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What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021

Circle of Blue

In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. The post What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. Rhode Island followed in 1987, and was the last state to do so.

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The Stream, November 2, 2021: As Temperatures In Greece Continue To Rise, Farmers and Fishermen Suffer The Most

Circle of Blue

What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021 – This week’s episode covers the start of COP26 in Glasgow , a political power shift in Sudan that could fuel tensions over a major dam in the region, and Circle of Blue’s coverage of state and local ballot measures in the United States related to water. According to a letter from U.S.

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New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Union of Concerned Scientists

That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. ” (2021). Citations: Ameli, Nadia, et al. Nature Clim Change 8, 161–165 (2018).

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TV review: Borgen is back and its key focus is the climate crisis?

A Greener Life

Nearly a decade ago, the Danish political drama Borgen gained international fame and recognition, depicting the life and travails of Denmark’s first female Prime Minister. Prior to his political career, he co-founded the green think-tank Concito. They even put a stop to rare-earth mining when they took office in 2021.

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Susannah Pierce: A Climate Villain Painting Big Oil Green

Enviromental Defense

2021 – present LNG Canada Development Inc. (a a joint venture of Shell, Petronas, Mitsubishi, PetroChina and Kogas): 20132021 Shell Canada Ltd.: 2010 – 2013 Shell Oil Company Inc.: Pierce’s career has been dedicated to extracting and exporting fossil fuels, as her CV below shows. Shell Canada Products Ltd.:

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S.

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