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Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

GreenBiz

At one such event in 2014, speaker Christopher Monckton surveyed the room and declared that everyone there agreed that humanity’s "emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have contributed to the measured global warming since 1950." His point was to make it clear that "we are not climate change deniers."

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Sponsored content: Green chiller is cool choice

Envirotec Magazine

Mackie’s green initiative involves replacing the gases used in its refrigeration plants from HCFC – which have a very high global warming potential – to ammonia, an environmentally-friendly refrigerant that has no impact on global warming or ozone depletion. www.gea.com.

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US, China commit to phase down climate-warming HFCs from refrigerators and air conditioners – but what will replace them this time?

Renewable Energy World

CFCs were destroying the ozone layer high in the Earth’s atmosphere, which is essential for protecting life from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. HFCs are less harmful than CFCs, but they create another problem – they have a strong heat-trapping effect that is contributing to global warming. What can replace HFCs?

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EEA reports poor air quality caused premature deaths of 400,000 Europeans in 2016

AGreenLiving

Indeed, the European Environment Agency (EEA) highlighted the issue when reporting that over 400,000 Europeans met their untimely demise in 2016 due to poor air quality. EEA reports poor air quality caused premature deaths of 400,000 Europeans in 2016. Interestingly, air pollution is also the main driver of climate change.

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How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet

Grist

Yet, it’s had the unintended consequence of ramping up near-term global warming. One study published in 2016 found that instituting the cap on sulfur emissions in 2020 would prevent at least 570,000 premature deaths over the following five years. How much hotter things are going to get remains an open debate.

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Geoengineering’s gender problem could put the planet at risk

Grist

According to a TIAA Institute study published in 2016, fewer than one in 10 women faculty are full professors. Part of the problem is the underrepresentation of women in science, where systemic failures amount to fewer women in tenure-track positions. They also have much higher perceptions of the related risks.

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The Overview Effect

Grist

In interviews afterward, Shatner made a plea for the planet as TV hosts tried to steer him toward topics lighter than death and global warming. In response, NASA began positioning itself as an environmental authority, publicizing its new satellite technology that monitored the oceans, air pollution, and the ozone layer.

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