Vanguard takes a baby step on climate change — finally
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The $7 trillion silent member of the Big Three tags coal as a concern years behind other investors.
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Investigation: How Pesticide Companies Are Marketing Themselves as a Solution to Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Read time: 15 mins This article was published as part of the launch of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database , where you can find a record of companies and organisations’ current messaging on climate change, lobbying around climate action, and histories of climate science denial. The speaker?
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Study: Climate change to blame for $8 billion of Hurricane Sandy damages
Grist
MAY 18, 2021
And that universe, according to scientists, is one without climate change. Climate change is already hurting us much more than we realize,” said Benjamin Strauss, chief scientist at the research and communications nonprofit Climate Central and one of the study’s authors. billion in damages.
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Michael Mann: Australia, Your Country Is Burning – Dangerous Climate Change Is Here With You Now
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 7, 2020
Read time: 4 mins This article originally appeared in The Guardian and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story. It too is now threatened by climate change. By Michael Mann. I witnessed this firsthand.
New Research Points to Effective Ways to Talk to Skeptical Conservatives about Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 13, 2020
Although the press release is promisingly headlined as “ pathways to changing the minds of climate deniers ,” we remain skeptical that there’s any real way to change a denier’s mind. After all, if they were open to change, they wouldn’t be deniers!
Climate Change and Other Frights: 13 Environmental Books to Scare You Into Action
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Topics like climate change and pollution. Tags: climate change books environment books Christopher Leonard Rachel Maddow Platt, The Revelator. Horror,” wrote novelist and critic Douglas E. Winter, “is not a genre. It is an emotion.”. You know what else generates some horrifying emotions?
Here’s How Shareholders Are Pressuring Oil Companies to Act on Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
MAY 13, 2020
Increasingly, these meetings have become an opportunity for activists to push the fossil fuel industry towards more progressive positions on climate change, with resolutions aimed at everything from greater transparency over lobbying and emissions to forcing alignment with the Paris Agreement. .
A Year Of Resistance: How Youth Protests Shaped The Discussion On Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 28, 2019
Thunberg was far from the first young person to speak up in an effort to hold the powerful accountable for their inaction on climate change, yet the recognition of her efforts come at a time when world leaders will have to decide whether — or with how much effort — they will tackle climate change.
‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 31, 2020
Read time: 6 mins A future climate disaster, or “green swan” event, could bring down the global financial system, according to a new report from the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ), an international financial organization that serves as a bank for central banks around the world.
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Yes, It's Due to Human Activity: New Research 'Should Finally Stop Climate Change Deniers'
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 19, 2019
European and US scientists have cleared up a point that has been nagging away at climate science for decades: not only is the planet warming faster than at any time in the last 2,000 years , but this unique climate change really does have neither a historic precedent nor a natural cause.
Peers sought to build urban resilience platform
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Isle’s technology consultant Sylvia Schuster explains why she believes managing the effects of climate change requires urban transformation. European cities need to transform their infrastructure if they are to meet the emerging challenges posed by the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Technology pilots.
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Big Oil Knew Climate Change Could Be ‘Catastrophic.’ Study Shows Heat Could Become Deadlier Than Infectious Diseases
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 4, 2020
Extreme heat is among the deadliest consequences of global warming, and a new study tallies just how deadly it could become if climate pollution continues unabated. Tags: extreme heat Climate Impact Lab infectious diseases Exxon Knew American Petroleum Institute
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New Documents Reveal Exxon-owned Canadian Oil Giant's Shifting Climate Change PR
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Tags: Imperial Oil ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) climate science denial oil industry public relations Gasoline “The present trend in legislation will require substantial expenditures to reduce emissions and waste discharge for all facilities and reduce the impact on the environment of the products we sell.”.
Automakers Accelerating Climate Change, Failing to Put the Brakes on Emissions
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 21, 2019
Tags: auto alliance clean car standards world benchmarking alliance That study, released earlier this month by CDP and the World Benchmarking Alliance ( WBA ), looked at 25 leading auto manufacturers and graded each company on its overall alignment with the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Why Public Health Experts Support These Youth Suing the US Government Over Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 25, 2020
Surgeons General, recently filed supporting briefs backing a youth climate lawsuit against the federal government because, like the current coronavirus pandemic, the climate crisis poses “unprecedented threats to public health and safety.”. Tags: public health Juliana v. United States air pollution COVID-19 coronavirus
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Decoding the Hype Behind the Natural Gas Industry’s Hydrogen Push
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 14, 2021
Read time: 15 mins It seems like nearly every day another hopeful article touts the potential of using hydrogen as a fuel to tackle climate change. Tags: Green hydrogen blue hydrogen hydrogen council hydrogen fuel cells
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Norway’s Supreme Court to Decide on Climate Lawsuit Challenging Offshore Arctic Oil Drilling
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Read time: 5 mins The Supreme Court of Norway is set to rule in a high-profile climate change lawsuit challenging the Norwegian government’s licensing of new offshore oil drilling in the fragile and rapidly warming Arctic region.
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Exxon Sued Again for 'Misleading' Advertising
DeSmogBlog
MAY 20, 2020
Read time: 5 mins ExxonMobil is facing yet another lawsuit challenging the corporation’s allegedly deceptive behavior related to climate change. Tags: ExxonMobil Beyond Pesticides false advertising bp climate lawsuits naomi oreskes geoffrey supran The latest suit , filed May 15 in the D.C.
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Coffee prices spike, thanks to climate change
AGreenLiving
OCTOBER 1, 2021
If melting polar ice caps and a deforested Amazon seem too far away to be real, many consumers may soon get an up-close and personal taste of climate change in their coffee cups. Climate change seems to be driving the extreme weather in Brazil — and around the world. Coffee prices spike, thanks to climate change.
Polling Shows Growing Climate Concern Among Americans. But Outsized Influence of Deniers Remains a Roadblock
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Read time: 9 mins More Americans than ever before — 54 percent, recent polling data shows — are alarmed or concerned about climate change, which scientists warn is a planetary emergency unfolding in the form of searing heat, prolonged drought, massive wildfires, monstrous storms, and other extremes.
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Hurricane Laura’s Aftermath: Miles of Oil Sheen in Louisiana’s Wetlands
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Scientists say warmer ocean waters due to human-caused climate change is making hurricanes like Laura stronger and causing them to intensify more rapidly ; Hurricane Laura spun up to a Category 4 storm in just 24 hours. Tags: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Hurricane Laura oil spills National Response Center
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As QAnon Conspiracy Spreads on the Far Right, Climate Science Deniers Jump Aboard
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 27, 2020
Read time: 10 mins Back in December 2019, two conspiratorial worldviews collided as, for the first time, QA non’s Q suggested his followers should question anew a topic that, by now, has been considered, and reconsidered, for decades: climate change. “
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How U.S. Crude Oil Exports Are Hastening the Demise of the Oil Industry
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 28, 2021
oil industry — while also increasing the industry’s huge contribution to climate change. Tags: crude oil export ban fracking However, looking back at the impact of lifting the 40-year-old ban, it appears the move has helped hasten the financial demise of the U.S.
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After Calling for Climate Action, US Chamber of Commerce Pushes Pro-Fossil Fuel Agenda
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Chamber of Commerce over its lobbying on climate change issues published a report today criticizing the pro-business lobbying and advocacy group for continuing to push for pro-fossil fuel policies despite recognizing that climate change is real. Read time: 5 mins A new campaign targeting the U.S.
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Analysis: Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 4, 2021
Read time: 12 mins The fossil fuel industry and its investors have financially benefited from tax policies and subsidies designed to reduce the emissions from oil, gas, and coal — sometimes without taking the action required to tackle climate change.
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Addressing Climate Change and Economic Development at the Same Time
Climate 4.0
APRIL 1, 2021
What We Can Measure, We Can Address To address this situation, a small group of colleagues and I have developed a group of indices and rankings over the past decade that measure the relative technological progress of nations, and the relative difficulty they face in addressing climate change and economic development at the same time.
Scottish council becomes first to trial recycling weighing technology
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2021
The programme, funded by the Scottish government funded advisory group Zero Waste Scotland and delivered in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, involves the use of RFID tags. These have already been used in Europe and in some other parts of the UK. ” “RFID technology is ideal in helping councils gauge household waste levels.
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Campaigners Claim 'Historic Win' as France Found Guilty of Climate Inaction
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Today the Paris administrative court concluded France has failed to do enough to meet its own commitments on the climate crisis and is legally responsible for the ensuing ecological damage. degree climate change Paris Agreement climate litigation
Mainstream News Prioritises Big Business and Opponents of Climate Action – Study
DeSmogBlog
JULY 29, 2020
Read time: 3 mins Statements from large business associations and opponents of climate action are twice as likely to be included in climate change coverage by national newspapers than pro-climate action messaging, according to a new study.
Indigenous Youth Rally Calls on Biden to Cancel Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipelines
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 5, 2021
The White House is billing it as a “generational investment” that will lead to “transformational progress in our ability to tackle climate change.”. Tags: Enbridge Line 3 pipeline Dakota Access Pipeline Indigenous Environmental Network Biden administration
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Report: Global Climate Lawsuits Against Governments and Polluters on the Rise
DeSmogBlog
JULY 7, 2020
Lawsuits demanding accountability and action on the existential threat of climate change continue to take hold across the world with some significant new developments and new cases emerging over the past year, according to a new report on trends in global climate change litigation.
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Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Read time: 6 mins There was some speculation that climate-changing emissions might drop this spring as the world went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Tags: COVID-19 World Meteorological Organization methane emissions Robert Howarth Permian Basin
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"Disappointing" Decision from Norway's Supreme Court in Climate Lawsuit Challenging Arctic Offshore Oil Licenses
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 22, 2020
The ruling – a culmination of four years of high-profile litigation in a case challenging continued fossil fuel production on climate change grounds — came as a big disappointment, and even outrage , for environmental and climate activists in Norway and internationally.
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Introducing DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Read time: 3 mins This article was published as part of the launch of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database , where you can find a record of companies and organisations’ messaging on climate change, lobbying around climate action, and histories of climate science denial. Tags: Agribusiness Database
How the climate crisis will crash the economy
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. But the report didn’t pussyfoot around the issues: “Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. It placed the price tag at up to 10.5 Climate Change.
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Electric Utilities Are Slow to Address the Climate Crisis, Reports Indicate
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Read time: 10 mins The electric utility sector is largely lagging when it comes to responding to the climate emergency, both in terms of rapidly slashing globe-warming emissions and planning for climate impacts like increasingly extreme weather.
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Court Considers If Washington State, Smothered by 'Climate Fires' and Smoke, Is Violating Youths’ Rights to Life and Liberty
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Read time: 5 mins As rampant wildfires worsened by climate change continued to batter the western U.S. this week, a Washington state appeals court examined the question of whether young people should be allowed to sue their state government over the climate crisis.
Debunked Australian Bushfire Conspiracy Theories Were Pushed by Alex Jones, Murdoch Media
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 8, 2020
Read time: 3 mins As unusually intense and widespread bushfires have ravaged a drought-ridden Australia, bots and trolls have begun pushing climate science denial across the internet in the form of conspiracy theories about the fires. Tags: climate science denial conspiracy theories alex jones
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These Climate Science Deniers are Spreading Misinformation about the Australian Bushfires
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 9, 2020
Read time: 6 mins Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has doubled down on his refusal to strengthen his administration’s approach to climate policy as his country burns. Tags: infowars Newswars alex jones myron ebell patrick michaels Tony Abbott global warming policy foundation christopher monckton rupert murdoch
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Latest Youth Climate Lawsuit Filed Against 33 European Countries Over Human Rights
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Read time: 7 mins Six young people from Portugal have filed an unprecedented climate change lawsuit against almost all of Europe, targeting 33 European nations for failing to take adequate action on the climate crisis that they say threatens their human rights. United States
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Massachusetts Sues ExxonMobil For Climate Disinformation, Greenwashing
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Read time: 2 mins Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil today over the company's misinformation campaign to delay action to address climate change. . Tags: Maura Healey #ExxonKnew climate liability climate change lawsuit Exxon Mobil
New Paper Reveals Rail Industry Was Leader in Climate Denial Efforts
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Climate Change Countermovement Coalitions 1989-2015 , author Robert Brulle, looks at “key political coalitions that worked to oppose climate action. Why would the rail industry care about climate change and be active in promoting denial? Tags: Association of American Railroads climate denial
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New Jersey Should Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Costs, Panel Says
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 19, 2020
Read time: 4 mins Advocates for holding fossil fuel companies accountable in court for the substantial costs of climate change are urging New Jersey to sue oil majors like ExxonMobil, as over a dozen municipal and state governments have done over the past three years.
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In Senate Hearing, Economic Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Spur Financial Crash Like 2008
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 12, 2020
With markets currently in turmoil due to the coronavirus pandemic, experts testified Thursday that there is high risk for an even larger economic crisis absent urgent climate policy. Tags: financial impacts of climate change Senator Sheldon Whitehouse green swan events subprime mortgage scandal
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