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Celebrating World Ocean Day

Energy and Cleantech Council

As reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate , “[t]he ocean is essential for all aspects of human well-being and livelihood” and ocean warming, acidification and sea level rise are impacting fisheries and food production and depleting key ecosystem services.

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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

GreenBiz

When we talk about the blue economy, we're talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild," said Helvarg. Correcting these market failures in order to spur rapid innovation in the blue economy is one of OCAP’s top priorities.

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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

AGreenLiving

“When we talk about the blue economy, we’re talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild,” said Helvarg. ” Can ocean and coastal health become part of a “new deal” — green, blue or any other hue?

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2022 Was a Big Year for Climate Action in the Courts

DeSmogBlog

Huge Win in Court Against Formosa Plastics’ Giant Petrochemical Complex. In September a Louisiana judge delivered a big win for community and environmental groups fighting a proposed massive petrochemical complex by Formosa Plastics. The polluting project, announced in 2018, would be sited in St. billion chemicals facility.

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How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning

DeSmogBlog

It taught Esso and other Standard Oil companies how to sell derivative products (like plastic and pesticides) that made the company and the brand a household name in the minds of the public. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, GridLab, and Energy Innovation have found that the U.S. was as ubiquitous as “Got Milk?”

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How Climate-Friendly is Liz Truss’s Cabinet?

DeSmogBlog

In June 2022, Clarke delivered a speech during a House of Commons debate saying that a recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was “really devastating”, noting the threats of sea level rise and biodiversity loss if global temperatures aren’t limited.