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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

I further argue that, if we continue to develop in these ways, deaths from natural disasters will continue to decline, food surpluses will continue to rise, and global carbon emissions will likely peak and decline soon, preventing temperatures from rising more than three degrees centigrade over pre-industrial levels.

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Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

PA Environment Daily

billion PennEast Pipeline** in Luzerne and Carbon Counties, two natural gas projects that would have boosted the Pennsylvania economy with the creation of over 12,000 new jobs and significantly furthered U.S. It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists.

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Two Cheers for Tariffs

Legal Planet

Those who care about climate should welcome these tariffs, for two major reasons: First, take a look at the graph of US carbon emissions. They have been declining since 2006, but not fast enough. In other words, one of the quickest and most effective ways to get emissions down is through a recession.

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Smoke in Our Eyes: National Park Grandeur Degraded by Global Warming

Union of Concerned Scientists

It was an apocalyptic encore of the worst-ever 2006 season that saw 9.9 Without major reductions in the carbon emissions fueling global warming, the impacts on the parks would be endless. It was because of smoke during the 2007 wildfire season in the United States, the second worst at the time for acreage burned.

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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate Change on the Docket. At issue in this case is whether and how the EPA can set standards for carbon emissions at power plants. This, of course, defies the scientific consensus about the damage carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels is doing to the planet. There is now a 99.9 After the Massachusetts v.