DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

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. He dubbed his project “ Dirty Pearls: exposing Shell’s hidden legacy of climate change accountability, 1970-1990.”

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking on efforts to adapt to the devastating consequences of climate change. If the first report in the series conjured up a harrowing vision of a world on the brink of climate catastrophe, this week’s analysis brings that world into sharper detail.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Elected city officials who position themselves as climate champions defended the decision as a routine administrative matter, repeatedly claiming their hands were tied. Documents Indicate Influence of City Commissioners The approval appeared to be a compromise with the company. An oil tanker at the Chevron dock in 2021. Out in 5 yrs.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. billion in health-related costs per year. [xv]

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

Integration of EJ as a major component of social justice that substantially reduces income inequality, health care, housing and other quality of life disparities. What are the facts that document a systemic environmental justice problem in the United States? Integrating environmental justice with climate change policies.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Created by CaBA partners including Defra, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Water Companies, Ofwat, and eNGOs, the strategy outlines the compendium of current issues threatening chalk streams in England and what must be done to protect the three key indicators of ecological health: water quantity; water quality; and physical habitats.

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Grist

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It helps the mitigation of climate change.”. In a 2016 paper he published in Environmental Science & Technology, he documented a 2.25-fold This story was originally published by Grist with the headline All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too on Oct 17, 2022.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

These targets need to be laid as draft Statutory Instruments by 31 October 2022, says the consultation document , and will come into force once approved by Parliament. Evidence of the pubic health problem presented by PM2.5 Woodland cover. Residual waste.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Climate action 4. Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.

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Grist

APRIL 16, 2024

According to Derek Manzello, coordinator of NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch program, scientists have documented significant coral bleaching across every major ocean since early last year. Die-off of coral threatens not only the health of marine ecosystems, but also the livelihood and food security for people who depend on them.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

New analysis summarising latest thinking on climate attribution, reveals increasingly clear evidence climate change is leading to increased extreme weather risks. The evidence linking climate change and increased extreme weather risks that pose a major threat to economic stability and global supply chains is clearer than ever.

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Grist

MAY 30, 2024

As a researcher at the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Basu knew that other vulnerable populations, notably the elderly, were particularly susceptible to heat. Researchers, including Basu, had already documented the impacts of air pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 18, 2019

It should be remembered that this is a president who dismisses climate change as a hoax. He derides the evidence for impeachment just as he derides the evidence for climate change. Unlike Trump, Democrats embrace facts including the facts about climate change.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 16, 2024

Renewable energy projects have gained significant traction recently due to growing concerns about climate change and the need for sustainable energy sources. Streamline the permitting process by providing comprehensive documentation and addressing any concerns promptly.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Like an evil troll throwing a curse over its shoulder before being banished from the kingdom, President Donald Trump’s EPA finalized a rule that could make it harder for Biden to address pollution and climate change. Chan School of Public Health found an association between air pollution and increased mortality from COVID-19 infection.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2024

This newly discovered document pinpoints the earliest-known moment that carbon-dioxide-induced climate change was brought to the attention of the highest levels of U.S. The topics presently under consideration include: The effects of carbon-dioxide on climate.” Read the entire document on DocumentCloud.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Every week between May and October, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health in Arizona releases a heat morbidity report. is gravely underestimating the health impacts of climate change. A full understanding of the climate-driven death toll in the U.S. But everyone agrees that number is off.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

State environmental health officials say the sheer length of its coast makes monitoring shellfish for the toxin that causes PSP impossible. A journal kept by the Russian navy officer Gavriil Davydov documents one of the first written accounts of PSP. Alaska, which has more coastline than the rest of the U.S. But she harvests alone now.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The briefing’s claims run counter to calls from scientists to reduce animal protein consumption to help tackle the climate crisis. The HfA website says the briefing “provides a fact base for FSS stakeholders, helping them to make game-changing, science-based policy recommendations.” Making Their Products Look Good”. A “Gross Omission”.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

When it comes to the climate crisis, it's not just what you make and sell, it's what you do, and for whom you do it. That's the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing - positively or negatively — climate change.

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Charged

MARCH 30, 2023

EVs are also expected to deliver benefits in terms of human health, but this has not been extensively studied. Now a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have begun to document the actual respiratory impact of EV adoption in a study that uses real-world data to link electric cars, air pollution and health.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 20, 2023

Michael John Cole, chairman of a Newcastle-based health foods distributor, joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation ’s (GWPF) board of trustees on December 30, according to Companies House documents filed last week. Another brazen climate change denier being added to their board should come as no surprise.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Documents seen by DeSmog and the Guardian show that the meat industry is poised to “tell its story and tell it well” in the lead up and during the Dubai conference, which comes on the heels of the world’s hottest ever year. Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 15, 2024

The Government of Scotland , thru the Energy and Climate Change Directorate , has published a very useful guidance outline for the regulatory framework on the exploration and exploitation of Scotland’s geothermal resources. An accompanying document is also provided. The step-by-step guide can be accessed via this link.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2020

Read time: 8 mins Two years after internal documents surfaced showing that Royal Dutch Shell, like ExxonMobil, knew about climate dangers decades ago, the oil giant released its latest annual report outlining its business strategy and approach to addressing climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

India Gate, New Delhi: Residents of the city face pollution levels with a health impact estimated to be equivalent to smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (image credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com). However, these gases are not the only emissions that should be a cause for concern.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The interest in precision farming among the industry players is driven by their intention to withstand competition amid increasing risks of crop failure caused by climate change-related weather extremes and ever-growing food demand. One social project we participated in was the participatory mapping project in Chad.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

These cross-sections of tree trunks, known as stem disks — or more informally as cookies — are telling a potentially worrisome tale about the ability of forests to be critical hedges against accelerating climate change. Forest Service. The most recent Forest Service figures show that U.S. Probably not. on Sep 8, 2019.

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Grist

JULY 20, 2023

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. The species is now nearly impossible to find, he said, a shift that is likely not attributable to climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2024

His work underpins our understanding of manmade climate change. was funded in part by the fossil fuel industry via a private foundation — and that in 1954 this foundation was informed of the potential impact of manmade carbon dioxide emissions on both the climate and human civilization.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

Image credit: Kerckweb / Shutterstock.com Scotland’s environmental regulator has issued a civil penalty of £75,000 to a health food supplements manufacturer for failing to provide a leakage detection system on equipment containing powerful greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

After Portugal experienced massive wildfires and extreme heat waves this summer, six children and youth from the nation appeared in the European Court of Human Rights Wednesday for a landmark lawsuit against 32 European nations charged with violating their human rights due to the impacts of climate change. warming threshold.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? Joel Makower Tue, 10/13/2020 – 01:40 When it comes to the climate crisis, it’s not just what you make and sell, it’s what you do, and for whom you do it. But, hopefully, lead. Exhibit A: law firms.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Bradley testified that when Congress held hearings in 2010 pertaining to the hockey stick graph as well as the materials in the email hack, it was a way to “tangle us up in demands for documents,” and was “clearly aimed at making us three prominent scientists look as though we’d done something wrong.”

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Countries are obligated to report their greenhouse gas emissions to international bodies such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, but recent studies suggest that the current methods for calculating methane emissions rely on outdated and incomplete information and may not accurately represent actual emissions. “We

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

author Michael Shellenberger told the large audience, “carbon emissions have flatlined and slightly declined over the last decade”, and downplayed climate change’s well-documented influence on extreme weather and nature. That can hardly be called denying climate science,” he said. At the conference, U.S.

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