Oil and cement industry emissions directly linked to deadly heatwaves

Oil and cement industry emissions directly linked to deadly heatwaves

According to a recent Swiss study published in early September in the scientific journal Nature, nearly one-quarter of heatwaves would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming, and can be attributed to the emissions of individual energy producers. In other words, some recent heatwaves would never have occurred without the emissions of a few large fossil fuel and cement companies. Extreme heat waves are no longer anomalies, but a r…

Canada’s fossil fuel firms linked to deadly heat waves | South Asian Post | Indo Canadian newspaper - Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Brampton, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal

By Natasha Bulowski Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Major polluters have contributed significantly to the frequency and severity of devastating heat waves over the last two decades, a new study reveals. The paper, published in Nature, found emissions from 180 fossil fuel and cement companies made 213 major heat waves, including BC’s deadly 2021 heat dome, more intense and likely to occur. Researchers at ETH Zurich University analyzed emissi…