DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

These comments, originally made by Moore and echoed by Birtles, have “absolutely no basis in fact”, according to Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. It’s a vicious circle not only leading to extreme weather but also collapsing food systems, and increasing risks of dangerous pathogens, zoonoses and other health impacts.”. The impact is playing out in real time as we watch villages flood and forests burn.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

More than one-third (82) of the scientists, however, underlined the threat posed by the synergistic interplay and feedback loops between the top five— with global crises worsening one another “in ways that might cascade to create global systemic collapse.”.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2024

and “Merchants of Doubt,” is a leading authority on the origins of disinformation about science and public health. Michele Bachmann, who once claimed that global warming is “all voodoo” and “a hoax,” was in court to support Steyn as he testified. Oreskes, author of the books “Why Trust Science?” The post In D.C.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

She is the latest high profile figure to ally with NZW’s parent organisation, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , which is the UK’s principal climate science denial group and part of the Tufton Street network of free market think tanks. Rapidly cutting carbon emissions is necessary to limit global warming to 1.5°C

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. It’s a vicious circle not only leading to extreme weather but also collapsing food systems, and increasing risks of dangerous pathogens, zoonoses and other health impacts.”. The impact is playing out in real time as we watch villages flood and forests burn.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 14, 2021

The consequences of global warming and the abuse of Earth’s natural resources are becoming more apparent, and people are starting to take notice. Everyone from political leaders to everyday citizens is reevaluating their wasteful behaviors and making intentional changes to save the planet. Opt For Eco-Friendly Paint .

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Porter’s blog repeatedly cites the work of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate science denial group. Porter’s Energy Blogs Climate models accurately predict global temperature rises, with observed warming tracking the forecasts.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

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. This document shows that the oil industry was informed of the science of global warming.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2022

And today, UK and US researchers at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), have sought to deliver some sobering, if not wholly surprising, answers to these critical questions. per cent by the end of the century, they estimate. per cent.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

In this digital, mobile and social media age, we are constantly bombarded with new environmental, economic, social, geo-political and technical terminology that creates confusion, misguided actions and misinterpretation. The emergence of environmental buzzwords started out with global warming, then became climate change.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 9, 2019

Climate Change is Boosting Global Inequality and Current Political Systems are Not Equipped to Tackle It words Ashita Parekh “Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight. There is no one answer to fix the issue of global inequality, or forced migration.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One of the most common responses to the gathering political campaign against the UK's net zero strategy is that it is important not to underestimate such an experienced and effective band of campaigners, regardless of how modest they may be in number. It is simply not plausible. But worst than that, it is obviously implausible.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

While unchecked global warming could knock 7.6 per cent off GDP, net zero could boost global GDP by 3.8 Climate change could cost the global economy $178tr over the next 50 years if left unchecked, amounting to a 7.6 2C warming thresholds. per cent, according to Deloitte. per cent GDP boost in 2070.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In June, the BBC’s Today programme interviewed a supposedly impartial “energy consultant” Kathryn Porter, who had links to the gas sector and had cast doubt on human-made global warming. Porter also contributes to the Telegraph. Blackmon commented on the video and said: “Pay attention to what is coming as part of the #ClimateScam.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Consultancy giant PwC and the World Economic Forum (WEF) today published Climate Ambition: Analysis of an International Carbon Price Floor , which concluded that setting an international price for carbon emissions could reduce global emissions by up to 12.3 per cent at a cost of less than one per cent of GDP.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The policy briefing document was released in early January by Belgium-based organization, HealthforAnimals (HfA), which represents some of the world’s biggest and best known animal pharmaceutical companies, including Zoetis, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Merck Animal Health, Elanco Animal Health, IDEXX, and Ceva Santé Animale.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 12, 2021

Related: Polar bears could go extinct in 80 years if global warming persists In their pledge, the countries have agreed to reserve at least 30% of the planet’s land and water as natural habitats. The event was addressed by various world leaders, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Greenpeace U.K.’s

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

But while the nature of threats to health, economies and societies posed by the two crises are very different, a new report this week from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change argues there is much the past year's Covid-19 challenges can teach businesses and policymakers about combatting climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Our future health and prosperity are closely linked to the state of the ocean,” said Erna Solberg, co-chair of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and Prime Minister of Norway. . The ambition of SeaBOS members is to increase the production of healthy and sustainable seafood, and to improve ocean health overall.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

May also cited polling by the More In Common thinktank, which found concern about climate change was common across political and social groups. But she also approved the expansion of Heathrow Airport in 2016, despite her long-term opposition to the project on both climate and health grounds.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 13, 2022

The sprint for a new prime minister marks the latest act in the UK’s political drama. All of the remaining contenders were elected in 2019 on the Conservatives’ manifesto pledge to “lead the global fight against climate change by delivering on our world-leading target of Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050”. . Foreign Secretary.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Global warming could challenge the very fabric of the world’s ecological and economic systems,” warned Shell executive Ged Davis in one newly uncovered document from 1989. A separate letter from U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Four years after the world’s governments signed the Paris Agreement, thousands of people are taking to the streets in school strikes and Extinction Rebellion protests calling for greater action to meet its target of keeping global warming as close to 1.5 degrees as possible.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

If you feel your government or political leaders will take necessary strides to sustain the. We believe ourselves lucky as the inhabitants of the solar system’s only planet capable of sustaining life. But we are continuing to only take from our environment. Ever thought about giving back to the planet?

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Every five years the Climate Change Committee (CCC) conducts a root-and-branch review of the UK's preparedness for escalating climate impacts, such as heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts, coastal erosion, and their threats to public health, food security, power supplies, homes, offices, and infrastructure.

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Grist

DECEMBER 16, 2019

By the second day, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the county’s Air Pollution Control District had issued an air-quality warning, and local libraries and nonprofits urged residents to protect themselves from the harmful smoke and ash, offering free N95 respirator masks. According to Emily Williams, a Ph.D.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That sends a clear political message that the industry “is less powerful and trusted than before,” Nick Caleb, a climate and energy attorney with Breach Collective, told DeSmog. Nuclear physicist Edward Teller warned the oil industry at an API event in 1959 that global warming might melt the polar ice caps and submerge coastal cities.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

of global warming could deliver one per cent growth in employment by 2050, compared to a baseline scenario. Pressure on political leaders to make good on early proposals to place climate action at the heart of their recovery plans is now mounting from all sides.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Penycook said he was "really pleased" to take on the role, adding that "our immediate focus is ensuring the national coronavirus effort succeeds but we cannot lose sight of climate breakdown and the collective response required this decade to avert runaway global warming". Air quality is key issue across globe," he said. "In

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 2, 2023

In his spare time, Walker presents “The Lois and Andre Show”, a fringe YouTube series with Lois Perry, who has said that she does not believe in man-made global warming. He has often used his TalkTV platform to attack climate policies, claiming last August that the UK’s net zero targets are “plunging people into poverty”.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. Jacobson’s Early Story. He agreed and recruited research scientist Mark Delucchi of UC Davis to help (Delucchi has been a regular co-author of many of Jacobson’s studies).

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Climate disavowal was already happening in pre-pandemic life, but the additional stressors associated with our country’s present situation — joblessness, food insecurity, political conflict, pandemic health concerns, social isolation — make it even harder to think about environmental responsibilities.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As the planet heats up, allergy seasons are getting longer and the climate crisis is “violating” her “right to health” said Comparelli, a climate activist in her 20s with Fridays for Future Italy. Sometimes it’s so bad that she has to spend whole afternoons in bed with her windows closed. Above all, though, Comparelli is afraid.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

The world may be on the cusp of a global pandemic, but the scale of the climate crisis presents a greater long term threat and political and business leaders should not be "diverted away from climate action" as they seek to contain the worsening outbreak.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. Increasingly hotter global temperatures mean the sea ice, which would have formed a barrier to protect the island from storms, forms much later in the storm season and melts much sooner.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The first report, which the United Nations secretary-general called a “ code red for humanity ,” was released last summer and addressed the physical science of climate change , warning that global warming was “widespread, rapid, and intensifying.” David McNew / Getty Images.

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