climate change mitigation
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Greenpeace Takes VW To Court Over Its Contribution To The Climate Crisis
Car makers, on the whole, aren’t great at saving the planet. They might try to convince you that hybrid tech and more efficient engines are helping you cut your carbon footprint. But in reality, every mile you drive in a combustion engine-powered car is still clogging up the atmosphere a little more.
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One Weird Trick World Leaders Have to Stop Climate Change
Over the weekend, world leaders of the G20 tossed a coin into Rome’s Trevi Fountain to wish for good luck combatting climate change. By Monday, they were in Glasgow giving speeches as United Nations climate talks opened.
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Big Oil’s Climate Plans Are Worthless, According to Science
Oil and gas companies keep saying they’re committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement. They keep making net zero promises. They touting high-tech solutions they’re working on. It may feel like most of it is bullshit, but not we have the science to prove it.
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Shell CEO Roasted at TED Climate Conference He Was Foolishly Invited to Speak At
On Thursday, a strange scene unfolded at the International Conference Centre in Edinburgh. Shell CEO Ben van Beurden took the stage with a prominent climate scientist and Christiana Figueres, the woman who negotiated the Paris Agreement, at a TED Countdown conference. Van Beurden was there to ostensibly talk up the climate bona fides of one of…