@AliVelshi Thanks for quoting me, and for the focus on Portland, infrastructure and climate justice.
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Lisa Benjamin
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@AliVelshi Thank you for having me on your Portland-based panel this weekend, and for focusing on climate, infrastructure and EJ. Great show!
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Climate Litigation Has Become a Global Trend, New Report Shows desmogblog.com/2019/07/15/cli…
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"Vast subsidies keeping the #fossilfuel industry afloat should be put to better use" - good article by @AlexLenferna looking at how fossil fuels dominance is protected by governments despite #ParisAgreement phys.org/news/2019-07-v…
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Shell is no climate hero, but investors in fossil fuel companies are becoming increasingly concerned. My blog on mounting pressures on directors of these companies is in theconversation today: theconversation.com/directors-are-…
Peter Uhlenbruch@peteruhlenbruch
Asset manager Sarasin cuts Shell stake over climate worries via @FT ft.com/content/446ba6…
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This is a regulatory win, provided the government does not change...
Sabin Center@SabinCenter
INTL CASE UPDATE: Climate win in Canada, Saskatchewan Court of Appeals rules that Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act is NOT unconstitutional. Read more in our case chart: bit.ly/2vOsxPo #climatelitigation
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So proud of my students @SchulichLaw for winning this carbon major inquiry writing competition hosted by @GRI_LSE, Institute for Environmental Science for Social Change in the Philippines and @stiruni on the Philippine's Commission for Human Rights investigation, well done!
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It is so hard to find the balance, but so encouraging to see climate protesters doing it!
Thomas Hale@thomasnhale
I’ve heard @CFigueres make this point beautifully, finding the sweet spot that combines urgency and anger without dispair, and optimism and confidence without complacency
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Let’s empower the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage and deliver tangible outcomes that tackles the existential challenges facing #SIDS. #ClimateAction #Fin4Dev #SusDev
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Great piece on ongoing climate injustice, 1.5C and timing - the science is complicated but this breaks it down well, with some probing questions for young people to ask their parents......what are you doing about this now?
Richard Heede@rickheede
Prof. Allen says it well: Why protesters should be wary of '12 years to climate breakdown' rhetoric theconversation.com/why-protesters… via @ConversationUK
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We know we need to ramp up #ClimateAction in a short span of time, so where should we focus our resources and energies? #Thread
Our @oms_postcarbon project has a piece out in @sciencemagazine today on how we identify Sensitive Intervention Points, SIPs
science.sciencemag.org/content/364/64… 1/
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It's AGM season, and this is a great piece on resistance to shareholder pressure by carbon majors (aided by lacklustre SEC rules). None are making systemic changes to business plans, and Shell has recently been sued in The Netherlands as a result....
The Climate Docket@ClimateDocket
Most Oil Giants Still Fighting Shareholder Pressure to Address Climate climateliabilitynews.org/2019/04/11/mos… via @climatelawnews
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Watch Supran testifying in Brussels. Great work, Geoffrey.
Geoffrey Supran@GeoffreySupran
I just testified as an expert witness to EU Parliament about ExxonMobil's decades of climate denial + delay. Between being the first major hearing of its kind, a leaked Exxon memo, & the rising prospect of Exxon being banned from EU lobbying, it was an interesting day. THREAD
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Tell your friends, tell your family, tell everyone you can that young people are rising! We’ve had enough denial, enough betrayal, enough silence and inaction. Join us on March 15th as we join countries around the world in the strike against climate change! (📷: Cardiff Feb 15th)
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Very exciting news, particularly for communities in the Global South
Center for International Environmental Law@ciel_tweets
Historic decision! #SCOTUS rules that World Bank Group can be sued in US courts, in a major win for #accountability for communities everywhere who are harmed by #development projects ciel.org/news/supreme-c…
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