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Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Union of Concerned Scientists

All told, they represent 56 percent of the US population, generate 62 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and are responsible for 43 percent of the country’s annual carbon emissions. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in alliance states drop 88 percent and 77 percent respectively by 2040.

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 µm in diameter, which include our black carbon particles of interest, have been shown to be particularly problematic because they can penetrate deep into the lungs and blood stream and cause cardiovascular and respiratory disease (Pope and Dockery, 2006; Brook et al.,

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Also see SOMO's 2008 report. We believe that Shell is guilty of causing oil pollution in three Nigerian villages. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

Corp Watch

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Also see SOMO's 2008 report. We believe that Shell is guilty of causing oil pollution in three Nigerian villages. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

Corp Watch

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Also see SOMO's 2008 report. We believe that Shell is guilty of causing oil pollution in three Nigerian villages. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

Corp Watch

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Also see SOMO's 2008 report. We believe that Shell is guilty of causing oil pollution in three Nigerian villages. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Killing King Coal is the First Step Towards Halving Our Emissions

Edouard Stenger

As I have spent some sleepless nights since the latest IPCC report on how Mankind has to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. As we shall see, this is already currently happening, it is the moral thing to do, the best economic choice, and the fastest and easiest way to halve our emissions. A strong economic business case.