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Climate change Unveiled: The Urgent Fight for Our Planet

The Environmental Blog

Climate change, once a distant concern, has now become an urgent crisis. The planet is experiencing significant and rapid changes due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, leading to devastating effects on ecosystems, weather patterns, and human health. millimeters per year.

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Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC’s Top Business Lobby Group

DeSmogBlog

A business lobby group that regularly meets with top elected officials and policymakers in British Columbia is now being led by someone who once argued that human-caused climate change is an “untested proposition.” The papers in this volume make it clear that global warming is not a settled issue,” Jones wrote in the introduction. “The

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Italian Oil Giant Eni Knew About Climate Change More Than 50 Years Ago, Report Reveals

DeSmogBlog

Italian oil major Eni knew of the climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction since 1970, according to a report by Greenpeace Italy and advocacy group ReCommon shared with DeSmog. Among the atmospheric changes listed was “climatic modifications.” In 1992, Eni claimed it needed more research before taking action on climate change.

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Andrew Coyne Helped Run Charity That Gave $6.4M to Climate Crisis Denial Groups

DeSmogBlog

One of Canada’s top political journalists and pundits served on the board of a foundation that gave $6.4 million to national groups denying climate change is a crisis, according to federal tax data reviewed by DeSmog. They in turn belong to a U.S.

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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.” Shermer has hosted prominent climate crisis deniers such as Steve Koonin and Michael Shellenberger on his podcast.

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The 2021 proxy season: What’s on the menu?

GreenBiz

From how businesses chose to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to the escalating outcry over racial justice to the increasing urgency around climate change, there is much for companies to answer for this year. Political lobbying: Walt Disney. Diversity and inclusion: From commitments to accountability. Stand by for more.

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Should the world ban solar geoengineering? 60 experts say yes.

Grist

But the eruption illustrated a question that has been dogging scientific and climate experts for decades: If the world got unbearably hot, should scientists and governments opt to put sulfur dioxide or similar chemicals into the atmosphere to slow the rate of global warming? Is it ethical to even research such technologies?