Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 23, 2024
Both fossil fuel and utility companies bear some responsibility for wildfires’ damage, and must be held accountable to ensure disadvantaged and low-income communities aren’t left to shoulder the costs and impacts of these disasters. Emissions traced to fossil fuel companies, on the other hand, have contributed to 19.8
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. The biggest barrier to climate action in Canada is the oil and gas lobby.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 14, 2023
The largest contributors to this deadly type of pollution come from human-made emission sources that burn fossil fuels, such as coal-fired power plants and vehicular emissions of diesel and gasoline. pollution, half of the deaths are attributable to the burning of fossil fuels. EPA’s PM 2.5 American Trucking Associations.
Environmental Progress
JANUARY 20, 2022
Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. The Regulation sets a time limit on the inclusion of nuclear energy but not on fossil fuels and grants the Commission special powers to rule on nuclear taxonomy compliance.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 23, 2023
For example, researchers at the Union of Concerned Scientists have directly linked fossil fuel producers’ Scope 1 and Scope 3 emissions to increases in ocean acidification , global temperature, sea level rise and North American wildfires. So how does the fossil fuel industry think it should measure emissions?
A Greener Life
AUGUST 9, 2021
For instance in Tokyo and Seoul, the first hot day of the year (30°C or higher) arrived on average 11 days earlier during the period 2001-2020 compared to the previous two decades. Dangerous temperatures will only become more frequent unless governments switch from polluting fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, including wind and solar.”.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 9, 2024
In the foreword to Barons , Eric Schlosser (author of the 2001 bestseller, Fast Food Nation ) calls unchecked market power “the central driving force of inequality.” Indeed, leading food system experts have warned of “hunger profiteering” by the giant companies that control the world’s food supply.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
227 
Let's personalize your content