E8 Cleantech Angels

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. In the decade following the dot-com bubble and including the Great Recession (1/1/2001-12/31/2010) the return to the S&P 500 was only 1.6%. That’s a grim and undisputable fact.

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Investment Global warming Innovation Carbon 52

E8 Cleantech Angels

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. In the decade following the dot-com bubble and including the Great Recession (1/1/2001-12/31/2010) the return to the S&P 500 was only 1.6%. That’s a grim and undisputable fact.

Investment 52

Investment Global warming Innovation Carbon 52

E8 Cleantech Angels

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. In the decade following the dot-com bubble and including the Great Recession (1/1/2001-12/31/2010) the return to the S&P 500 was only 1.6%. That’s a grim and undisputable fact.

Investment 52

Investment Global warming Innovation Carbon 52

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. In 2001’s Whitman v. There is over $5 trillion in value-at-risk to US assets under a middle-of-the-road global warming scenario—not including the cost of market volatility. Massachusetts v.

Law 540

Law Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels 540

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Several weeks earlier, the foundation had also published a report containing the bombshell warning that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels could have considerable long-term consequences for “ civilization.” Alongside dozens of other newly obtained documents, the memo shows that 1950s L.A. ’s smog problem.

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Fossil fuels Pollution Climate change Carbon-negative 141

Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

Between 2001 and 2019, the U.S. ranked third globally in forest cover lost to fires. She compares them to the academically credentialed climate deniers who once got equal attention in the news despite volumes of data about the effects of global warming. The implications extend nationwide.

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Resilience Biodiversity Soil Logging 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Working closely with the community, Cole represented the residents in lawsuits fighting against major mining and fossil fuel companies, including the groundbreaking case Kivalina v. In 2001, Cole met Colleen Swan, a citizen of Kivalina, during an environmental workshop in Kotzebue, Alaska, following a presentation he gave.

Law 100

Law Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming 100

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. In 2001’s Whitman v. There is over $5 trillion in value-at-risk to US assets under a middle-of-the-road global warming scenario—not including the cost of market volatility.

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Global warming Law Climate change Fossil fuels 36

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. In 2001’s Whitman v. There is over $5 trillion in value-at-risk to US assets under a middle-of-the-road global warming scenario—not including the cost of market volatility.

Law 28

Law Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels 28

Grist

MARCH 4, 2022

The world’s forests form an enormous carbon store, holding an estimated 861 gigatons of carbon – equivalent to nearly a century’s worth of annual fossil fuel emissions at the current rate. Since 2000, the world has lost about 10 percent of its tree cover , becoming a major driver of global heating.

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Fossil fuels Carbon Global warming Methane 81

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

At the Grand Hôtel, as well as later in the 1990s, loyalty ties were forged between leaders in the Atlas network and several Moderates who later gained positions of power in contemporary government – relationships that would come to be exploited by the fossil fuel industry. from signing the Kyoto Protocol.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Politics Organic 133

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

Photo Credit: REUTERS While some politicians and citizens continue to deny the existence of man-made global warming, the evidence supporting it continues to grow. A Few Relevant Data Points With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, humans began their dependence on the burning of fossil fuels?coal

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Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Pollution 40

AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2020

Airline ridership has slumped, and airports are as near-empty as they were in the 2001 aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. of global CO2 emissions in 2018, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) — have dropped significantly. What’s happening with fossil fuels during the pandemic?

Global warming 36

Global warming Climate change Fossil fuels Health 36

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. The Trump administration rolled back 98 environmental rules and regulations and sought to gain energy independence based on finite fossil fuels. kg/person in 1970 to 43.22

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Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 120

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. The Trump administration rolled back 98 environmental rules and regulations and sought to gain energy independence based on finite fossil fuels. kg/person in 1970 to 43.22

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Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 78

DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

The gathering comes as Rishi Sunak’s government – which is already off track to meet the UK’s climate commitments – pursues new fossil fuel extraction, and prominent figures in the right-wing media continue to cast doubt over net zero policy. It’s time to kick toxic fossil fuel interests out of politics once and for all.”

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Climate change Fossil fuels Policy Global warming 98

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

GB News presenters claimed that net zero will cause “death by poverty and starvation”, that the policy “poses an existential threat to the free world”, and called for the UK to “drill, baby, drill” for more fossil fuels. Peterson, Lomborg, and Shellenberger have all been interviewed by Winston Marshall for his Spectator podcast.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Politics Policy 125

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

In March, the UK government ignored campaigners’ calls to end the issuance of offshore oil and gas licences and reverse its policy of maximising economic recovery of fossil fuels in the North Sea, leaving the door open for more privately-owned and less-transparent companies to purchase and profit from North Sea assets.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Government Policy 98