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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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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Greenbuilding Law

In 2009 the King of Bhutan proclaimed his Himalayan country was ‘carbon negative’ because all of its power was hydroelectric or solar buttressed with large forested areas. Just weeks ago, Saudi Arabia pledged to reach ‘net zero carbon emissions within its borders’ by 2060, but that calculation will not include oil exports (.

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Net Zero Risks as a Source of Opportunity

Greenbuilding Law

It is one thing when government leaders make an ESG claim: In 2009 the King of Bhutan proclaimed his Himalayan country was ‘carbon negative’ because all of its power was hydroelectric or solar buttressed with large forested areas. all emissions or only greenhouse gases or just carbon dioxide or?).

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A Few Thoughts About Economic Growth as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

Environmental and Urban Economics

Another quote from JC; "But reducing carbon is thus, logically, just one item on the list of answers to "What can we do to raise GDP in 2100?," Asked that way, you can see that "lower carbon emissions" is about #100 on the list, even admitting the 5-10% of GDP thumb-on-the-scale estimates. Here is 2012 video where I elaborate.

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Another RGGI Raid? New York State Senate Proposes Pulling $138 million from the RGGI Fund

Law Columbia

This is not the first time that the legislature has diverted RGGI proceeds for other purposes—it also diverted $90 million in 2009 and $41 million in 2015 to the general fund. Jessica Wentz. Associate Director and Fellow. If the Senate proposal is approved, the diversions will total $269 million—nearly 30% of the $925.8

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Seven essential books on energy and climate change

Edouard Stenger

For example nuclear energy has become uneconomic if not exhorbitant and clean coal is still not a reality (although this might change ). – Factor Five (2009). Verdict: This book should enable you to better grasp what is behind green growth and how it could benefit us all. – Crossing the Energy Divide (2009).

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Reflections on locating social science in sustainability research and practice collaborations

HumanNature

Take, for example, the claim that greenhouse gases (e.g. iii They have also studied networks that fund climate change denialism as well as barriers and opportunities to socio-economic policies or cultural practices which may drive CO2 emissions. CO2) cause climate change. non-normative). i e.g. see Carolan, Michael and Diana Stuart.