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are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.
Ebel, the CEO of Enbridge, to our list of infamous Climate Villains – powerful people with fossilfuel interests holding Canada back from effective climate action. The executives behind the fossilfuel industry often avoid public scrutiny, which is why we’re shining the spotlight on their activities.
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Running shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 as a chapter Lead Author for the 4th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In the popular press, his essay in 2007, “The 5 Stages of Climate Grief” has been widely quoted. from our governments.
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