20 companies have contributed to 35 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions since 1965, report finds

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''In my view, fossil fuel firms were morally and legally obliged to warn that continued use of carbon fuels threatens our health and welfare, and to accelerate the conversation on how to reduce the threat,' the co-director of the Climate Accountability Institute wrote.

said that seven-eighths of the emissions linked to the fossil fuel companies came from product use. BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Coal India, Pemex, Petróeos de Venezuela, PetroChina, Peabody Energy, ConocoPhillips, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, Kuwait Petroleum Corp, Iraq National Oil Co, Sonatrach, BHP Billiton and Petrobras were the other companies among the 20 listed.reported that the companies who commented for the article pointed to their investments in renewable energy.

The report from the Climate Accountability Institute illuminates the overwhelming role fossil fuel companies have had in driving climate change. Millions of people flooded streets around the world prior to the U.N. Climate Summit last month to demand that global governments take bolder action to address global warming.

 

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It is unfair that a few people cause so much damage to the environment and make all the money yet the poorer countries must bear the brunt of these damages. Tell me how to convince the poor Ghanaian to switch from charcoal to LPG for cooking.

Hard to say when, but in a few decades when it becomes abundantly clear to all that our future has already been sold, we will enter a blame game and it will be ugly. These companies deserve to be tried for crimes against humanity. In the most literal sense.

How much pollution is made from making electric Cars? The Battery's that power them

ALWAYS look for the biggest offenders first. Pick THAT low-hanging fruit.

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