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Six Months After Hurricane Ida, Recovery for Many In South Louisiana Remains Aspirational While The Risks From Climate Change Increase

DeSmogBlog

But perhaps the biggest barrier to building back better is the lack of equitable and coordinated approaches to recovering from disaster and halting climate change. We have always had what we needed — we live off the water — with the seafood. Day to day life is more difficult after a disaster,” Parfait-Dardar told me.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

A decade of pressure on companies to report on and reduce their contribution to climate change has created something of a blueprint for investors to demand the same in terms of the separate but interconnected biodiversity crisis.

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What Difference Can I Make In The Climate Crisis?

Energy Innovation

After another year of climate extremes, it’s little surprise that abnormal weather and climate change are a central focus of the summit. Structural change through policies and governance is necessary to solve the climate crisis at the speed and scale required. Source: Hampton and Whitmarsh, 2024.

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DeSmog Launches Industrial Aquaculture Project

DeSmogBlog

At first glance, fish might seem like a climate-friendly alternative to meat for a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle. At least the seafood farming (or ‘aquaculture’) industry would have you see it that way. Right now the market for farmed fish like salmon is booming.

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Maine Signals Readiness for Commercial-Scale Floating Offshore Wind

Energy and Cleantech Council

Offshore wind is an essential component of our path toward a stronger, healthier, and cleaner energy future… Maine now has an outline on how to lead on responsible development of offshore wind that delivers on its vast potential to secure our energy independence, fight climate change, and strengthen Maine’s economy.”

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The UK Government’s Food Strategy Lacks Teeth

DeSmogBlog

The Climate Change Committee and the Eating Better Alliance have also recommended an urgent reduction in industrially produced meat, dairy, eggs and fish in our diets. Seafood production is described as a “potential growth opportunity” that could be a source of a “potentially lower-carbon and healthy source of protein”.

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A Window into Louisiana’s Continued Embrace of the Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

At best the permits minimize coastal erosion and gloss over storm surge and flood risks in relation to climate change,” he said. Persistent gaslighting by many of Louisiana’s politicians wasn’t restricted to the climate crisis during 2022. Real science isn’t being used to guide their decisions.” Credit: Julie Dermansky.