Legal Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

Cox has said of climate change: “I don’t know how much of it is caused by humans. He isn’t an outright climate skeptic, though he is unconvinced that climate change has anything to do with California’s current wildfires. ” Not good news for California’s climate programs.

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Real Climate

APRIL 4, 2024

There has been a lot of commentary about perceived disagreements among climate scientists about whether climate change is, or will soon, accelerate. These simulations used historical GHG concentrations and aerosol emissions to 2014, and a mid-range scenario (SSP2-4.5) The screening uses the likely range of 1.8 Russell, J.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2022

term, even for the very low greenhouse gas emissions scenario.” As of today, the “extent and magnitude of climate change impacts are larger than estimated in previous assessments.” C in the near?term, Using carbon capture, we may be able come back to that level even if we temporarily exceed it.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

A decade ago, Australia had a climate tax. That was repealed in 2014, and the ensuing period saw little progress. Climate had played a significant role in the election, and Labor was committed to to climate action. On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Since 2014, Greece has doubled its renewable energy output with a series of new solar and wind projects, and they have shut down most of their coal-fired plants. ” He pointed out, however, that the revised plan did not deal with the problem of how to adapt to the climate change that is already happening.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Note: On September 26, 2019, the Vanuatu Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a workshop on seeking an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice. By Michael B. Professor Michael Gerrard gave a presentation about the legal and procedural issues that would be involved.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

Extremes : Back in 2012, the literature assessed by AR5 connecting changes in extremes to climate change was scant. There may also be a contribution from forcing inadequacies and, in some models, an overestimate of the response to increasing greenhouse gas and other anthropogenic forcing (dominated by the effects of aerosols).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Colombia accounts for 0.4 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”). In this blog post, we will briefly explain (i) the background of climate change laws in Colombia, (ii) the nature and reach of the ‘ Acción de Cumplimiento ,’ and (iii) the two judgments and their implications for climate action in Colombia.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Climate change touches many aspects of our lives, including the food on our plates. Many of our foods are vulnerable as climate impacts worsen, from staple crops like maize to much-loved treats like coffee and chocolate. Climate change is making the ocean warmer, more acidic and lower in oxygen.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

On March 9, 2023, the Japanese Supreme Court refused to hear the first climate change litigation brought before it without specifying substantive reasons. The Plaintiffs in the Kobe Civil Case claimed a violation of personal rights to life, bodily integrity and health on account of climate change. Kobelco Power Kobe No.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

Of all the troubling headlines emerging from the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) WG1 report, one warning will surely dominate headlines in the next days and weeks: Earth is likely to reach the crucial 1.5? Guest commentary by Malte Meinshausen, Zebedee Nicholls, and Piers Forster.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Unseen and Unprotected: The Ongoing Struggle of Climate Refugees in the United States by Isaiah Gonzales and Professor Siu Tip Lam I. Introduction As climate change accelerates, environmental disasters will leave millions homeless. Historical Background of Climate Change The scientific consensus on climate change is undeniable.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 14, 2022

The United States and China, the world’s two leading greenhouse gas emitters, are each responsible for more than $1.8 trillion of global income losses from 1990 to 2014, according to a new study that links the emissions in individual countries to the economic impacts of climate change … Continue reading U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 5, 2024

There’s a direct line of culpability between fossil fuel corporations and climate change – it’s why so many oil and gas CEOs have topped our list of Climate Villains. But they aren’t the only powerful players who shoulder responsibility for keeping us hooked on fossil fuels, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. 636 fossil fuel lobbyists were part of official country delegations to the last United Nations climate negotiations ( UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Conference of Parties 27, or COP27 ).

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

For Canada’s major oil and gas producers, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a get-out-of-jail-free card, which allows them to keep on polluting while appearing as though they are taking the threat of climate change seriously. The Carbon Capture Facility at the Boundary Dam Power Plant in Saskatchewan went into service in 2014.

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Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

The AMOC has repeatedly shown major instabilities in recent Earth history , for example during the Last Ice Age, prompting concerns about its stability under future global warming, see e.g. Broecker 1987 who warned about “unpleasant surprises in the greenhouse”. For more on this see my Review Paper in Nature. Here a quote from Liu et al.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

During the past 30 years of extensive political debate around global climate change, participants have largely ignored the role that curbing population growth could play in dealing with it. 3 from IPCC, Fifth Assessment Report, Mitigation Report, Summary for Policymakers (2014). Figure SPM.3

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 17, 2015

T oday, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is releasing a set of model protocols for assessing the impacts of climate change on the built environment under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state equivalents. 24, 2014). Last year, the U.S. 77,802, 77,828 (Dec.

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HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

But this simplified pathway misses a key step in cloud formation–and one that could help us combat climate change. Without these changes to clouds, the Earth would already be warmer. C above pre-industrial levels by 2100 to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change. C temperature target. C temperature target.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In a previous blog post , I briefly reviewed some of the innovative strategies to reduce methane emissions from agricultural livestock and rice operations, which have the potential to combat a significant source of global greenhouse gas emissions. This appears to be the only national level agricultural methane target currently in law.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Under the Paris Agreement, countries will need to track greenhouse gas emissions at the level of individual ‘super emitters’, such as power plants, in close-to-real time. By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer. w power station in central Poland. Image credit: Pawel Brzozowski / Shutterstock.com. chatów power plant in Poland.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 30, 2023

CAPP is well known for lobbying the government directly against climate action and against the industry’s own highly promoted net-zero targets. But that’s not all, they’re also investing heavily in advertising campaigns, both traditional and on social media, to weaken public support for climate policy.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Since 2007, only 2009, 2013 and 2014 had more ice at the end of the melt season. Unless and until we get a handle on climate change, these trends are likely to continue. As a result, this year’s sea ice minimum left the Arctic Ocean with a higher-than-usual amount of ice coverage when compared to the last fifteen years.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Yet climate change and human environmental impacts threaten our long-term food security. This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it’s no joke that the current agriculture system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

When I was growing up, climate change wouldn’t have qualified as a typical topic of conversation around the dinner table, let alone soil health or the ability of soils to store carbon. billion USD to support the USDA’s efforts to mitigate climate change via agricultural soils. Not so in the modern day, however.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

A New Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania Climate and Energy Survey found 77 percent of Pennsylvanians believe climate change is a serious or very serious problem 55 percent believe human activity-- such as burning fossil fuels-- is the reason for the earth getting warmer.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2010, the SEC published interpretive guidance (2010 Guidance) for public companies regarding disclosure requirements relating to climate change matters.[[N:Securities N:Securities and Exchange Commission, Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change (Release Nos. iii) the physical impacts of climate change.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Superior Court (2014) 59 Cal.4th My August 8, 2014 post on the case can be found here. CEQA analysis of GHG/climate change impacts is different – and difficult. The Supreme Court, in Tuolumne Jobs & Small Business Alliance v. CEQA’s “subsequent review” rules are elucidated.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

On October 4, Pittsburgh-based UPMC announced they intend to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% within the next eight years across its footprint. The reductions are one component of the recently signed Health Care Sector Climate Pledge , an initiative led by the White House and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

Rising sea levels, a consequence of climate change, pose a significant threat to coastal communities worldwide. Advocate for climate change policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow sea level rise. 58, 2014. [2] 4] IPCC, “Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

CO2 is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities by burning fossil fuels and contributes to global warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere. He spent 12 years as a carbon capture researcher at the NETL before leaving in 2014 for entrepreneurial ventures. Dr. Luebke holds a Ph.D.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2022

In addition to wetlands impacts, the groups allege that the LNG terminal and an associated pipeline would have a “staggering” impact on the climate in the form of greenhouse gas emissions. 4, 2014), Docket No. 19, 2014), Docket No. 1451 et seq.). [3] 3] 15 U.S.C. 717b(a), (e). [4] 4] Shell U.S. 2, 2015), Docket No.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Sea level rise within the Pacific has already surpassed the 2007 estimate from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and further predictions infer a further 2m increase within the century. [1] Ideally, the best way to save these islands is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Coastal change in the Pacific Islands.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Take Action: Tell Enbridge shareholders that you care about climate change and want Enbridge to stop lying about the cost and climate pollution associated with gas. Natural” gas is a fossil fuel that’s bad for the climate and harmful to human health, but you wouldn’t know it from the gas industry’s branding.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In September 2014 – exactly seven years before our conversation – Magwood moved to Paris as the NEA’s director-general. The NEA, though, tends not to play a big role at meetings such as the upcoming COP26 climate summit. There’s a dynamic in a lot of multinational venues when it comes to climate change,” says Magwood.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The project which is a long-running saga was first proposed in 2014 and has since been kicked back and forth before finally being approved by the government. The emissions from the burning of coal such as steel and power plants are the single biggest contributor to climate change. Strong pushback. degrees C target.

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