Fossil fuels Law Pollution 
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 5, 2025
percent of the worlds carbon dioxide pollution alone in 2023, the report found. percent of the years global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the report adds. The years top carbon polluters were a mix of investor-owned and state-owned or national companies but they have one thing in common.
GreenBiz
MARCH 1, 2021
A useful way to think about the effort and timescales required is to consider the " Carbon Law ," which was coined by my friend Johan Rockström. Despite the name, this isn’t a physical "law" of the universe but rather a set of recommendations. So, what does the Carbon Law say? The Carbon Law outlines a possible path forward.
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GreenBiz
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 9, 2023
Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. law firms for their representation of fossil fuel clients. Since 2017 they have facilitated $1.62 They're right.
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 12, 2024
Since then, the Conservative government has made a series of U-turns on its own net zero policies, attacked Labour’s green spending plans, and doubled down on its support for new fossil fuel projects, approving more than 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. This comes as DeSmog and Democracy for Sale reveal that £6.8
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 22, 2021
A coroner is calling for national limits on air pollution to be reduced to match World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and made enforceable by law. Inner South London Assistant Coroner Philip Barlow ruled in December last year that air pollution exposure contributed to nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death in February 2013.
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 4, 2024
Three-quarters of prizes at the UK’s top sustainable advertising awards went to agencies who work for the fossil fuel industry, a DeSmog analysis has revealed. Coca-Cola also has a record of actively fighting against plastic pollution legislation, according to a report by U.S.-based
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