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A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

DeSmogBlog

Despite the region’s shrinking wetlands, the government continues to permit new LNG export facilities on the Gulf Coast , and is encouraging hydrogen and carbon capture sequestration developments , though they too will lead to further land loss. Jurisich and Copper see this as bad form.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

When there is no sea ice and no continental glaciers whatsoever on the planet, it is commonly referred to as greenhouse Earth. This actually is the standard scenario for Earth: it is estimated that for 85% of Earth’s geological history there has been no Arctic (sea) ice whatsoever! Sea Ice extent is going down.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Nor does it refer to a topic that was of unequivocal scientific concern at the time: The “greenhouse effect,” or what is now known as climate change. Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s.