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Mair Perkins

@mairperkins.bsky.social
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Explainer Animations, Motion Design & Illustration || Environmental Science Communication || Climate & Nature Campaigner mairperkins.co.uk/animations

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Open letter to the Prime Minister on new North Sea drilling 📢 Prof. Kevin Anderson & other Tyndall Centre scientists at the University of Manchester have urged Andy Burnham to rule out further development of the Rosebank/Jackdaw fields: buff.ly/aGbyTqM
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
7/7 If you value work like this, please support the new #CarbonReckoning legal project. Today we sent a pre-action protocol letter to the Govt over its failure to take climate action consistent with science and the UK’s international obligations, read more: www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law
Carbon Reckoning are a science based group, committed to the strongest possible action to require the UK sets climate policy commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face.
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
1/7 After @georgemonbiot.bsky.social exposed deep flaws in carbon capture &storage—and the extraordinary sums this Govt is committing to it—CCS industry lobbyists and pro-CCS scientists responded. @sioldridge.bsky.social &I answer them here www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵
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Carbon capture is a fig leaf for fossil fuel expansion | Letters
Letters: The predicted £264bn cost by 2050 could be even higher, plus renewables avoid a far higher total of emissions than can be captured, writes Andrew Boswell, while Simon Oldridge calls out veste...
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Here's another environmental #science #animation I made with Envision DTP and Laura-Li Jeannot. Laura's #research is investigating the vital role seabirds play in fertilising the reefs below them. For information on how this was made visit: mairperkins.co.uk/animations/e...
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
41C in the UK? In 2015 the IPCC warned world leaders not to breach 1.5C as it would unleash “frequent & severe droughts, heatwaves & rainfall.” We’re now on track for 2C in years, 3C in decades & 4C in our children’s lifetimes. The most spectacular failure of leadership in history.
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"Buildings don't breathe" I made this explainer animation with University College London researcher Dr Hector Altamirano about why "breathability" is misleading when it comes to building materials and moisture. mairperkins.co.uk/animations/b...
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Behind the scenes of an animation I made about seabirds and coral reefs. Watch the full video: mairperkins.co.uk/animations/e...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For those out there who think this is JUST weather Yes, it IS weather, but weather hyper-charged by global heating
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I recently made this animated science video about landslides in Indonesia for a Lancaster University researcher to explain their research into developing region-specific rainfall thresholds to improve early warning systems. Watch the full video on my website: mairperkins.co.uk/animations/e...
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My latest showreel featuring client projects from the last few years. I work mainly with universities, research organisations, health and social care organisations, and NGOs on science communication and social impact projects. More work at mairperkins.co.uk.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 12/05/2026
🚨Internship opportunity 🚨 Do you have: 🌡️ an interest in climate change? ✍️ some experience of writing on a technical topic for a general audience? 🎙️ an interest in journalism and a commitment to the integrity of journalism? Apply for Carbon Brief’s internship here ⬇️ buff.ly/HbRlgbQ
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Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with the team for three weeks this summer.
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New animation in my portfolio, made last year for Lancaster University's Envision Doctoral Training Partnership 🌿 mairperkins.co.uk/animations/i... This one was a joy to make. The brief: inspire young people to consider a career in environmental science.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Just voted for @greenparty.org.uk. I voted for hope - and against a political and media establishment which has ruined this country. It felt good. I highly recommend it 💚
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/05/2026
🚨 Don’t forget your photo ID when going to vote today. It’s time to vote for candidates who only have two vested interests – people and planet. Why not head down to the polls on your lunch break? 🗳️
Local Elections 2025 Polling Day Checklist Graphic stating:
1. Polling stations are open from 7am-10pm today
2. Bring your accepted photo ID
3. Vote at your assigned polling station
4. You don't need your polling card to vote
5. Vote Green on all ballot papers
6. Tag us when you have voted
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Very happy to hear the animation has been useful! "Mair did an excellent job condensing the scientific narrative of my research project into a short, engaging animation that is easily digestible for any audience. The animation has been an invaluable tool as both an intro to ...
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Nepal is setting clear priorities ahead of Santa Marta.🇳🇵
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
What if the whole country saw the full picture? This is a national emergency. The impacts are already here. But the solutions exist. Communities are watching the People’s Emergency Briefing and discussing what to do next with neighbours and MPs #EarthDay Screenings www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The #AMOC Shutdown 101: A Crash Course with Prof. @rahmstorf.bsky.social 22 minute long podcast via @arctic-circle-org.bsky.social
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The AMOC Shutdown 101: A Crash Course with Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 22/04/2026
Renewable energy has overtaken coal to become the world’s largest source of electricity in 2025, according to thinktank Ember. In this video, Carbon Brief’s @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org reports on Ember’s analysis. Read the full report here ➡️ buff.ly/XtaYP1D
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ReisnerLab @reisnerlab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#Plastic #photoreforming typically requires alkaline #hydrolysis, leading to waste of stoichiometric reactants. Ever thought of using #acids instead? ☀️🔋 Check out our new approach developed by Kay now out in Joule by @cellpress.bsky.social 🥳🥳 www.cell.com/joule/fullte...
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Solar reforming of plastics using acid-catalyzed depolymerization
Acid-catalyzed depolymerization of waste plastics using recycled sulfuric acid from spent lead-acid batteries produces ethylene glycol, which is selectively photoreformed over an acid-stable metal sul...
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Excited to share that I'll be exhibiting artwork at Natural Discourse, a week-long Greenpeace #art #exhibition in #Nottingham exploring the #climate and #nature crises. Launch night is Friday 10 April, 6–9pm at Surface Gallery 50% of my print sales go to Greenpeace.
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
For some of my projects I digitally paint with brushes that replicate analogue media, so the artwork has a textured, hand-drawn look.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 02/04/2026
NEW – Analysis: Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 ✍️ @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/wFGUgMU
Monthly generation from wind and solar in terawatt hours on the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), which has a separate electricity system from the island of Ireland, which includes Northern Ireland. Source: National Energy System Operator (NESO) and Carbon Brief analysis.
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Concern Worldwide @concernworldwide.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Over 3.5 million people in #Somalia have been forced to leave their homes, due to drought, flooding and conflict. Concern and the European Union are responding with cash transfers to displaced families. Cash enables people to meet their needs, with dignity.
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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
PhD opening Join a collaborative, interdisciplinary project the Excellence Cluster Future Forests @uni-freiburg.de, working on CRISPR/Cas in poplar to understand how trees cope with climate stress. Apply here: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004... @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
1/ Yesterday @wmo-global.bsky.social made Earth's Energy Imbalance a headline #climate indicator for the first time. I think this could be a significant reframing of climate discourse, and it's worth paying close attention to why. 🧵
A staircase diagram with six levels rising from bottom-left to top-right. Each level on the left represents a stage in the causal chain of climate change, connected by a dashed arrow to a corresponding intervention on the right. From bottom to top: Root Drivers (economic system, fossil finance, colonial and historical structures, geopolitics) connects to Transformative System Change (economic restructuring, post-colonial redress, geopolitical shifts); Human Activities (consumption and production patterns) connects to Socio-technical and Behavioural Change (electrification, behaviour change, market incentives); Energy and Land Systems connects to Infrastructure Transition (renewables, grids, land-use redesign); Emissions connects to End-of-pipe Controls (CCS); Atmospheric GHG Concentrations connects to Carbon Dioxide Removal (including NETs); Earth's Energy Imbalance connects to Geoengineering (SRM). A diagonal arrow runs across the full diagram from Structural/Preventative at the bottom-left to Reactive/Compensatory at the top-right.
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
☀️🐝Solar parks aren't just for generating energy. They can also be valuable habitats for pollinators. 🎨I worked with environmental researcher Hollie Blaydes to turn her research into a 2-minute animated explainer, aimed at the solar industry, ecologists, farmers and policy makers.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Reform’s loud opposition to net zero is driven by “the success of populist messages around Brexit plus significant financial backing from the fossil fuel industry and climate sceptics” Not science. Not national interest. Not public opinion. Just personal greed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds
Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it
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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Today we have published new analysis building on the Committee's advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget. Our conclusions about the cost of decarbonising the UK and impacts on energy security were tested against different scenarios ⬇️ Read the full report here: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
1,360 people across the UK - and beyond - have now registered to host screenings of the People's Emergency Briefing. Thank you! To join in, please register your interest here and we'll send you more info: www.nebriefing.org/the-film There are so many benefits to be gained if we act boldly #NEB2025
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National Emergency Briefing
A 45-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I thought I'd do an intro post as I have some new followers. Hi, I'm Mair (pronounced My-er), an animator and illustrator based in Derby, UK. I set up my business in 2012 after completing a master's in visual communication at the University of Derby. 1/4
A photo of a smiling woman with a lake behind her, mountains in the distance and some tree branches in the foreground.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 11/03/2026
🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped: Iran water worries | Seabed-mining treaty progress | Women farmers and climate change ✍️ @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social Subscribe to our newsletters ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK Read here ⬇️
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Cropped 11 March 2026:  Iran water worries | Seabed-mining treaty progress | Women farmers and climate change - Carbon Brief
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food...
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 11/03/2026
NEW – Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/7B0fLPB
The number of LNG tanker deliveries of gas that could be avoided in 2030, either due to clean technologies replacing the gas or by additional North Sea supplies replacing the imports. See below for methodology. Sources: Carbon Brief analysis of data from the North Sea Transition Authority and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Tufted duck in the spring sunshine. #birds #photography
A male tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK. Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 06/03/2026
NEW – Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says ✍️ @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️
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Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says - Carbon Brief
An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...
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ManchesterSCI @manchestersci.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🚗💥Revisiting Prof Henrietta Moore’s SCI lecture on Roadkill Cars don’t just pollute — they shape inequality, sprawl & public health. Time to rethink mobility, transport & urban design! Check out the lecture recording🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWc... #RoadkillBook #UrbanFutures #SustainableCities
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A Talk on 'Roadkill' with Professor Dame Henrietta Moore - SCI Annual Lecture 2025
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I worked with Megan Barnes, a researcher at the University of Nottingham as part of the Envision PhD programme, to animate this video about her research into mitochondria and adaptation. mairperkins.co.uk/animations/m...
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A clip from an a science animation I made about research into rivers. Drawn with Adobe illustrator then animated in After Effects. This was inspired by the Peak District National Park which is near where I live. #aftereffects #animation #motiongraphics #natureillustration #animationart
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A recent science explainer animation I made about research into molecular electronics. mairperkins.co.uk/animations/m...
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🐸 I made this little frog for a science explainer animation I'm currently working on about Chytridiomycosis which is a fungal disease threatening amphibians.
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Timelapse of the storyboard for an Eastern Arc Mountains science animation. Illustrated in Adobe Fresco, currently in After Effects.⁠ mairperkins.co.uk ⁠ #storyboard #aftereffectsanimation #environmentaleducation
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Here’s a clip from an #animation I created for an environmental scientist studying species interactions in #ecosystems. I wanted to show how deeply connected life on Earth is,and why protecting #nature matters for every living thing. #explaineranimation #sciencecommunication #ecology #motiondesign
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Mair Perkins @mairperkins.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Some behind the scenes clips from an animation I made for Treasure map Trails. Lots of fun character animation in this project. I designed the characters in Adobe Illustrator then animated them in After Effects with Duik for character rigging. Full animation at mairperkins.co.uk/animations/t...
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Just Stop Oil @just-stopoil.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🚨 BREAKING: WE'RE HANGING UP THE HI VIS 🦺 3 years ago we appeared in a blaze of orange. At the end of April, we'll be hanging up the hi vis. 🛢️ Our original demand of no new oil and gas is now government policy. We've kept over 4.4 billion barrels of oil in the ground.
Graphic of orange hi vis with the text WE ARE HANGING UP THE HI VIS
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Citizen’s Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Thames Water executives citizen’s arrested at their offices this morning. It’s time someone held these criminals to account for the harm and disruption they are causing to our lives. Follow for updates. #CitizensArrest #ThamesWater
Environment, Pollution, Thames Water, CEO, Citizen's Arrest, Thames Water executives citizen's arrested for crimes of public nuisance. Woman in blue jacket seen leaving the offices of Thames Water in Reading UK Tuesday 18th March.
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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I really don't think this news has made sufficient shock waves. Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
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🇺🇬🅒🅗🅡🅘🅢 🅢🅢🅐🅛🅘 🇷🇼 @chrisssali2024.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
"Just Stop Oil"emphasizes ending fossil fuel addiction.Breaking free from fossil fuels combats climate change, reduces pollution,ensures a sustainable future.Transitioning to renewable energy sources creates jobs,stimulates economies,protects deplanet cleaner,healthier world now
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Warning Over UK ‘Slide Towards Authoritarianism’ After Raft of Just Stop Oil Prison Sentences Are Upheld The Court of Appeal upheld sentences totalling 35 years for climate activists
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Warning Over UK ‘Slide Towards Authoritarianism’ After Raft of Just Stop Oil Prison Sentences Are Upheld
The Court of Appeal upheld sentences totalling 35 years for climate activists
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 12/03/2025
More than half of all fossil fuel carbon emissions came from just 36 companies in 2023. Major fossil fuel companies, including Saudi Aramco, Coal India, ExxonMobil and Shell produced more than 20 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2023. earth.org/36-fossil-fu...
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36 Fossil Fuel Giants Account For Half of World's CO2 Emissions
Fossil fuel giants including Saudi Aramco, Coal India, ExxonMobil and Shell produced more than 20 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2023.
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