DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 20, 2021
French oil giant Total knew that its fossil fuel extraction could contribute to global warming as early as 1971 but stayed silent about it until 1988, according to a new study. Emissions from fossil fuels are the primary cause of global warming, according to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Business Green
MAY 4, 2021
Limiting global warming to 1.5C warming involves two distinct questions. So scientifically speaking, humanity can still limit global warming to 1.5C Between 2013 and 2015, an extensive United Nations review process determined that limiting warming to 2C this century cannot avoid dangerous climate change.
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GreenBiz
OCTOBER 12, 2020
As the most prevalent of the greenhouse gases (GHGs), CO2 plays an outsize role in global climate change — for example, it accounted for 81 percent of U.S. emissions in 2018. Similarly, a 2019 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that under a "business as usual" scenario, global GDP would drop by 7.2
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
In addition, some bioplastics produce methane gas when they decompose, a compound with a global warming potential 25 times that of CO2. Birgit Liodden, founder of The Ocean Opportunity Lab, said: “Toraphene has the potential to create a critical turning point in tackling the global plastic pollution crisis.
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 28, 2020
In a bombshell 2018 report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, nuclear played a role in all scenarios that kept global warming below 1.5 Department of Commerce estimates that the absence of a nuclear reactor industry will cost up to $740 billion over the next decade. degrees Celsius.
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 19, 2024
Neil Record , a millionaire Tory donor and founder of the investment firm Record Financial Group, is chair of Net Zero Watch (NZW), the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The think tank received funding from the oil giant BP every year from 1967 to at least 2018.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The paper published in the journal Climatic Change examines publications from eight of the most prominent contrarian thinktanks in six EU countries over 24 years from 1994 to 2018, and argues the organisations enjoy a “remarkable” level of political influence for their size.
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