DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

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.” She’s succeeding as head of the Business Council Greg D’Avignon, who spent 12 years with the organization.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Many people don’t understand key terms experts use to talk about climate change, according to a recent study from researchers affiliated with the United Nations Foundation and the University of Southern California. He said he’s heard the terms tipping point , carbon-neutral , and adaptation in the context of climate change.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

. “It’s because we have these really strict regulations on keeping temperature and relative humidity at certain levels in the name of preserving the collections,” said Caitlin Southwick, a former art conservator who now runs an organization called Ki Culture that helps museums transition to more sustainable practices.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Hosted by the Conservation Foundation, a philanthropic organization, this small but vitally important symposium would help to bring a practically unknown area of scientific inquiry to national awareness. “Man is altering the balance of a relatively stable system by his pollution of the atmosphere with smoke, fumes and particles from.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries less able to withstand and adapt to climate change’s effects. But new research suggests the reverse is also true: Not only is climate change contributing to greater inequality, but inequality is also fueling climate change.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 10, 2023

Geoff Dembicki, an investigative climate reporter for DeSmog whose work has informed inquires in the Canadian Senate and earned high praise from outlets including the Washington Post was “denied” entry to a major global gas conference taking place in Vancouver this week. rightwing organization called the Atlas Network. government.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sean Hackett EDF+Business Senior Manager, Energy Transition By Sean Hackett With the dire need to slash greenhouse gas and methane emissions from the global oil and gas sector, more and more investors are advocating for stronger climate policies that accelerate the energy transition and mitigate risks.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“Dying from a heat wave is like a horror movie with 27 endings that you can choose from,” said Camilo Mora, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, who has cataloged 27 different ways that heat can lead to organ failure and death. Feeling moist and sticky is much better than the alternative — death by heat stroke. “I

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Wastewater treatment must be improved to reduce exposure to human faecal pathogens in treated effluent, according to a new report published on 21 May by the National Engineering Policy Centre. The report notes the rise in recreational activities in coastal and inland open waters across the UK, leading to greater public exposure to pollutants.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

While Eni is among the world’s largest oil companies, the company’s role in climate change has so far undergone scant scrutiny. The cover of a 1970 study by Eni’s Isvet research centre that warns of “catastrophic” climate impacts from burning fossil fuels. In 2022, Eni reported a profit of $14.12 billion (13.3

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

million to national groups denying climate change is a crisis, according to federal tax data reviewed by DeSmog. organization called the Atlas Network that for years has backed efforts in Canada and globally to vilify climate protesters as dangerous extremists. They in turn belong to a U.S. They in turn belong to a U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2022

Your answer could say a lot about your views on climate change, explains Genevieve Guenther. But a growing concern about the climate crisis caused her to switch gears — and her research — to climate communication. How did all of this lead to the organization you started — End Climate Silence?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

The Pathways Alliance is a marketing and lobbying organization representing the country’s six largest oil sands producers: Imperial Oil, Suncor, ConocoPhillips, Cenovus, CNRL and MEG. That might seem to contradict an ad policy adopted by Google in 2021 prohibiting climate disinformation, including “content that states a false claim as fact.”

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

By 2100, the likelihood of unusually intense fire seasons happening in a given year will have increased by 31 to 57 percent, depending on the rate of global climate change. That will create a vicious cycle in which climate change and wildfires intensify each other. But that doesn’t mean that all hope is lost.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Climate change disinformation on YouTube has morphed into a misleading new narrative, according to a report published today. With compounding disasters making it harder to deny that climate change is happening, creators spreading disinformation have pivoted to content that targets clean energy.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2021

The racial and social disparities exposed by the September fire are emblematic of a broader picture: Communities of color, low-income people, and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, according to community activists across Cascadia. But can they?

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Carbon Mapper , a new nonprofit organization created to help improve understanding of and accelerate reductions in global methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, was launched in April 2021. Methane is a major contributor to climate change, and if we can’t measure it, we can’t manage it. within reach.”

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

On a more hopeful note, the report points out that “the degree to which climate change will continue to worsen is largely in human hands,” and “the benefits of deep emission cuts for current and future generations are expected to far outweigh the costs.” Let them know you support policies to cut GHG emissions and improve resilience.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In NC, Economic Costs of Climate Change?—?And North Carolinians are beginning to realize that climate change is no longer just an environmental issue, but also an economic issue. Now, North Carolina has the opportunity to enact other policies to keep those jobs and investments growing while also combatting climate change.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

Economic estimates predict that the pandemic will decrease global GDP by 3 percent in 2020, and at our current pace, climate change is estimated to decrease the global GDP by anywhere from 2.5 percent to 7.5 percent by 2050. Operational risk factors. Financial risk factors.

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 13, 2019

I have always felt the most at home outdoors, so when I learned about how climate change poses a threat to the existence of these places, my heart ached tremendously. Through this internship I gained invaluable knowledge of the legislative process, policy-related writing, and social media.

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Grist

APRIL 27, 2022

According to an analysis of hourly rainfall data released Wednesday by the nonprofit science and media organization Climate Central, the U.S. And climate change is largely to blame. Studies estimated that Harvey was 15 percent more intense as a result of climate change. on Apr 27, 2022.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2024

.” It opened with statements from Chile and Columbia, which had requested that the court provide an advisory opinion on climate change and human rights in 2023. “The The impact of this emergency is not the same for all,” said Sebastián Kraljevich, Chile’s permanent representative to the Organization of American States.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When: November 23 at 11am PT/ 2pm ET You’re invited to join a webinar co-hosted by Clean Energy Canada, the Canadian Climate Institute, Efficiency Canada, and Re.Climate exploring how clean energy makes life more affordable—and how to share this message with Canadians. She is a member of the Federal Net Zero Advisory Body.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2020

Yet an EDF analysis found a troubling blind spot in how rankings agencies and organizations pick winners: the vast majority don’t factor in climate policy advocacy, which is an essential element of sustainability leadership. To learn more, visit The AAA Framework for Climate Policy Leadership.”.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 3, 2021

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The research synopsis below comes from AGCI Program Director Emily Jack-Scott and a full list of AGCI’s updates covering recent climate change and clean energy pathways research is available online at [link]. Among the projections: climate impacts worsen nearly 60 percent of infectious diseases. Source: Mora et al.

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EDF + Business

JULY 21, 2020

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns we have just 30 years to reduce emissions to the point where we have no impact on the climate. Here’s why the new business-led initiative has the potential to be truly transformative — and to shift the needle on climate change. Big name brands are at the table.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A national industry group representing gas producers is quietly paying for digital advertisements urging Canadians to “speak up” to their elected officials against laws addressing climate change and public health, DeSmog can reveal. It’s a lobbying organization that pushes the interests of the fossil gas industry,” Temper said.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

The declaration claims the UK's AD and biogas industry can play a crucial role in decarbonising the UK economy, while also creating up to 60,000 direct and indirect jobs by the end of the decade, but only if the government urgently provides a supportive policy and regulatory environment for the sector. million UK homes, the trade body said.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 18, 2022

Originally created in 1962, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a cornerstone of the European Union (EU) which consists of a system of subsidies designed to support the European agricultural sector. The policy looks to strengthen the EU agricultural economy and improve productivity across 174 million agricultural hectares.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 17, 2021

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Our research has shown that there are 170 million tonnes of organic wastes generated every year in the UK, most of which is mismanaged (eg. “In its recent Progress Report to Parliament 2021, the UK Committee on Climate Change highlighted the huge gap between the Government’s ambition and policy reality. .

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

To prevent the most devastating effects of climate change, it’s essential to cut greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out fossil fuel use. One of the company’s founders, Kevin Meissner, wanted to build a shrine of sorts to human-induced climate change. The big question for Meissner was what to do with the biochar he made.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Even though this is how it’s been done for generations, at its core, this basic concept explains why industrialized farming is a primary contributor to carbon release and the resulting climate change. Supporters of the movement are confident regenerative agriculture can not only slow, but reverse climate change.

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Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Companies Must Find the Courage to Back Up Statements on Climate Action. The world’s largest companies are rapidly raising the bar on their commitments to tackle climate change. They would want to support policies that accelerate the shift to clean technologies, right? by Andrew Winston and Paul Polman.

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