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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last week, I joined my colleagues at COP28 in Dubai , as negotiators and civil society push for a fossil fuel phaseout to meet climate goals. This year there has been a lot of attention on the more than 2,400 oil and gas lobbyists at the climate meetings. The fossil fuel industry continues to lead campaigns to mislead the public.

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Individuals Making a Difference

Legal Planet

Mendelsohn, who worked at a tiny, obscure non-profit, decided that EPA needed to address climate change. Even leading environmental groups discouraged his campaign, afraid of establishing a bad precedent if he failed. In the end, however, they came on board, along with several state governments.

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Science denial is still an issue ahead of COP28

Real Climate

Yet, when the next global climate summit is coming up (it’s starting tomorrow), we don’t only learn that the host, United Arab Emirates, intends to use the event for new oil deals. The flood of fallacies or deceptions begins with the paper’s title: “To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions?”

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What Next for the Climate Tort Cases?

Legal Planet

The oil companies will fight a scorched earth campaign, spending millions to contest every possible issue. But to hear climate lawsuits against other companies, the plaintiffs would need to show that the lawsuits have enough of a relationship to California to justify suing here. Are the lawsuits preempted by federal law?

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A Daughter’s Story: White Supremacy and the Poor People’s Campaign

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS is honored to be a mobilizing partner for the Poor People’s Campaign , a nonviolent call to moral revival. We need a powerful and empowering analysis that shows who would divide us and how we act together for change. The Poor People’s Campaign offers one such analysis. 1968: The last Poor People’s Campaign.

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HotSpots H2O: As Famine Looms in East Africa, Humanitarian Groups Call for Urgent Action

Circle of Blue

Climate models indicate the potential for another brutal famine in East Africa. Scientists say the pattern is yet another effect of global climate change. Climate models indicate the potential for another brutal famine in East Africa. Scientists say the pattern is yet another effect of global climate change.

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Dr. Shaina Sadai Talks About COP27, Climate Justice, Sea Level Rise, and Corporate Accountability

Union of Concerned Scientists

Next month, Egypt will host the United Nations’ 27th annual international climate negotiations, known as the Conference of the Parties, or in this case COP27. While there is enormous potential for UN climate negotiations to transform climate action, meaningful progress has been delayed in part by the fossil fuel industry’s deceptive tactics.

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