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The CO2 problem in six easy steps (2022 Update)

Real Climate

Step 1: There is a natural greenhouse effect. Thus there must be a large amount of IR absorbed by the atmosphere (around 158 W/m 2 ) – a number that would be zero in the absence of any greenhouse substances. Step 2: Trace gases contribute to the natural greenhouse effect. The Earth’s Energy Budget (NASA).

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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. This California law imposes limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles, a breakthrough in U.S. If I were listing laws in order of importance, I would put the CAA on top. Pavley Act.

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As Soon as Possible

Real Climate

Furthermore, if you squinted, you could perhaps convince yourself that there was a correlation to solar activity – well, at least Soon could ( Soon, 2005) ). Indeed, it was still possible to claim in 2000 that Arctic temperatures had not yet exceeded levels in the late 1930s/early 1940s. And which solar reconstruction did he use?

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). I don’t know the answer to his question. But this discussion paper is problematic for sure.

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How Does Transit Help the Climate?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Transportation is now the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. The country had a dip in transportation emissions around 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, when damage to refineries and production caused oil prices to spike above $70 a barrel (that’s a lot). Bleviss, 2020 ).

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Has Gasoline Use in California Peaked?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Despite adding six million more passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs to the roads over the last 10 years, California’s gasoline consumption has dropped over two billion gallons from its peak in 2005. Gasoline use per person has also fallen, from 445 gallons per year per person in 2005, to under 350 gallons per year per person in 2024.

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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Union of Concerned Scientists

Because while this decision does still recognize EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, it simultaneously sharply curtails the agency’s ability to do so. EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Unfortunately, those ominous signs were right on the mark.