GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate. Excerpted from " Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change " by Barbara Freese, published by the University of California Press. He does not view climate change as mild and manageable.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

She called for coordinated action from world governments and international agencies to mitigate pollution while also addressing other threats such as climate change and biodiversity loss. Air pollution is by far the deadliest culprit, causing more than 6.5 million deaths per year, followed by water pollution, lead, and other hazards.

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Grist

MARCH 11, 2024

The atmospheric chemist had won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for demonstrating how humanity was destroying the ozone layer, just one of the many ways people had radically altered the planet, from urbanization to releasing greenhouse gases. Since the Industrial Revolution, climate change has warmed the globe by 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Since then, the effects of climate change, major industry and lifestyle changes have altered the air that we breathe, for example, coal-burning has dramatically declined, while increased road transport has led to new air pollutants. By Mike Seed, Sales and Product Manager at instrumentation firm Elementar UK.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 31, 2021

Steiner argues that humanity has achieved many radical things like closing a giant hole in the ozone layer, ending nuclear proliferation and smallpox, but we have also taken the Earth to the brink. We spend more on subsidizing the fossil fuel industry than we do on all renewable energy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Air pollution could soar this winter as gas boilers are cranked up at homes across the country by the UK's expanded army of home workers, the Energy and Climate Change Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has today warned. The way we heat our homes needs to change if we are to get to net zero emissions by 2050," she said.

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Sunrun

AUGUST 23, 2019

The costs associated with climate change are growing and include rising health care costs, destruction of property, increased food prices and more. Wide scale adoption of solar and other renewable energy must continue so we can address the negative societal and economic impacts of dirty fossil fuels.10

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Tip #3: Minimize fossil fuel usage by data centers. And the majority of this power is generated by the burning of fossil fuels. This is an effective way to help the world fight climate change. Also, mining is a significant air pollutant, releasing Ozone and ~4.5Gt of CO 2e each year.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Coal-fired power plants, vehicle-clogged highways and fossil-fuel spewing factories have contributed to the growing European air pollution dilemma. Interestingly, air pollution is also the main driver of climate change. Industries, households and vehicles all emit dangerous pollutants that are harmful to human health.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James plans to keep pursuing environmental justice in the courts if regulators continue to put the needs of the fossil fuel industry above the needs of fenceline communities in Cancer Alley. Because of those methane leaks, consuming more natural gas spurs ever-faster and more dramatic climate changes.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

By the late 1970s, the petroleum industry had spent about two decades collecting information from their own scientists and outside experts and knew that burning fossil fuels would create catastrophic climate change. Man’s use of fossil fuels and exploitation of the land,” federal scientists concluded.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But reports last week suggest the US and the EU are working on a joint agreement that would build on the existing Global Methane Pledge by committing them to stepping up their own efforts to slash emissions of methane from the fossil fuel sector, with hopes other nations will join the agreement.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

A business can then consider all the aspects of their business that produce carbon, including fossil fuels , land clearance and the production and consumption of food, manufactured goods, materials, wood, roads, buildings, transportation and other services. This phenomenon is called climate feedback.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 16, 2020

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate Barbara Freese Sat, 05/16/2020 – 14:20 Excerpted from ” Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change ” by Barbara Freese, published by the University of California Press.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

A company that uses fossil fuel-based energy shouldn't make this claim unless it buys renewable energy credits (RECs), the FTC says. Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. The FTC considers these terms deceptive if a product has any substance, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), known to erode the ozone layer.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The update, which is the organization’s first since 2005, says that air pollution, alongside climate change, is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health. The WHO’s new update isn’t a climate report, but one of its biggest takeaways is that climate action and better air quality go hand in hand.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

The primary cause of greenhouse gas emissions is the burning of fossil fuels, which is occurring at a current rate at which the environment’s natural reuptake and stabilization cannot keep up. The three major greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Carbon Dioxide (CO2).

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The objective of the convention was to: “ Stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climatic system.” – UNFCCC , What is the United Nations Framework on Climate Change? ppm in 2020. C per century.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

In the fight against climate change, the $300-billion U.S. logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” As our civilization begins the slow process of jettisoning fossil energy, logging interests assure us that wood products are not a retrogression but a way forward.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Soil removes about 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year through carbon sequestering, a natural way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Furthermore, diseases are spreading quickly due to climate change and expanding global trade.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

A holistic and well organized sustainability plan will include several key components: Part 1: Sustainability Drivers – This section summarizes the aspects of your business that use scarce natural resources, contribute to climate change, cause environmental harm or produce useless waste. Sustainable Travel Best Practices.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With this in mind, this article presents the 20 best climate change and sustainability documentaries. These documentaries exhibit how video storytelling can be used to promote sustainability and climate action. Summarized below are 20 of the best climate change and sustainability documentaries. Length: 2 hours.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

climate lawsuits brought by the attorneys general of states such as New Jersey, Vermont, and California , as well as Washington, D.C. Attorney General Merrick Garland, in which they requested a Department of Justice investigation into the evidence that Shell, ExxonMobil and other oil majors concealed their early knowledge of climate risks.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

When hydrogen is combusted for heating, a 2021 paper found that it can create nitrogen oxides (NOx), an air pollutant that is “harmful in its own right and is a precursor to other pollutants of concern such as fine particulate matter and ozone”. But campaigners fear local council elections in May will stall the political response.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

.” But not all experts are sure that hydrogen fuel cells are a clean enough power source to warrant enthusiasm. Many still question whether this mode of powering cars, planes and trains will actually help slow climate change. Some even worry hydrogen production will accelerate it.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

Soil removes about 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year through carbon sequestering, a natural way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Furthermore, diseases are spreading quickly due to climate change and expanding global trade.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Students of conservative political history, however, will note that climate action and political longevity are intertwined — and that Poilievre might want to rethink hitching his wagon to Prairie populists.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

words by Henry Lewis Introduction As the clock continues ticking toward the collective future of the human species on planet Earth, there are still some among us who are either skeptics or out-right deniers of climate change. coal first and then later oil and natural gas?to According to Dr. Caleb A.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 23, 2020

Today I’m talking with Julia Steinberger, professor of ecological economics at the University of Leeds and (tell me if this is right) a member of the intergovernmental panel on climate change – the IPCC. However, these things weren’t as hard to tackle in terms of what they do to the economy, as climate change.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Last August 22 states launched a lawsuit suing the Trump administration over its failure to act on climate change and associated adverse health impacts. Delayed a compliance deadline for new national ozone pollution standards by one year, but later reversed course.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Released on Wednesday, the stricter guidelines - the UN body's first major air pollution policy update since 2005 - recommend new limits to protect health by reducing levels of six key pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change. My Administration will not leave Americans to face this threat alone.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It is time for the United States to not just catch up, but to lead on climate finance — for the country's own sake as well as for others'. Climate change is a global phenomenon with significant local implications. percent of the federal budget each year, supports international efforts to address climate change.

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Grist

JANUARY 8, 2020

Critics of geoengineering often argue that it doesn’t address many of the problems that greenhouse gas emissions create, or that it might be used as a ploy by the fossil fuel industry to weaken efforts to cut emissions, or that we simply shouldn’t be messing with nature. It’s also estimated to be a much cheaper approach.

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Rinexii

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

56% of Americans think climate change is something that should be addressed right now, according to a CBS news poll. 1 A more in-depth survey poll conducted by ABC news, Stanford, and the RFF found that 68% of Americans think the government should be doing a lot to stop climate change. Money from fossil fuels.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It is time for the United States to not just catch up, but to lead on climate finance — for the country’s own sake as well as for others’ Climate change is a global phenomenon with significant local implications. percent of the federal budget each year, supports international efforts to address climate change.

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