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NPR

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How Big Oil Companies Are Promising a Low-Carbon Future : NPR

Big Oil is standing on the precipice of something. But no one can agree what it is. A long, slow decline? An abrupt collapse? A remarkable reinvention?

Mounting urgency about climate change has finally reached the boardrooms of Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell and other international oil companies. Under intense pressure, these companies are universally pledging to prepare for a low-carbon or "lower-carbon" future. The Week That Shook Big Oil Business The Week That Shook Big Oil

But there's no consensus what a future with less oil would look like for companies that have been greatly enriched by the fossil fuels driving climate change.

CO2 levels are at an all-time high — again – The Verge

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CO2 levels are at an all-time high — again – The Verge

Planet-heating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere averaged 419 parts per million this May, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That pileup of CO2 is comparable to where it was a little over 4 million years ago, when the average global temperature was about 7 degrees Fahrenheit hotter and sea levels were a whopping 78 feet higher than they are today.

Without much more drastic action, scientists warn, CO2 levels will keep trending upward — which also brings the world closer to more inhospitable temperatures and coastal flooding

Discourses of Delay, p1

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Climate 201: Discourses of Delay, p1

5/31/21

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/123840822
Episode: http://pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/physicalattraction/Climate_201_Discourses_of_Delay_part_1.mp3?dest-id=535856

As the climate change debate has advanced, the arguments surrounding it have become more subtle. Outright denial of the climate problem is rare – so rhetoric has shifted to delaying urgent action. In this review of a paper by Steinberger, Lamb et al, I run down the new “discourses of climate delay”