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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

As human society has continued to innovate exponentially, largely at the expense of the planet, scientists have hypothesized that we are beginning to enter a new epoch, or period of time in history, defined by human impact on the earth known as the Anthropocene.

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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. Don’t Call It Methane, It’s ‘Natural’ Gas. Except that methane gas isn’t clean. In its day, “Quick, Henry, the Flit!”

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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.