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10 Air Quality Influencers You Should Know

Breezometer

From academics to scientists to business leaders, these experts provide fountains of useful information for product managers, marketing analysts, and the general public alike. A former banker, Simon Birkett left the financial world in 2009 and pursued a new calling - tirelessly campaigning for clean air in London.

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The Stream, August 12, 2021: Major Rivers in India Are Rising To Dangerous Levels

Circle of Blue

Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds – The climate crisis will jeopardize key sources of fresh water and make extreme weather events more severe. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of the world’s leading climate scientists, released its sixth climate assessment on Monday.

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Climate Litigation and Children’s Rights: Unpacking the CRC’s New General Comment

Law Columbia

Environmental Harm and Children’s Rights As climate scientists continue to report the disproportionate impact of climate change and environmental degradation on children and future generations, GC26 could not come at a better time. 12 (2009) (see §21). 26-28 GC26), building on its earlier comments in General Comment No.12

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Using Clouds to Fight Climate Change

HumanNature

Altering cloud properties influences Earth’s climate On sunny days, it’s clear that clouds leave shadows on the landscape. Climate scientists are interested in clouds for exactly this reason- clouds reflect sunlight, which has a cooling effect on surface temperatures. 2009, February 19). L., & Finnegan, W.

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Acts of Pessimistic Hope for the Anthropocene

HumanNature

With announcements from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) growing bleaker by the year, climate change activism has become increasingly bold and desperate. [1] 24] Jose Esteban Muñoz, Cruising Utopias: The Then and There of Queer Futurity, (New York: NYU Press, 2009), 12. [25] quoting Matthew Gross. [23]

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The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Among the many attacks in President Trumps Day 1 Executive Order on unleashing American (fossil) energy , is a directive to EPA administrator Zeldin to reevaluate the agencys bedrock 2009 scientific determination of the harms caused by heat-trapping emissions and submit recommendations within 30 days (i.e. this week).

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

percent consensus among climate scientists that global warming is driven by the spewing of carbon dioxide and other gases. 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.