Oct 30, 2015 08:09 PM
(This post was last modified: Oct 30, 2015 08:11 PM by C C.)
The Carbon Footprint of Cigarettes
EXCERPT: One of our followers of our Twitter Account asked us about the carbon footprint of cigarettes. An interesting question that sent us digging through our database and resources to try to answer. Though not a common item to think about when it comes to your carbon footprint, the case of cigarettes is a great example of how all of our choices as individuals contributes to our personal and our collective carbon footprint....
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Liability for climate changes damage may affect financial stability
EXCERPT: . . . Claimer.org expects that the Bank of England's awareness of the potential of climate change damage liability to become mainstream thinking sooner or later. It could be rather sooner if key players understood that CO2 polluters can be targeted in many jurisdictions at the same time. This thought is now winning ground. Recently, the president of the Environmental Organization Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Carroll Muffett, joint the club. Carroll pointed out that the oil and carbon industry might face lawsuits arising from any country where they do business....
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Why I’m marching on November 9th
EXCERPT: When I learned about climate change for the first time in middle school I was stunned; stunned that I hadn’t found out before, that this wasn’t something my parents talked about every day. The atmosphere might heat up to to the point that the earth would become uninhabitable? I could not comprehend why everyone in society wasn’t running around scheming of ways to ensure our survival on this planet. [...] As young people, we have the right and the power to create the world we would like to see — a world which sustains life; a world which does not discriminate, commit violence, or value a life less based on race or class, nationality or immigrant status. The need to see these changes come about has never been so urgent, and I have never felt more excited to join with other students, to take to the streets and demand that politicians take real leadership on the critical issues of our generation....
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The Department of Justice Must Investigate ExxonMobil
EXCERPT: Leaders of many of the country’s largest environmental groups, civil rights organizations, and indigenous peoples movements issued a joint letter today calling on the Department of Justice to investigate ExxonMobil, after revelations that the company knew about climate change as early as the 1970s, but chose to mislead the public about the crisis in order to maximize their profits from fossil fuels....
EXCERPT: One of our followers of our Twitter Account asked us about the carbon footprint of cigarettes. An interesting question that sent us digging through our database and resources to try to answer. Though not a common item to think about when it comes to your carbon footprint, the case of cigarettes is a great example of how all of our choices as individuals contributes to our personal and our collective carbon footprint....
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Liability for climate changes damage may affect financial stability
EXCERPT: . . . Claimer.org expects that the Bank of England's awareness of the potential of climate change damage liability to become mainstream thinking sooner or later. It could be rather sooner if key players understood that CO2 polluters can be targeted in many jurisdictions at the same time. This thought is now winning ground. Recently, the president of the Environmental Organization Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Carroll Muffett, joint the club. Carroll pointed out that the oil and carbon industry might face lawsuits arising from any country where they do business....
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Why I’m marching on November 9th
EXCERPT: When I learned about climate change for the first time in middle school I was stunned; stunned that I hadn’t found out before, that this wasn’t something my parents talked about every day. The atmosphere might heat up to to the point that the earth would become uninhabitable? I could not comprehend why everyone in society wasn’t running around scheming of ways to ensure our survival on this planet. [...] As young people, we have the right and the power to create the world we would like to see — a world which sustains life; a world which does not discriminate, commit violence, or value a life less based on race or class, nationality or immigrant status. The need to see these changes come about has never been so urgent, and I have never felt more excited to join with other students, to take to the streets and demand that politicians take real leadership on the critical issues of our generation....
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The Department of Justice Must Investigate ExxonMobil
EXCERPT: Leaders of many of the country’s largest environmental groups, civil rights organizations, and indigenous peoples movements issued a joint letter today calling on the Department of Justice to investigate ExxonMobil, after revelations that the company knew about climate change as early as the 1970s, but chose to mislead the public about the crisis in order to maximize their profits from fossil fuels....