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Students find obscure law that could make university fossil fuel investments illegal

Grist

“Our hope is that attorney general Maura Healey, if she chooses to take action on this, will hold Harvard accountable for its dangerous fossil fuel investments,” said Sofia Andrade, a sophomore at Harvard and one of the organizers of Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard. except for Pennsylvania, has adopted. “An

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Jordan Peterson’s New Online School Will Be Rife with Climate Crisis Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Rex Murphy speaking at the 2014 UBCM conference. These arguments are being termed “the new climate denial” by watchdog organizations such as the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). Credit: Province of BC / Flickr CC Peterson Academy did not respond to DeSmog’s request for comment.

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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts

Grist

. “It’s because we have these really strict regulations on keeping temperature and relative humidity at certain levels in the name of preserving the collections,” said Caitlin Southwick, a former art conservator who now runs an organization called Ki Culture that helps museums transition to more sustainable practices.

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2019 is Another Data Point in the Constellation of Hot Data

Green Market Oracle

Nine of the ten warmest years have all occurred in the last decade and the five warmest years have all occurred in the past five years (NOAA's current global average yearly heat rankings: 1st: 2016, 2nd: 2015, 3rd: 2017, 4th: 2018, and 5th: 2014). In 2019 we saw heatwaves break records all around the world.

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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

degree C above preindustrial norms (World Meteorological Organization [WMO], 2017). The WRI warned that we need to stop burning coal (Yang & Cui, 2012) and the IPCC synthesis report (2014) said that we must stop using fossil fuels. In: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Fungtammasan, A. Hertwich, D.

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Forests, water, and climate: How Mondi partners to make a difference

Business Green

Mondi has been working with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) since 2017, exploring the outlook of climate change and impact on Europe's forests and wood supply. Droughts, floods, melting glaciers, sea-level rise and storms occur more frequently owing to changing climate.

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Corporate Action on Climate Change Has to Include Lobbying

Andrew Winston

This is the logic and imperative behind an announcement today from 11 environmental and sustainability organizations that have significant influence on the world’s largest companies and on policymakers. Adaptation plans and investments for those being physically displaced by the sea level rise, with a focus on a just and smooth transitions.