DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chose the very day of the summit to announce that his government will push off the deadlines for phase-outs of methane gas-burning boilers, as well as sales of new gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. While not a silver bullet solution, she told DeSmog, litigation is certainly “part of the answer.”

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Government Fossil fuels Climate change Ocean acidification 71

Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But as sea levels rise and the islands continue to subside, the costs of fortifying and maintaining the structures may exceed the value of the land and agricultural production behind them, says Alf Brandt, counsel to the State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. “It But you know, it wasn’t ripe. And it’s ripe now.”.

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Soil Methane Carbon Organic 87

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Nor does it refer to a topic that was of unequivocal scientific concern at the time: The “greenhouse effect,” or what is now known as climate change. based Center for International Environmental Law has reported. The publication — aimed at an internal audience across Shell’s global operations — lacked any reference to climate change.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In April, he warned of the “huge regulatory cost” of the UK’s net zero target, and the same month said that the UK needs to be “thinking about extracting every last cubic inch of gas from the North Sea”. There are question marks over whether he stands to gain financially from any of these policies.

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