DeSmogBlog
MAY 15, 2023
The findings offer new insight into corporate actors’ responsibility for the climate impact of worsening wildfires and strengthen the rapidly growing scientific field known as attribution science , which quantifies the influence of climate change on extreme weather events and connects pollution sources to observed climate impacts.
Grist
MARCH 8, 2024
The industry’s current line of argument in the Honolulu case (and others) is that these lawsuits are about the broader issue of emissions and pollution, and that the federal Clean Air Act preempts any claim brought by cities and states. Last week, the companies asked the Supreme Court to toss that ruling.
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Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2021
This, the largest analysis of global coral reef health ever undertaken draws on data: spanning 40 years. Ocean acidification, global warming, pollution: the causes of these threats are many and particularly difficult to address, insofar as they are extremely diffuse, and result from our entire development paradigm.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn’t attend. The youth plaintiffs charge that they are already suffering detrimental health impacts from climate change, and that these health problems will worsen unless governments take more urgent climate action. Climate action is a legal duty!
Green Tech Challenge
MAY 3, 2019
The Blue Economy is sustainable use of ocean resources for: economic growth, improved livelihoods, job creation, and ocean ecosystem health. Achieving a sustainable Blue Economy requires amplified conversation, education and intentional efforts in ocean conservation. Trillion to the global economy annually.
Business Green
AUGUST 9, 2021
As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question.
Low Carbon Prosperity
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
This article provides a primer on the three major policy building blocks available for reducing carbon pollution: pricing mechanisms, subsidies , and regulations. The same elasticity effect applies to pollution. Economists argue that Pigouvian taxes , like a carbon tax, are the most economically efficient means of reducing pollution.
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