New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators
The Equation,
Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities. That 2013 headline resulted from the…
Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities. That 2013 headline resulted from the…
When you fill up your tank and drive away from a gas station, is the resulting carbon pollution your fault? Or the fault of the…
Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation, agents of obstruction, and drivers of climate change.
Right in the middle of Danger Season, we are going through a period of unprecedented global extreme temperatures driven by…
Not only is the fire season longer, wildfires are burning larger areas more severely and at higher elevations. The average…
The devil is in the details, as the saying goes, and the climate-related details bedeviling many oil and gas company boardrooms…
As a Californian, summer still holds the promise of family vacations and visits to favorite swimming holes, but it increasingly…
The US wildfire season used to last about four months, beginning in late summer or early autumn. These days, it stretches six…
Attribution science, which is about understanding the role of climate change versus natural weather patterns and climate…
Attribution science, which is about understanding the role of climate change versus natural weather patterns and climate…
In the wide variety of arguments that defendants have brought up in climate change litigation, one argument is a constant. This…
Masterpieces in European museums are under siege. Last month, protesters threw a black, oily liquid at a Gustav Klimt painting…
The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), this year’s UN climate conference, is in its final days. While negotiators work…
The situation is dire. Entire neighborhoods are underwater, priceless cultural heritage has disappeared, and ecosystems have…
Next month, Egypt will host the United Nations’ 27th annual international climate negotiations, known as the Conference of the…
Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Laura Peterson It’s here! After years of advocacy, one ex…
It’s here! After years of advocacy, one executive order, two proposed laws, and numerous initiatives across federal agencies…
A court in The Netherlands has ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must reduce its carbon emissions—and more
A court in The Netherlands has ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must reduce its carbon emissions—and…
Experts says scientific advances are making it easier to attribute the damages of climate breakdown to companies…
Reposted from Climate Etc. Posted on December 7, 2020 by curryja by Judith…
Reposted from Climate Etc. Posted on December 7, 2020 by curryja by Judith…
An essay on how attempting to identify blame for complex societal problems can get in the way of finding solutions to these…
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Read time: 4 minsAdvocates for holding fossil fuel companies accountable in court for the substantial costs of climate change…
“Energy accountant” Richard Heede does research needed to hold major polluters accountable for their actions. -- Read more on…
The United States green economy now employs 10 times more people than the fossil fuel industry, providing nearly 9.5 million…
New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangersThe Guardian today reveals…
We don’t have any other choice than to swiftly transition away from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy access for all. What…
Last week the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 3623, the Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019, a bill that would…
The moral case for Cornell divesting from fossil fuels has long been clear. Simply put, the University should not hold equity…
Read time: 5 minsBy Kaya Axelsson In San Francisco this week, Fossil Free California hosted a panel discussion on the most…
Photo: Alan Grinsberg/FlickrThis week, U.S. District Judge William Alsup dismissed lawsuits by San Francisco and Oakland…
This story was originally published by Wired and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The city of Richmond…
In a federal court in San Francisco, a judge heard a motion to dismiss from five fossil fuel companies, the defendants in the…
Kristy DahlWhat two climate scientists saw during a historic court case in which climate change was put on trial.
Photo: WClarke/Wikimedia CommonsIn front of a standing room only courtroom audience, the case of The People of California vs. B.P…
The former governor of the state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has recently announced that he will be suing different…
Photo: Brian KattJust a few weeks into the new year, ExxonMobil has turned the page on 2017—a year of significant gains for…
This story was originally published by The New Republic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There’s…
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
This week, an Anglo-Australian company’s annual meeting could send a strong signal for companies’ climate risk disclosure…
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in his opus Democracy in America, “Scarcely any political question arises in the United States that…
By Peter C Frumhoff and Myles Allen7 September 2017(The Guardian) – As communities in coastal Texas and Louisiana confront the…
Sonali KolhatkarAs the floodwaters from two devastating back-to-back hurricanes recede in Texas, Puerto Rico, Florida, Louisiana…
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate…
Sarah van GelderPacific Northwest forests are on fire. Several blazes are out of control, threatening rural towns, jumping…
Less than two years ago, documents surfaced showing that in the 1970s ExxonMobil knew about the damage that fossil fuel…
Apparently, Just 90 companies caused two-thirds of man-made global warming emissions? was so popular that it gets a retread.
Less than two years ago, documents surfaced showing that in the 1970s ExxonMobil knew about the damage that fossil fuel…
Jake Johnson, staff writer"We should be naming these hurricanes after Exxon and Chevron, not Harvey and Irma."
I’ll just put this item from UCS here for your interest: FOR IMMEDIATE…
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)A first-of-its-kind study published today in the scientific journal Climatic Change links…