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

DeSmogBlog

Last year Hicks rhetorically asked on his blog whether climate researchers were “over-hyping because they have a political agenda,” terming them “those chronic-doomster semi-scientists.” As for politics, I am liberal, while Dr. Peterson is conservative,” he said. Rex Murphy speaking at the 2014 UBCM conference.

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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

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Kathryn Porter was introduced as an “energy consultant at Watt-Logic” by business presenter Sean Farrington on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, which has an audience of around six million, on Monday morning (June 19). She also spoke at a webinar run by GWPF’s campaign arm Net Zero Watch last June.

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. . We can't let these major oil companies that are spending most of their capex on oil and gas run a bunch of advertising pretending they're renewable energy companies.

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For a livable future, 60% of oil and gas must stay in the ground

Grist

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. That’s one of the key takeaways of a new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday by energy and climate modelers from University College London. .

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Half the world's economy now eyeing net zero transition, analysis shows

Business Green

Almost half of the world's GDP is now generated in places where authorities have either set, or are proposing to set, a net zero emissions target, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). degrees, as set out in the Paris Agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions need to reach net zero by 2050 if not before.

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‘Majority of Fossil Fuels Must Stay in Ground to Meet 1.5C Goal’

DeSmogBlog

Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are the source of just over 80% of the world’s energy. To avert catastrophic warming, the global community must rapidly reduce how much of these fuels it extracts and burns. Our analysis showed that total fossil fuel production is limited by a global carbon budget.

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We need a fair heat deal to overcome all the hot air about green homes

Business Green

But getting those emissions down to zero is shaping up to be one of the most politically difficult parts of the government's decarbonisation agenda. Last month, there was a backlash in The Sun and The Daily Mail on the cost of replacing gas boilers with low carbon alternatives. He is right, though, to raise the issue of cost.