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A common talking point about climate change gets it all wrong, new study says

Grist

The myth that most people imagine global warming as a distant concern “could be one explanation of why people tend to underestimate other people’s climate change perceptions,” van Valkengoed said. A large portion of the public has thought of global warming as near-at-hand for decades.

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Revealed: Oil and Gas Industry Links of Telegraph Energy and Climate Commentator

DeSmogBlog

In 2011, DeSmog revealed that FTI Consulting’s “Energy In Depth” campaign was launched on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, a US oil and gas lobby group, to support fracking for shale gas, with funding from BP, Halliburton, Chevron, Shell and a firm later bought by ExxonMobil.

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Tufton Street Descends on Reform UK Conference

DeSmogBlog

(check all that apply) All International UK Sign Up According to the ASI website, the Reform conference event, set to take place in Birmingham on Friday (20 September) will focus on how “burgeoning public health interventions” are allegedly restricting individual freedoms. “We As DeSmog has revealed , Farage’s party received £2.3

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New study predicts 6-month summers by 2100

AGreenLiving

Related: NYC Metronome clock now displays deadline for irreversible global warming Using that definition, the researchers found that from 1952 to 2011, the number of summer days in the Northern Hemisphere increased from 78 to 95. Meanwhile, winter shrank by three days, spring by nine and fall by five.

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Decarbonization Investment: Can Investors Do Well While Doing Good?

E8 Cleantech Angels

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. We have the technology now to ensure a livable world for future generations, and investing in that technology will be good for our economy and our health too. annual total returns.

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Decarbonization Investment: Can Investors Do Well While Doing Good?

E8 Cleantech Angels

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. We have the technology now to ensure a livable world for future generations, and investing in that technology will be good for our economy and our health too. annual total returns.

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Decarbonization Investment: Can Investors Do Well While Doing Good?

E8 Cleantech Angels

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. We have the technology now to ensure a livable world for future generations, and investing in that technology will be good for our economy and our health too. annual total returns.