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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

Success at COP28 is likely to be measured by the inclusion of strong fossil fuel phaseout language, free from loopholes, in the final agreement. By 2019, the largest growth in absolute emissions occurred in carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry. Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Greenhouse gas : A group of gases known to be responsible for increasing the “greenhouse effect” - that is, gases that absorb infrared radiation and increase atmospheric density. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

Carbon dioxide (CO. is the inescapable byproduct of carbon energy use. Commercial technologies do not exist for removing CO. Consequently, mitigation policies would make carbon energy scarcer and more costly—and the more aggressive the policies, the larger the economic impacts. [17].

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