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Harvard didn’t divest from fossil fuels. So what does its ‘net-zero’ pledge mean?

Harvard has a new net-zero by 2050 plan for its endowment. But it’s not yet clear what it will entail, and whether the school will be able to fulfill it.




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Viral Video Calls for Mass Exodus from Fossil Fuels

Popular anger at profiteering energy utilities is high. One wind-power pioneer is hoping to harness that sentiment with a funny viral video.




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Is Sunlight Unfairly Competing With Fossil Fuels?

We can and should go back and forth about the merits, demerits, risks and potential rewards of the spectrum of geoengineering techniques, from the simple but slow and effective (like afforestation) to the well, more fraught with potential catastrophic




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Fossil fuels may ruin your retirement

Ever heard of a 'stranded asset'? They are well known in the world of sustainability, and they can put a dent in your retirement savings.




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Church of England divests from dirtiest fossil fuels

Tar sands and thermal coal are out but natural gas and conventional oil can stay. For now...




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United Church of Canada divests from fossil fuels

In the grand scheme of things, $5.9 million is not a huge amount to take from fossil fuels. But when you reinvest in renewables...




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Big North American banks still banking on extreme fossil fuels

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.




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Greenpeace urges Hillary to dump fossil fuels

She's made big promises on solar. But will she also break up with fossil fuel lobbyists?




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Naomi Klein's 'Leap Manifesto' calls on the Canadian government to divest from fossil fuels

Klein, author of 'This Changes Everything,' launched the Leap Manifesto at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read and sign it here to join the call for a more sustainable and equitable future.




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Citing threat to human survival, doctors divest from fossil fuels

Climate change is already killing people around the world. Now the British Medical Association has vowed to do something about it.




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London assembly tells mayor: Divest £4.8B pension fund from fossil fuels

The motion is non-binding, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.




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An entire country just divested from fossil fuels

This is beginning to get real.




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Church of England to fight "great demon" climate change, mulls divestment from fossil fuels

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.




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Union Theological Seminary and Catholic university both divest from fossil fuels

Fossil fuel divestment is a moral issue. Religious institutions appear to be taking a stand.




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Palm Oil Biodiesel, Now With 2000% the Emissions of Fossil Fuels

Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these




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How one American family has moved away from fossil fuels

"Being the Change" is proof that weaning oneself off fossil fuels is not only possible, but also joyful and fun for a young suburban family.




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UK now has more renewables capacity than fossil fuels

The country's onward march of low carbon energy shows no signs of stopping.




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Alaska SeaLife Center replaces fossil fuels with sea water power

The aquarium and wildlife rescue center uses a unique heat pump system to cover 98% of its heating needs.




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Costa Rica hasn't used any fossil fuels for electricity so far in 2015

Prices have fallen 12% thanks to this switch to renewables.




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Smart money should be investing in renewables, not fossil fuels

Once you have paid for the panels or turbines, renewable power is almost free.




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Best way to cut Arctic "black carbon"? Stop burning fossil fuels

70% of this potent pollutant comes from fossil fuels, not biomass burning.




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Large solar selling cheaper than fossil fuels in Texas, Georgia, India, Brazil, and Chile

Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.




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Clean tech is better for economic growth than fossil fuels (take that, Big Oil!)

Anti-greens often try to make economic arguments against the big spring-cleaning that our civilization is going through.




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Unearthing the True Cost of Fossil Fuels

Fossil fuel company executives and D.C. politicians have long worked together to ensure coal and oil prices stay low enough to keep Americans hooked. Here's how we can break the addiction.




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Wealthiest 10 percent of the world consume 187 times more fossil fuels than poorest 10 percent 

Rich people are the leading cause of climate change according to a new study from researchers at the University of Leeds, consuming more for transportation and home energy needs.




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My fossil fuels, your land


The BioCarbon Fund promises to plant trees across a swathe of Himachal Pradesh, amidst questions about the environmental value and fairness of the program. Sudhirendar Sharma reports.




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The birth of energy: fossil fuels, thermodynamics, and the politics of work / Cara New Daggett

Dewey Library - HD9502.A2 D344 2019




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The great transition : shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy / Lester R. Brown ; with Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute

Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934- author




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World needs a major shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy: IPCC



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