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The Animal Agriculture Industry Undermines Climate Action

Legal Planet

Photo by MRC Témiscamingue via Unsplash The case for decarbonization to address climate change is often, understandably, directed toward the fossil fuel industry. Why hasn’t there been more movement against greenhouse gas emissions caused by animal agriculture? Emissions from Animal Agriculture It’s not for lack of research.

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Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis at Our Ocean 2025

Ocean Conservancy

Currently, plastics drive at least 3-4% of global greenhouse gas emissions and are the fastest-growing demand for fossil fuels. It is estimated that if plastic use keeps growing at the current rate, then by 2050, plastics will drive 20% of global oil demandmore per person than used to fuel our cars.

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All Eyes on Baku: Expectations for Canada at COP29

Enviromental Defense

After 30 years of international negotiations failing to mention the root cause of the climate crisis, the acknowledgement that we must phase out all fossil fuels and massively scale up renewable energy in order to effectively tackle the climate crisis, was both long overdue and extremely significant. Unsurprisingly, trust was broken.

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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

By Amber Brady Ahead of the pivotal 2025 COP30 summit, which will take place in November and December, Amber Brady provides an updated version of our 2014 piece on Brazil’s environmental facts. COP30 in Belém The COP30 summit is set to take place in Belém, Pará, Brazil, from November 30 to December 12, 2025.

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Cleaner air has increased the number of city heatwaves

New Scientist

Read more The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change Aerosol pollution, which mainly comes from burning fossil fuels, typically has an opposite effect to greenhouse gases. By some estimates, aerosol pollution has masked as much as half of the warming effect of greenhouse gases to date.

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Climate Change’s Fingerprints Came Early, a Thought Experiment Reveals

Scientific American

Skip to main content Scientific American Opinion July 4, 2025 5 min read A Thought Experiment Reveals the Fingerprints of Climate Change Came Early Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment investigation By Ben Santer , Susan Solomon , David W.

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China’s oil demand could peak in 2025

A Greener Life

By Jiang Mengnan Chinas oil demand is projected to peak at approximately 770 million tonnes in 2025, according to a forecast by the China National Petroleum Corporations Economic and Technological Research Institute (ETRI), reports Caixin. Image generated by AI.