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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

This new research found that ExxonMobil’s climate projections from its internally developed models accurately projected the temperature rise that has happened since then and that its calculations were in line with independent research produced at the time by academic and government scientists. Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s

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The Ontario government boasts about a “clean energy advantage” while dismantling it

Enviromental Defense

The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

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From Research to Action: The Growing Impact of Attribution Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

Another study found that climate change made severe flooding in the United Kingdom 43 percent more likely during the winter of 2013-14. Scientists have long known that burning fossil fuels is the primary cause of the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, but now they can identify the specific sources.

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The Ontario government boasts about a “clean energy advantage” while dismantling it

Enviromental Defense

The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

Corp Watch

Other Key Sources Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's profile on Coca-Cola - UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is an NGO that employs researchers on five continents who work with activists, companies and governments alike to advance human rights in business by eradicating abuse.

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Denmark leads the world in offering climate change loss and damage compensation to poorer nations 

A Greener Life

Last week, the Danish government pledged at least $13 million to developing nations which have experienced losses caused by the impact of climate change , becoming the first country globally to offer ‘loss and damage’. Flemming Moller Mortensen, Danish Minister for Development. Photo credit: Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters.

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

Law Columbia

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The plaintiffs had asked the court to issue a “remedial plan” that would require Montana to take many steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel production in the state.