Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

To this end, the IPCC has recommended governments urgently press ahead with policies, laws, and strategies that drive near-term climate action, while working with the private sector to unlock funds that can help tackle climate change.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Some had no idea how pollution from human activities affected ecosystems. Everything in the news about global warming, pollution, and sea level rise, that’s one side of the story. Imagine if everybody possessed that level of environmental literacy. How about producing energy without pollution?

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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. “We

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Grist

JUNE 15, 2021

According to Molly Melius, program manager at Stanford University’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program, seawalls can reduce beach width, decrease sand replenishment of beaches, and also accelerate erosion at the ends of seawalls. That portion could increase to one-third by 2100 if current rates continue.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

As Scientific American noted : "For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.". The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world’s largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors. Pull Quote.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The people of Honolulu are now one step closer to putting these polluters on trial. We look forward to proceeding with our case and having our day in court to show how Exxon is breaking the law and to put an end to the deception once and for all,” Attorney General Healey responded in a statement.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn't lack is pollution. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Climate Lawsuits Historical evidence of what oil majors knew about climate change is taking on new significance in the courtroom as lawyers seek to hold big polluters to account for the accelerating devastation caused by the climate crisis. based Center for International Environmental Law has reported.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

As Scientific American noted : "For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.". The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world's largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2021

As Scientific American noted : “For the first time in history, a court … ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution.” ” The landmark decision suggests that the fate of the world’s largest polluters no longer may be in the hands of their executives, board or investors.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn’t lack is pollution. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

She has also spoken favourably about electric vehicles and said in May that recent months had “highlighted the need to accelerate our journey as a global community away from hydrocarbons” and “decisively turn our backs on the era of dependence on polluting fuels”.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

The UCSUSA points out that “Consequences of global warming include drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, and species loss. Which countries and sectors are the largest polluters? are now asking developing countries to abandon highly polluting technology.” The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Some favor fining polluters, others prefer a carbon tax. Harris also wants to increase penalties for companies that violate federal pollution laws and she wants to restore the polluter pays model to fund the superfund program. He sees sea level rise as inevitable and as a consequence he is focused on climate adaptation.

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