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| Topic | Climate change: Current warming 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years |
| Rexdragon125 08/21/19 10:33:02 AM #18: | Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago | A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/ Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says but it funded deniers for 27 more years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding?CMP=share_btn_tw Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report. https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change Nearly half of all wildlife has died in the last 40 years. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife-forest-climate-change-wwf-a9056516.html https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37775622 The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) said its satellite data showed an 84% increase of Amazon forest fires on the same period in 2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49415973 We are in an extinction event that is ten to one-hundred times the rate of any other extinction on Earth, save the giant impact event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction It seems like hyperbole, but it isn't. We are currently undergoing the fastest extinction in the planet's history. But at least some capitalists got the high score. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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