What will next be excavated from this broad and deep seam of history? A Tribal Top Ten list of the autochtonous hunting and gathering nations that have deliberately deforested the most megahectares the megayear since the discovery of fire ?
A Hundred Hordes list of history's greatest practitioners of transhuminant albedo alteration ? Will the botanical gardens that have done the most to alter the substrate of terrestrial climate by swapping species from one hemisphere to another get honorable mentions or subpoenas? On Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:40:59 AM UTC-5, French, Bruce wrote: > > For the list: Environmental Law and Litigation > > > > *Lawsuits for climate disasters?* > > by DIANNE SAXE on JANUARY 21, 2014 > > > > http://envirolaw.com/lawsuits-climate-disasters/ > > > > Lawsuits against private firms for climate disaster compensation may not > be winnable yet, but important groundwork is being laid. In groundbreaking > *peer-reviewed > research* <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-013-0986-y>, > researcher Richard Heede of the *Climate Accountability Institute > *<http://www.climateaccountability.org/carbon_majors.html>offers > the most complete picture to date of which institutions have extracted the > fossil fuels that have been the root cause of global warming since the > Industrial Revolution. Rather than just attribute emissions to nations, the > study aggregates historical emissions according to carbon producing > entities themselves. Heede concludes that *nearly two-thirds of carbon > dioxide emitted since the 1750s can be traced to the 90 largest fossil fuel > and cement producers, most of which still operate today…* > > > > Richard Heede’s 7Nov13) full report is available at *Carbon Majors: > Methods & Results > Report*<http://www.climateaccountability.org/pdf/MRR%208.3%207Nov13.pdf>. > (104 pages) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
