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Public Pressure on ExxonMobil Works. Little Else Does.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Trading in disinformation In its climate lobbying report, ExxonMobil deemed 52 associations “aligned” for acknowledging the risks of climate change, publicly backing the Paris Agreement goal of limiting average global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and taking steps to reduce carbon emissions.

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Driving on Electricity Is Now Much Cleaner than Using a Gasoline Car

Union of Concerned Scientists

Replacing gasoline with electricity greatly reduces the carbon emissions from driving. Based on where electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold, driving the average EV in the US produces global warming emissions equal to a hypothetical 94 mile per gallon gasoline car, or less than a third of the emissions of the average new gasoline car.

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Ontario could easily phase out polluting fossil gas – if it wanted to

Enviromental Defense

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. Between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power. Unfortunately, the current Ontario government’s plan is to burn more fossil gas to generate power. .

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Climate Litigation and Children’s Rights: Unpacking the CRC’s New General Comment

Law Columbia

26 (GC26) on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. Still, the decision holds significant implications for safeguarding children’s rights within the climate change context and set a foundation for future climate-related cases centered on children.

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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

For my first article since hurricanes Harvey and Katrina, I could have written another article on how not solving climate change would cost us trillions of dollars. Local air pollution (and global climate change) ; 4. Any energy use entails carbon emissions, some more than others. per watt in 2008 to $3.36/watt

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The Missing Piece of the Renewable Energy Revolution

HumanNature

The average electricity consumption per household in the US in 2009 was 11,320 kWh per year [3]. The point here is that if we care about reducing carbon emissions and energy costs, efficiency upgrades can often be the easiest and most cost-effective way to make a meaningful difference. Eia.gov 2009. [4] Eia.gov 2023. [3]

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The Future is : Gender Inclusion in Climate Crisis Solutions

Vermont Law

The Future is : Gender Inclusion in Climate Crisis Solutions By Beckett McGowan , Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23), Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 7, 2022 Climate Change is the great exasperator. 1) However, natural disasters are not the only thing exasperated by Climate Change.