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New Report ‘Ringing the Alarm Bell’ for Climate Advocacy Conflict of Interest

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Browning says fossil fuel lobbyists across the country have also been known to represent environmental groups and entities that advocate for victims of climate change — but that Colorado “takes it to the next level,” with some firms even lobbying both for and against specific pieces of legislation.

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How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

Carbon Dioxide, CO 2, bears the most responsibility for anthropogenic climate change. According to a majority of scientists and studies, this would limit climate change and the harsh weather patterns and consequences associated with a warmer planet. This phenomenon is called climate feedback.

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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Grist

When Rupa Basu was pregnant with her second child, her body temperature felt out of control — particularly as her third trimester began in the summer of 2007. Rupa Basu poses for a photo while pregnant with her second child in June 2007. stem largely from systemic racism and are worsening due to climate change.

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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

Possible negative impacts may include changing regional weather patterns — creating or shifting areas of drought or regions that receive extreme precipitation — or altering tropospheric chemistry and ocean circulation patterns. It is part of a broader university effort to become a global leader in the climate and energy space.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

The objective of the convention was to: “ Stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climatic system.” – UNFCCC , What is the United Nations Framework on Climate Change? ppm in 2020.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

words by Henry Lewis Introduction As the clock continues ticking toward the collective future of the human species on planet Earth, there are still some among us who are either skeptics or out-right deniers of climate change. coal first and then later oil and natural gas? Fast forward to 1988 and a series of natural disasters?extreme

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Ohio officials know how to stop Lake Erie from turning toxic, but no one will do it

Grist

In this 2007 photo, hogs are shown in a pen at a 4,800-head swine farm in Amanda, Ohio. More rain, courtesy of climate change, does contribute to runoff problems — and financial trouble for farmers. I think there’s probably better regulations, hard regulations, on the manure.”. Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo.