Fossil Fuel Giants Responsible for Half of Recent Severe Heatwaves, Study Finds
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A study links over 200 severe heat waves to human-caused climate change and emissions from major fossil fuel companies, highlighting their significant role in increasing the likelihood and intensity of these events, with implications for climate policy and litigation.
- Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution NPR
- Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors Nature
- World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows Inside Climate News
- Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implications CNN
- Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time The Guardian
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