The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 20, 2022
Although it may not be discussed frequently, ocean acidification is one of the biggest problems humanity (and the environment) faces today. The rising acidity of the ocean is not only harming biodiversity and marine ecosystems, but is impacting human industries that rely on the ocean’s resources.
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.
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DeSmogBlog
APRIL 4, 2024
“The Carbon Majors research shows us exactly who is responsible for the lethal heat, extreme weather, and air pollution that is threatening lives and wreaking havoc on our oceans and forests,” said Tzeporah Berman, international program director at the grassroots environmental organization Stand.earth, in a press release.
Grist
MARCH 8, 2024
The discovery process could unearth further details of oil companies’ deception, such as what individual CEOs or other company executives did with the information they learned about climate change, Johl said. “It’s In this stage, both sides try to uncover evidence that could help their case in court.
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. Climate science should remain the hard basis for all decision making and target setting.
Business Green
AUGUST 26, 2020
Of course, nature-related risks are arguably even more complex to tackle than climate risks, due to the myriad threats such as water scarcity, soil erosion, ocean acidification, chemical pollution, and even - as starkly illustrated by Covid-19 - disease transmission all causing very different regional impacts.
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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