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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?

GreenBiz

Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change? When it comes to the climate crisis, it’s not just what you make and sell, it’s what you do, and for whom you do it. According to the group’s scorecard , Vault 100 firms: litigated 286 cases exacerbating climate change (versus three cases mitigating it).

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement. As fossil fuel companies' social license to operate becomes increasingly frayed, more industries in their orbit are getting entangled in the reputational quagmire that is now part and parcel of any activity that exacerbates the climate crisis.

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60% of Americans blame fossil fuel companies for climate change

Inhabitat - Innovation

A recent poll found that 60% of Americans believe gas and oil companies are to blame for the climate crisis. The poll, commissioned by The Guardian, Vice News and Covering Climate Now, sought Americans' views on the climate issue.

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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences. But the scientists also see opportunities: conserving, managing and restoring ecosystems for example can mitigate climate change and enable adaptation to its impacts while also enhancing biodiversity.

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Is Big Oil Really to Blame for Climate Change?

R-Squared Energy

Putting That Into Perspective Total global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry in 2023 were approximately 37 billion metric tons. Moreover, fossil fuel combustion as a whole contributed 87% of global emissions , with oil and natural gas responsible for about 60% of those emissions.

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In the next round of stimulus aid, corporate America needs to stand up for climate science

GreenBiz

That means getting serious about advocating for a recovery plan that helps us build back better from the current pandemic, while tackling another global systemic threat: climate change. . The climate crisis is worsening, and it is playing out in real time as we grapple with COVID-19. that comes down to two basic steps. .

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Expert: The current pace of decarbonization in Massachusetts is too low to meet climate goals

TechXplore

Having worked with renewables for the last 15 years, and listening to the lofty goals political leaders make to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, UMass Lowell mechanical engineering Professor Christopher Niezrecki can tell you that as a state and a nation, we're not on track.