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Are Fossil Fuels Impoverishing Middle America?

May 18, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

On IEEE Spectrum – a discussion on the Resource Curse Are Fossil Fuels Impoverishing Middle America? IEEE Spectrum 12-MAY-2021 In our analysis, what we have basically found is that for that entire region (Appalachia) — which has a population of almost a million people, if you aggregate all of the counties—we can only see evidence … [Read more…]

The Guardian: Study: global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels

March 18, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Analysis of 35 leading investment banks shows financing of more than $2.66tn for fossil fuel industries since the Paris agreement Kirsch said: “This makes it crystal clear that banks are failing miserably when it comes to responding to the urgency of the climate crisis. As the toll of death and destruction from unprecedented floods, droughts, … [Read more…]