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DeSmogBlog, March 27, 2021
Articles include: Appalachian Fracking Faces Financial Risks, Report Warns. Hopes for Petrochemical Plastics Boom ‘Unlikely.’ (Report is here.) Why Companies’ ‘Net-Zero’ Emissions Pledges Should Trigger a Healthy Dose of Skepticism. Experts Urge World Leaders to ‘Put Marine Ecosystems at the Heart of Climate Policy’. Climate Disinformation Database: Charlie Kirk.
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DeSmogBlog, March 20, 2021
Articles include: Argentina’s Illegal Oil and Gas Waste Dumps; Whistleblower Claims Dangerous Defects in Pipeline for Shell’s Pennsylvania Plastics Plant; Nudging Social Media Users to Think Critically Helps Slow the Spread of Fake News, Study Finds; Green Groups File ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ FTC Complaint Against Chevron for Climate Lies; Climate Disinformation […]
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The Daily Climate, March 18, 2921
Articles include: Republicans warn Federal Reserve against assessing climate risk in financial system; The EPA restores climate change website deleted under Trump; Study: Ocean emissions from bottom trawling are equivalent to global aviation; Scientists claim feeding cows seaweed could slash their methane emissions by a staggering 82 percent; […]
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Studies: Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal
The Guardian: Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal. Exclusive: documents seen by Guardian show companies fought clean-air rules despite being aware of harm caused by air pollution.
The oil industry knew at least 50 years ago that air pollution from burning fossil fuels […]
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The Daily Climate, March 16, 2021
Articles Include: Maryland Senate passes climate act by wide margin; Canadian lobbyists attack Netflix children’s film for ‘anti-oil propaganda’; Poor and Latino neighborhoods endure hotter temperatures, Study finds; Maps reveal redlined areas face higher flood risks; Report: Renewable energy growth must speed up to meet Paris goals, […]
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Yale Climate Connections, March 12, 2021
Articles include: Biden’s executive orders on climate have broad public support ; Details behind Biden’s ’30 by 30′ U.S. lands and oceans climate goal ; Hard-hitting video explains the origins of climate change ‘polarization’ ; Lab-grown chicken approved for sale in Singapore ; How Indigenous […]
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The Daily Climate, March 10, 2021
Articles include: One chemical plant emits a super-pollutant that does more climate damage than every car in the city Is the ‘legacy’ carbon credit market a climate plus or just hype? Ecuador court orders end to gas flaring by oil industry in Amazon; California’s big oil […]
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Will Covid-19 Be a Tipping Point for Climate Action?
Rolling Stone: Will Covid-19 Be a Tipping Point for Climate Action? The pandemic caused a brief, dramatic dip in carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. Will it also bring lasting change?
A year ago, things were looking pretty grim, climate-wise. The president of the United States was a thug who thought
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DeSmogBlog, March 12, 2020
Articles include: Plastic Pollution During Shipping; Flaring, Increased Health Risks, UCLA Study; Canceled Keystone XL Pipeline Driving Safety Changes in Canadian Oil-by-Rail; I’m a Climate Scientist — Here Are 3 Key Things I Have Learned Over a Year of COVID; Climate Disinformation Database: Energy In Depth.
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DeSmogBlog, March 6, 2021
Articles include: PA Families Exposed to High Levels of O&G Chemicals, Report Finds; UN Condemn Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana; Fracking Companies Admit Shale Was a Bad Bet; New IEA Data World on Path to Resume Business-as-Usual’; Climate Disinformation Database:
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