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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

The wanton burning of fossil fuels, new agricultural methods, chemical manufacturing and production processes have all contributed to unprecedented pollution that are poisoning our air and our water. They use their tremendous wealth to buy politicians and political outcomes. Air pollution from fossil fuels is becoming ever more deadly.

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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

The wanton burning of fossil fuels, new agricultural methods, chemical manufacturing and production processes have all contributed to unprecedented pollution that is poisoning our air and our water. They use their tremendous wealth to buy politicians and political outcomes. In the U.S. million people in 2015.

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Here there be monsters

Business Green

Everyone with even a passing understanding of the climate crisis knows what the solutions are: renewables, energy efficiency, smart grids, sustainable agriculture, electric vehicles, public transport, active travel, livable communities, alternative proteins, circular material flows, hydrogen, batteries, and yes, nuclear and carbon capture.

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Not so moral money?

Business Green

Leaving aside whether or not pretty much the entire scientific, political, and financial establishment is populated by "nutjobs", Kirk is guilty of a long-standing error about the nature of risk. Financiers reckon they can unwind their position before they are left holding carbon intensive assets that are not worth what they paid for them.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

The Chugach Regional Resources Commission, an organization made up of seven Indigenous governments in south-central Alaska, is leading several projects aimed at helping coastal communities adapt to the changing ocean. Climate pressures like ocean acidification have made it harder for the mollusks to build and maintain shells.

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'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Business Green

Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree I am asking corporate leaders to support a minimum international carbon price and align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement. We need immediate action on energy. degree goal will fall quickly out of reach. There must be no new coal plants built after 2021. "The

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? Charting a course to curb maritime emissions

Climate Tech VC

Despite fears about cost increases and low-sulfur fuel availability, the change was a success in terms of decreasing pollution that contributes to ocean acidification and harms the health of humans and marine life. Source: Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping Liquid fuels are critical and sticky.