Tag: Fossil
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Those very willing to challenge fossil orthodoxy
[ad_1] This second instalment of our press review on environment and climate comes after the death of the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Saleemul Huq, on 29 October. Huq was a professor in Bangladesh, one of the world’s most vulnerable countries, and literally fought for poor nations and affected…
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B.C.’s new fossil emblem an 80-million-year-old marine reptile
[ad_1] Article content B.C. has officially designated a large, fierce-looking marine reptile that swam in waters off Vancouver Island 80 million years ago as the province’s official fossil emblem. The government adopted the long-necked, sharp-toothed 12-metre elasmosaur as the fossil emblem on Thursday, adding to the list of provincial symbols. Article content The designation follows…
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Inflation Has Flatlined. Is Our Reliance On Fossil Fuels To Blame?
[ad_1] Inflation was stuck at 6.7% in September, according to the latest figures. Could that be down to our dependence on fossil fuels? While the current rate is far lower than the 41-year high in October last year when it skyrocketed to its peak of 11.1%, it’s still far too high, as the latest stats…
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Hoekstra pledges to phase-out fossil fuel subsidies
[ad_1] Wopke Hoekstra, the former Dutch minister of finance and commissioner designate for climate action, vowed to lay the basis for a Green Deal 2.0 in his bid to convince members of the climate committee in the EU Parliament in Strasbourg on Monday (2 October). He would not be a simple “caretaker commissioner,” said Hoekstra,…
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Baillie Gifford should drop fossil fuel investment, says climate activist – Channel 4 News
[ad_1] What we’re seeing in Hawaii is the latest in a string of environmental catastrophes this summer. The alarming frequency of these events has many feeling anxious and despondent about the climate crisis. But one of the UK’s leading climate activists Mikaela Loach says we must re-frame our thinking and see it as an opportunity…
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Fossil from “tiny” whale, 41 million years old, discovered in Egypt
[ad_1] Paleontologists in Egypt found the fossil of one of the smallest extinct whales. The announcement comes just a week after scientists said they had found a species of ancient whale that might be the heaviest animal ever found. The “tiny” fossil, dug up in Wadi el-Hitan, or Whale Valley, belongs to a whale that…
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Between Green Ambitions vs. Fossil Fuel Realities – The Diplomat
[ad_1] Advertisement Right after the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration came to power in Taiwan in 2016, it began pursuing its energy transition vision: increasing the share of renewable energy, expanding the use of LNG, and cutting off coal-fired power. These became part of a DPP guiding principle – a “nuclear-free homeland” – that had…
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Most EU Hydrogen Projects Risk Prolonging Use of Fossil Fuels
[ad_1] Yves here. There’s far too much of this sort of thing, of various initiatives that present themselves as green energy or low-carbon or carbon neutral are actually Trojan horses for continued dependence on fossil fuels. By Phoebe Cooke, Senior Reporter at DeSmog, who has previously written for The Independent, The Evening Standard, The Sun…