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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?

GreenBiz

Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? 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. According to the group’s scorecard , Vault 100 firms: litigated 286 cases exacerbating climate change (versus three cases mitigating it).

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Saul Griffith on Mobilizing America to Fight Climate Change and Win the Future

GreenTechMedia

It will take a massive war-time mobilization effort to effectively address the climate emergency, argues Saul Griffith — inventor, MacArthur genius fellow, CEO of Otherlab , and co-founder of Rewiring America , an organization dedicated to creating millions of American jobs while combating climate change.

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What’s the Role for New Nuclear Power in the Fight Against Climate Change?

GreenTechMedia

But some opponents claim new nuclear power could have the opposite effect, slowing the fight against human-caused climate change just when things should be speeding up. Nuclear skeptics such as David Toke, who researches energy politics at the University of Aberdeen in the U.K., Similar challenges have been leveled against U.S.

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Why Tackle Climate Change? To Save Craft Beer and Outdoor Sports

GreenTechMedia

Sports have always been political to some degree. But these days, athletes, teams and entire sporting organizations are choosing to get off the sidelines and take a more active role in public policy. Recommended reading: CNN : Climate change is threatening winter sports' very existence. Do It for the Beer.

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The Importance of Corporate Political Responsibility

Andrew Winston

They have developed an excellent framework on how companies should think about their political influence. Most companies rely on a dated model of engagement on policy with governments and civil society, compartmentalizing their political influence activities into an organizational silo, just as they used to do with their supply chains. (By

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