Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

My top 3 impressions up-front: The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. The IPCC gives more consideration to the large long-term sea-level rise beyond the year 2100. And here is the key sea-level graphic from the Summary for Policy Makers: Source: IPCC AR6, Figure SPM.8.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

Threat is a bold word- but maybe not bold enough You may have encountered information regarding how global climate change may be impacting coastlines via sea level rise, or maybe you have heard individuals link the increasing severity of wildfires to increasing atmospheric temperatures. Now comes the bummer. Nature 610 : 693–698.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” BP p.l.c. , 18-cv-182 (S.D.N.Y. joint letter Mar.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy. Brazilian Court Granted a Preliminary Injunction Ordering the Removal of Cattle Herds from Farms that Caused Deforestation.

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