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A CERES of fortunate events…

Real Climate

The CERES estimates of the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are available from 2001 to the present. We can explore the issues and pitfalls of this using the ‘simple model’ of the greenhouse effect we explored back in 2007. The simplest model for the greenhouse effect. A simple model with feedbacks.

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A Tale of Two Hockey Sticks

Real Climate

Two decades ago, the so-called “Hockey Stick” curve , published in 1999 by me and my co-authors (Mann, Bradley and Hughes, 1999) , was featured in the all-important “Summary for Policy Makers” (SPM) of the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment report. The relevant statements in the SPM and Technical Summary are: A.2.2

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Investors Need to Know the Full Scope of Corporate Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

Chevron’s board of directors said that “reducing Chevron’s absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions is not in stockholders’ interests, nor should it be Chevron’s responsibility.” For many companies and sectors, a greenhouse gas inventory that omits Scope 3 would be materially misleading to investors,” the letter states.

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Climate crisis could double frequency of extreme regional summer droughts in Europe

Frontiers

was compared to the present day (2001 to 2020). . The drying stripes show the percentage of precipitation for every month and year summarized over our ensemble compared to the long-term mean in a counterfactual world with pre-industrial greenhouse gas concentrations. Four future hot spots. Image: Magdalena Mittermeier.

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Statement: Bill 23 will Unleash a Firestorm of Environmentally Destructive Rural Sprawl – It Must Be Repealed

Enviromental Defense

destroys many of the existing “green” building standards that municipalities use to make new homes that are cheaper for tenants or purchasers to heat and cool – and which are vital to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. . SCHEDULE 4: MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001. million homes would be created there, province-wide .

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From paralyzing eco-anxiety to hope in six steps

Edouard Stenger

This blog is also full of pragmatic solutions and it’s a matter for all of us to adopt them at scale, such as heat pumps, district heating, renewables, electric buses and bikes, bio-based materials and so on… We have all the tools we need to slash greenhouse gases emissions fast. Eco anxiety is not just for young folks.

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Ontario’s Housing Bill is Actually a Trojan Horse for Environmentally Catastrophic Rural Sprawl

Enviromental Defense

SCHEDULE 4: MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001. It is also because reducing car trips is vital to meeting Ontario’s obligations to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late. It would do this by requiring municipalities to spend or allocate 60 per cent of reserve funds each year. Opening the Door to Displacement of Lower-Income Tenants.