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Taking the heat off global warming

Energy Central

Earth’s well-documented changes throughout history are nothing new, but global warming today is taking a major human, economic and environmental toll across the world. In the next five years, the World Meteorological Organisation predicts that global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels.

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Report: Nobody talks about ‘global warming’ anymore

Grist

Big news: Global warming is over. They found that searches for global warming , once the most common phrase for our overheating planet, are down 73 percent since 2010. Climate change began to outpace global warming around 2015 , and the newly popular climate crisis might someday catch up if current trends continue.

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Removing to Net Zero: 5 Carbon Removal Insights for CSOs

GreenBiz

To limit global warming and act on the climate emergency, emissions reductions are a priority, but not sufficient. This document explores the critical facets of carbon removal strategies, offering a roadmap for companies committed to decarbonization. Corporate net zero targets won’t be achieved without carbon removal.

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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. Document 1: 1959. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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French Oil Company Total ‘Knew About Global Warming Impact in 1971’, Study Finds

DeSmogBlog

French oil giant Total knew that its fossil fuel extraction could contribute to global warming as early as 1971 but stayed silent about it until 1988, according to a new study. Emissions from fossil fuels are the primary cause of global warming, according to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers

Envirotec Magazine

The document highlights the extremely high global warming potential of largely unrecorded methane leakages along the whole natural gas supply chain. However, its 20-year global warming potential is over 80 times that of carbon dioxide, which means that it is far more destructive. “So

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SEPA issues first Scottish penalty for greenhouse gas leak under F-Gas Regulations

Envirotec Magazine

Level of civil penalty DSM Nutritional Products (UK) Limited, operates four chilled water units, each of which holds 600kg of R134A, a hydrofluoro carbon (HFC) gas with a high global warming potential that is used in refrigeration systems. It has installed a leak detection system and has a plan to reduce reliance on F Gases.