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It’s Danger Season–Is Our Nation’s Infrastructure Ready? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Higher demand means power grid operators, who start with the cleaner and cheaper plants like solar power, need to pull other, often dirtier, gas or coal-fired power plants online. Under high heat conditions, power plants can also be less efficient at producing electricity as they normally would under cooler conditions.

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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

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Lawsuit Sought Critical Habitat Designation for Green Sea Turtles Whose Habitat Is Threatened by Sea Level Rise and Other Factors. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service to designate critical habitat for distinct population segments of the green sea turtle. WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt , No.

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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said. billion (in 2010 dollars) in federal tax breaks and subsidies for nearly 100 years. Renewables,” I added, “have gotten peanuts in comparison.”