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House Committee Poised for Potential Subpoena of PR Firm for Climate Disinformation

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consulting and PR firm, with a long history of waging influence campaigns for fossil fuel corporations, is under scrutiny by a congressional committee as part of a broader investigation into the decades-long efforts by the oil industry and its allies to block action on the climate crisis. A powerful Washington, D.C.,

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The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil

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On Earth Day and during the United Nations Climate Week, it published 85 letters to the editor in local newspapers on “behalf” of cattle farmers proclaiming that beef is sustainable. Since 1990, methane emissions from agriculture have increased nearly 17 percent , largely because of the way manure is managed on large farms.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

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The Paris Climate Agreement opened for signature on Earth Day (22nd of April 2016), at the UN headquarters in New York. Scope 1 emissions Scope 1 emissions, as defined by the GHG Protocol, are GHGs released directly by the business in question by the burning of fossil fuels onsite. What do we mean by activity data ?

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

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Seattle University Score: 79.41 | Seattle, Washington After the pandemic altered Earth Day plans, Seattle U unveiled a virtual event complete with Earth Talks. In May, the Cornell Board of Trustees announced a moratorium on fossil fuel investments, following more than a decade of student and faculty activism.

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