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The world’s oceans are heading towards peak acidity?

A Greener Life

Their annual ‘State of the Global Climate’ report indicated that the accelerating pace of climate change was to blame for acidification and that the melting of ice sheets contributed to pushing sea level rises to new heights in 2021. And in just the past decade global sea levels have risen 4.5

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152 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Million Grant To The Energy Innovation Center Institute In Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- WHYY: As Sea Levels Rise, Philly, Camden At Risk Of Being Inundated With Raw Sewage, Study Finds -- WHYY: Philadelphians Missing Out On Flood Insurance Discounts, The City Could Cash In Next Year -- Scranton Times: Scranton Nears $2.7

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. In March 2011, pursuant to the 2002 Act, the Minister had set a target of 50% reduction from 1990 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels by 2050.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

million to his campaigns since 2002, according to OpenSecrets’ compilation of contribution data. Mississippi: Lynn Fitch The sea level off the coast of Mississippi—the fifth hottest state—is rising more rapidly than in most other coastal areas, largely because the land is sinking. The main beneficiary of Paxton’s efforts?

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4