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Net Zero Festival: Sir David King on tomorrow's net zero world

Business Green

Sir David King, emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge, is certainly as well-placed as anyone to attempt answers to these questions. His speech and the interview which followed with journalist Lucy Siegle, can be watched in full above. What will society expect and how will businesses adapt?

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King Charles signals he will step back from 'issues for which I care so deeply'

Business Green

Having ascended to the throne following the Queen's death last week, King Charles III has signalled he could now step back from much of the campaigning and charitable work he had become known for as the Prince of Wales, most notably on environmental and climate issues. "It

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So, just how Green is Rishi Sunak?

Terra Infirma

I’ve never seen political turbulence like it – three UK Prime Ministers in a couple of months. But now Rishi Sunak has taken the helm in the midst of an economic crisis, exacerbated by his predecessor’s bonkers Laffer-on-steroids policies which were firmly rejected by the very markets they were meant to stimulate.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

AGreenLiving

Yosie Mon, 05/24/2021 – 01:30 In his historic March 1968 speech at Washington’s National Cathedral, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s?

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

AGreenLiving

Yosie Mon, 05/24/2021 – 01:30 In his historic March 1968 speech at Washington’s National Cathedral, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s?

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Fossil Fuel ‘Philosopher’ Wrote About ‘Superiority’ of Western Culture, and Blamed Martin Luther King Jr. for Increase in ‘Black Crime’

DeSmogBlog

But in recently unearthed writings from his time in college, published by the watchdog group Documented , Epstein made disparaging statements about non-western cultures and Martin Luther King, Jr., and argued that an increase in “Black crime” can be connected to King’s campaign for economic justice. That was my view.”.

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Climate Science Denial Looms Large in GB News Linked ‘ARC’ Venture

DeSmogBlog

This Martin Luther King quote was used by Conservative peer Baroness Stroud to introduce the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), which launched in March. In reality, ARC appears to be the latest attempt by national populist forces to shape culture and politics.