Study Links Fossil Fuel Giants to Deadly Global Heat Waves

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Study Links Fossil Fuel Giants to Deadly Global Heat Waves

 

 

 

For the first time, scientists have directly linked worsening global heat waves to emissions from specific fossil fuel and cement companies, raising the possibility of sweeping legal consequences.

 

Published in Nature, the study examined 213 major heat waves worldwide between 2000 and 2023. Researchers found that climate change—driven largely by fossil fuel burning—has made extreme heat events up to 200 times more likely compared to the pre-industrial era. The analysis also quantified how much the world’s biggest polluters, known as “carbon majors,” have intensified heat waves.

 

According to lead author Yann Quilcaille of ETH Zurich, the top 14 carbon majors alone are responsible for nearly half of the increased heat wave intensity between 2010 and 2019. This includes major oil companies such as ExxonMobil and Chevron, as well as former large-scale fossil fuel producers like the Soviet Union. Even the smallest carbon majors were found to have contributed to extreme heat events that otherwise would not have occurred.

 

The study estimates that climate change increased the median heat wave intensity by 3.02°F (1.68°C) over the past decade, with 0.85°F (0.47°C) attributable to the top 14 carbon majors. A further 0.68°F (0.38°C) was linked to another 166 companies.

 

Scientists warn that the findings may still undercount impacts in regions such as Africa and South America, where extreme heat is often poorly recorded. Experts say the study represents a breakthrough in climate attribution science by tying specific disasters to individual corporate polluters.

 

Legal scholars involved in the research suggest the results could bolster climate lawsuits against fossil fuel producers by providing clearer evidence of causation. If courts accept these findings, oil and gas companies could face mounting pressure to pay for climate damages worldwide.

 

Key Takeaways:

• New Nature study links 213 global heat waves directly to emissions from fossil fuel and cement producers.

• Top 14 carbon majors responsible for nearly half of the increased intensity of heat waves since 2010.

• Findings could strengthen climate lawsuits holding corporations accountable for damages.

 

Source: CNN Report

 

 

[BritManToo]

Does anyone still believe these lefty new world order predictions of doom?

Regularly spewed out by their pet scientists?

[johng]

Certainly not me.

[JayClay]

16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Does anyone still believe these lefty new world order predictions of doom?

Regularly spewed out by their pet scientists?

 

Yes. Those of us who will be alive long enough to have to deal with the consequences are extremely concerned.

[Photoguy21]

19 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Does anyone still believe these lefty new world order predictions of doom?

Regularly spewed out by their pet scientists?

Definitely not

[johng]

7 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

Yes. Those of us who will be alive long enough to have to deal with the consequences are extremely concerned.

 

According to them (egg spurts)

we should have been dead multi times over already...but don't worry you will survive long enough to fight in WWIII   coming sooner than any MMCC  catastrophe 😝

[JayClay]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

According to them (egg spurts)

 

Let me see....

 

We have university educated scientists, who have created peer-reviewed studies with documented evidence of the threat, that can be verified. 

 

And then we have johng, an AseanNow conspiracist with his message "don't worry, it's all going to be fine"

 

It's really tough to decide who to believe...

[Harrisfan]

35 minutes ago, Social Media said:

The study estimates that climate change increased the median heat wave intensity by 3.02°F (1.68°C) over the past decade, with 0.85°F (0.47°C) attributable to the top 14 carbon majors. A further 0.68°F (0.38°C) was linked to another 166 companies.

The IPCC says 0.15c per decade. So one is lying.

[Harrisfan]

Just now, JayClay said:

 

Let me see....

 

We have university educated scientists, who have created peer-reviewed studies with documented evidence of the threat, that can be verified. 

 

And then we have johng, an AseanNow conspiracist with his message "don't worry, it's all going to be fine"

 

It's really tough to decide who to believe...

Hundreds of scientists who are skeptics including me who came first in physics.

 

 

[johng]

Just now, JayClay said:

And then we have johng, an AseanNow conspiracist with his message "don't worry, it's all going to be fine"

 

I didn't say its all going to be fine...you missed the bit about WWIII ????

[Harrisfan]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/03/31/the-ipccs-latest-report-deliberately-excludes-and-misrepresents-important-climate-science/

 

These guys lie all the time.

[JayClay]

2 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Hundreds of scientists who are skeptics including me who came first in physics.

 

 

 

And where can I find a copy of your peer-reviewed study?

[BritManToo]

3 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

Let me see....

 

We have university educated scientists, who have created peer-reviewed studies with documented evidence of the threat, that can be verified. 

 

And then we have johng, an AseanNow conspiracist with his message "don't worry, it's all going to be fine"

 

It's really tough to decide who to believe...

What's your degree?

I've got science and education!

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

And where can I find a copy of your peer-reviewed study?

Educate yourself

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/07/31/climate-sins-and-the-high-priests-of-peer-review/

[JayClay]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

 

I didn't say its all going to be fine...you missed the bit about WWIII ????

 

You said we're all going to be fine regarding climate change.

 

I agree that WWIII may end up beating climate change to the punch. I agree it's something that most forum dwellers should be more concerned about.

 

But for those of us who are hoping to live for more than a couple of decades, climate change and WWIII are both as worrying as each other.

[JayClay]

2 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Educate yourself

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/07/31/climate-sins-and-the-high-priests-of-peer-review/

 

You could have just said "I haven't done one"

[Harrisfan]

Just now, JayClay said:

 

You said we're all going to be fine regarding climate change.

 

I agree that WWIII may end up beating climate change to the punch. I agree it's something that most forum dwellers should be more concerned about.

 

But for those of us who are hoping to live for more than a couple of decades, climate change and WWIII are both as worrying as each other.

Climate change is 90% bs. Every educated person knows this. You have a bit of reading to do.

[Harrisfan]

Just now, JayClay said:

 

You could have just said "I haven't done one"

You could have said you have never researched the topic which is obvious

 I have read over 100 reports. Its 90% bs.

[JayClay]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

You could have said you have never researched the topic which is obvious

 I have read over 100 reports. Its 90% bs.

 

It doesn't matter how many reports you look at if they're all a bunch of toss.

[novacova]

2 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

The IPCC says 0.15c per decade. So one is lying.

They both are liars. And the Journal Nature is not what it used to be, as it has been politicized in the last twenty years and gone to crap on any science where there’s a political interest and cannot be trusted on any of those issues. 

[BritManToo]

5 minutes ago, JayClay said:

But for those of us who are hoping to live for more than a couple of decades, climate change and WWIII are both as worrying as each other.

As a believer you have a solar powered home, and drive an electric car, right?

Or is your belief all mouth?

 

No need to reply, we know the answer.

[novacova]

7 minutes ago, JayClay said:

peer-reviewed

…has been corrupted in recent history by political agendas and special interests.

[Harrisfan]

https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions/

 

50 years of lies!!!!

[impulse]

47 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Does anyone still believe these lefty new world order predictions of doom?

Regularly spewed out by their pet scientists?

Not since WaPo screwed up and published this:

 

 

Here's my favorite part:

 

 

As if they had V8 Chevies 250 million years ago...

 

[BLMFem]

4 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

You could have said you have never researched the topic which is obvious

 I have read over 100 reports. Its 90% bs.

Forgive me, but I'm 100% certain that this is 100% bs.

[Harrisfan]

3 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

It doesn't matter how many reports you look at if they're all a bunch of toss.

Like Al Gore who said in 06 we had 4 years to act lol

 

You might as well believe in Santa

 

[Harrisfan]

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

As a believer you have a solar powered home, and drive an electric car, right?

Or is your belief all mouth?

 

No need to reply, we know the answer.

His clothes and phone made by fossil fuels too lol

[JayClay]

6 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

As a believer you have a solar powered home, and drive an electric car, right?

Or is your belief all mouth?

 

No need to reply, we know the answer.

 

I rent a condo so solar isn't an option.

 

I don't have a car. My current motorbike uses gasoline, unfortunately. Next one may be electric if my finances allow for it.

 

I always turn the light off when I leave the room...

[JayClay]

4 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

His clothes and phone made by fossil fuels too lol

 

Probably 

[Lacessit]

52 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Does anyone still believe these lefty new world order predictions of doom?

Regularly spewed out by their pet scientists?

You are not educated enough to understand the laws of thermodynamics, which drive both climate change (first law0 and global warming ( second law).

 

I am nobody's pet scientist.