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In the air and on the sea, pollution goes under the radar
International shipping and aviation stand as two major sources of global greenhouse gas emissions not governed by national inventories and the U.N. Paris Climate agreement. Since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, regulating greenhouse gas emissions from these two industries has … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, policymakers, Political Science department, pollution
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Super polluters
Award-winning BC environmental sociologist Andrew Jorgenson and colleagues Don Grant (University of Colorado Boulder) and Wesley Longhofer (Emory University) have published a groundbreaking global analysis of approximately 20,000 fossil-fueled power plants across more than 160 countries. In Super Polluters: Tackling the … Continue reading
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Tagged energy, Environmental Studies, pollution, research, Sociology Department
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