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Centering Public Health at the UN Climate Talks

Legal Planet

While everything is connected to our ecosystems, and our oceans and rainforests are essential, people are most impacted and vital. By contrast, this year there was an unprecedented number of fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance. Fossil fuel emissions cause respiratory conditions, lung cancer, stroke, and heart disease.

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Mexico y el Cambio Climático

Legal Planet

The geography is extremely diverse, featuring high mountains, deserts, and rainforest. AMLO has come under criticism for his commitment to fossil fuel production and refining in Mexico. Because of its geography, Mexico is vulnerable to climate impacts. Like other populist leaders, he has not been friendly to climate action.

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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds

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One tipping point scientists have on their radar is the Atlantic Meridional Oceanic Current, a stream of water running northward up the Atlantic whose flow depends on a precise temperature gradient. Warming ocean temperatures could cause this current to slow down or collapse altogether.

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Emergency?

Legal Planet

Wildfire in Canada , smoke in NYC , heat domes in Texas , massive heat in the Atlantic ocean are just some of this month’s news. A 2022 Rainforest Action Network repor t found that “fossil fuel financing from the world’s 60 largest banks has reached USD $4.6 The leading edge of that disruption is already here.

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

Corp Watch

Greenpeace campaign “Coca-Cola is flooding our oceans with plastic” Greenpeace | October 2, 2017 Greenpeace has begun a worldwide campaign against Coca-Cola. It is high time that the soft drink multinational acknowledges responsibility for its contribution to plastic soup and sets a sustainable course.

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A Sea Full of Trash: Tackling the Plastic Problem

Vermont Law

Junk can be found everywhere—from the bellies of animals and the tissues of our own bodies to the world’s vast oceans. . To make matters worse, extracting oil as a basis for these textiles adds fuel to the global warming fire by sustaining a demand for fossil fuels and toxic contamination. Ocean Cleanup.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

This applies to food resources such as fish, habitats such as rainforests, cultural monuments as a mark of respect for their human interest. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. Oceans and seas cover around 2/3 of our planet. Energy Conservation. Marine Conservation.