Worsening Global Heatwaves Linked to the Fossil Fuel Industry

Worsening global heatwaves linked to the fossil fuel industry

A new study links top fossil fuel companies to hundreds of extreme heatwaves worldwide, showing how corporate emissions drive climate risks.

180 high-emitting companies linked to 213 extreme heat events: Study

The study found that carbon majors such as Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Shell, alone polluted enough to individually cause over 50 heatwaves Heatwaves caused by climate change can now be specifically attributed to the polluting actions of big corporations, which are termed carbon majors, according to a new study published in Nature.  The study linked pollution from 180 fossil fuel and cement companies as the cause of 213 heatwaves …

Fossil fuel and cement production emissions tied to heat waves

"Past studies have mostly looked at emissions from people and countries. This time, we're focusing on the big carbon emitters."

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…