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Report: It’s time for the U.S. to research solar geoengineering

Grist

To avoid the most disastrous sea-level rise, storms, heat waves, and drought, the best available science says that greenhouse gas emissions must be cut in half in the next decade or so and brought to net-zero by the middle of the century. government to spend at least $100 million on a new solar geoengineering research program.

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

DeSmogBlog

And on October 28, Congress questioned the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP America, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute on their history of blocking climate policy. Available at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). Document 1: 1959. View on DocumentCloud. How did you trip over this first? Document 6: 1980.

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Shell and the new era of climate risk

GreenBiz

This duty — which is both ethical and legal — requires them to make decisions in good faith and in a reasonably prudent manner. Policy & Politics. According to Investopedia , the term refers to: a fiduciary responsibility held by company directors which requires them to live up to a certain standard of care. And it’s not just climate.

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Shell and the new era of climate risk

AGreenLiving

This duty — which is both ethical and legal — requires them to make decisions in good faith and in a reasonably prudent manner. .” According to Investopedia , the term refers to: a fiduciary responsibility held by company directors which requires them to live up to a certain standard of care. And it’s not just climate.