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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
There has been comparatively less attention to the decision by climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery not to seek re-election to the ExxonMobil board of directors. Yet this shift in corporate leadership is significant, marking the end of a chapter in ExxonMobil’s long and ongoing history of climate deception and disinformation.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) is set to begin in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, next week. Fossil fuel interests have had a heavy hand in international climate negotiations since they began more than three decades ago. I was wrong.”
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Legal Planet
APRIL 4, 2024
I thought it would be helpful to provide some kind of objective measure of how much various candidates focus on energy and climate. and Jill Stein came in last in terms of focus on climate change. Kennedy’s environmental tab is fairly long, but says little about climate change. Also surprisingly, RFK Jr.
Legal Planet
MARCH 6, 2023
When the campaign to cut carbon emissions began in the last decade of the 20 th Century, there seemed to be a clear path forward. By the end of the first decade of the new century, both parts of this top-down strategy had collapsed, and new strategies had begun to coalesce. And indeed, a major climate bill did pass the House.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
On the day before the 28 th United Nations annual climate talks began, I walked into a room with over a hundred people representing almost two thousand civil society organizations. The youngest member of the Climate Action Network International (CANI) is still in high school, and the oldest is 85. Source: Sanjali De Silva/UCS.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Although a 1977 memo alerted Jimmy Carter to the problem of climate change, the first tentative responses to climate change didn’t emerge until he left the White House. Readers today are accustomed to think of Republicans as bitter opponents of climate action, but that was not true four decades ago.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
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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