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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other. Furthermore, the volume of the oceans increases from the melting of land ice. The global sea level acts like the mercury in a thermometer because warmer water expands.

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Where Is The Water Going?

Circle of Blue

From 2002 to 2017, the most recent USDA farm census, the number of farms in Kings County declined 16.6%. And the company maintains positions on just about every ag and water related board and commission in Kings, giving it considerable political heft. . The data show that’s already happening. But the size of farms increased 14.5%

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UK 2024 General Election – Mapped: The Tory network of climate denial and fossil fuel funding

A Greener Life

A DeSmog investigation – compiled in this interactive map – reveals the scale of this network, mapping the connections between oil, gas and coal companies, wealthy political donors, right-wing think tanks, anti-climate media outlets, and senior figures in the ruling Conservative Party.

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U.N. Human Rights Committee finds that Australia is violating human rights obligations towards Torres Strait Islanders for climate inaction

Law Columbia

Rising sea temperatures are impairing the health of marine environments around the islands, by coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Ryan [2002] HCA 54). Tides are rising every year, flooding homes, lands, and important cultural sites. Earlier this year, the Federal Court of Australia found in Sharma and Others v.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

That was 200,000 more acres than in 2002, when the USDA began tracking that data. Though the causes of the country’s most serious environmental risks are well-known, and solutions are shown to work, politically powerful industrial sectors are impeding the capacity of the states and Congress to act. . Everyone knows it. They concede it.

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BP projects have helped fund Azerbaijan military aggression, say campaigners

Corp Watch

Political Influence OpenSecrets.org Profile of BP (British Petroleum) Image Similar Companies Related Gulliver Profiles Repsol SA Royal Dutch Shell Total SA Federal Contractor Misconduct Database Project On Government Oversight's list of U.S. This initiative was quietly dropped after the Texas city explosions. Steffy (McGraw-Hill, 2011).

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

Corp Watch

Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World's Water by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke (2002) For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company that Makes It by Mark Pendergrast (1993). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.