2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels 
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Earlier this year, The Guardian ran a powerful article exposing the ties of Elsevier, one of the world’s largest academic publishing companies, to the fossil fuel industry. The article caught my attention because I’d never considered the ways in which an academic publisher might be perpetuating and enabling a fossil fuel economy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 18, 2025
In a new study released today, UCS attributes substantial temperature and sea level rise to emissions traced to the largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers. Every delay in phasing out fossil fuels will burden future generations who need to adapt to rising seas and recover from loss and damage due to sea level impacts.
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Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Current national climate pledges fall well-short of the Paris Agreement goal to keep global average temperature increase this century well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C The UN’s 2021 Emissions Gap Report finds that under current pledges temperatures will still rise by 2.7°C To hit the 1.5°C
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 11, 2021
According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published Monday, Southeast Asia coastal zones are among the world’s most climate vulnerable regions. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — August 10, 2021. Graphic courtesy of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Legal Planet
JUNE 16, 2022
According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear. Download as PDF.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 3, 2021
I feel like climate change is going to have to get worse before it gets better. Climate change has been a big, scary, looming problem for basically the entirety of my life; I cannot remember a time when it was not at least a background concern. This holiday season, I’m especially grateful for their tone of determination.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 12, 2022
They are especially squawking about investments that take into account the climate crisis, despite the fact that extreme weather events are wreaking havoc across the country. At last half of the bills are based on a template provided by the fossil fuel industry-funded American Legislative Exchange Council.
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