gas Industry’s Use Of Tobacco Tactics Over Gas Stove Emissions

DeSmogBlog

A few months later, the New York Times reported on the study, bringing national attention to the issue, and an op-ed in the Yale Law Journal described indoor air pollution, as a “menace” that required “comprehensive federal legislation.” Definitely. Our new report shows that gas stove emissions should also be added to that list.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. B Analytics aggregates data from B Corps and other impact-focused organizations to provide comparative analysis and best practices.

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Fossil Fuel Companies Are Promoting ‘Lower Carbon,’ ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Oil and Gas

DeSmogBlog

But it’s difficult to pin down what “responsibly sourced” gas means, in part because of a growing number of competing certification programs that all offer their own definitions. “And then we’re going to create a carbon offset by plugging and abandoning that well, so it never leaks methane again.”

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The official US climate report includes LGBTQ+ issues — for the first time

Grist

This new report focuses not just on how bad things could get if we don’t take decisive action to reduce carbon emissions, but on how bad things already have gotten, with climate impacts hitting every part of the country and threatening the things Americans hold most dear. Then] there’s federal policies such as the Robert T.

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