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Clean energy is growing, but so is planet-heating pollution

The Verge: Energy

. | Photo by George Rose / Getty Images 2023 can now boast a terrifying record: planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from global energy use hit a record. It’s been almost a decade since the adoption of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to stop global warming. It has demonstrated its resilience.”

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Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC

Green Living Guy

9 August 2021 – Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday. Scientists […].

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Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves

GreenBiz

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. Now, with climate change, come scorching hot temperatures during the summer months which bring additional challenges to healthcare systems that already operate under great pressure due to the pandemic. Let’s not make the same mistake with global warming.

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Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities

GreenBiz

Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities. The letter, sent to 47 company chairs and chief executives, calls on emissions-intensive firms to align all direct corporate lobbying activity and indirect lobbying activity managed by trade associations with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5

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The Psychological Impact of Climate Change

Green Living Guy

Worldwide, the future of climate change induces anxiety as people anticipate the dire consequences of prolonged droughts, heatwaves, blizzards, and increasing tropical storms. According to a study conducted by Pew Research Center, 72% of the global population worries they’ll be personally […].

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How Does Climate Change Impact Our Diets?

Green Living Guy

Climate change causes a variety of adverse ecological and human health effects. The post How Does Climate Change Impact Our Diets? While our diet’s impacts on the environment are evident, individuals observe the reverse relationship less. Many interfere with […]. appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

GreenBiz

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. Barbara Freese. Sat, 05/16/2020 - 14:20.