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New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Union of Concerned Scientists

While these data have been available since 2014 from the Climate Accountability Institute, the most recent update of this dataset is now easily accessible and explorable on a new platform hosted by InfluenceMap.

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Arguments over Solar Geoengineering Research

Legal Planet

Concerns of this type have arisen in many areas of research and technology, notably going back to the first Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA experiments in 1973. And serious anticipatory adaptation measures, even for risks as well known as coastal inundation from sea-level rise, remain few, weak, and highly contentious.

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Out of sight, out of mind: The vulnerable world beneath our feet

HumanNature

Thankfully, our understanding of these interactions is expanding rapidly as technology, experimental assessments, and synthesis efforts are improving. This “food chain” is a drastic oversimplification of what occurs beneath our feet at any given moment. Simplified visualization of key contributors to the soil food web. Nature 610 : 693–698.

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Bolivia has high solar power potential but faces challenges scaling up

A Greener Life

Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition. The new 100 MW Oruro solar plant is a boost to Bolivia’s energy transition, but there are obstacles to harnessing the radiation potential of its western highlands.

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Working Group II releases contribution to the Fifth IPCC Assessment Report

Vermont Law

At the end of March 2014, Working Group II (WGII) unleashed upon the global community their contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). Sea level is rising and islands are disappearing. Regardless, it can serve as a useful tool for climate change policy negotiations. _.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track

PA Environment Daily

2025 is a deadline, not a finish line, and was envisioned in the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement. The use of technology like satellite imagery can help credit where conservation practices are being implemented across the watershed. Click Here to review the entire report. Pennsylvania's Milestone Commitments CBF used?the

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The Beacon Test

Vermont Law

By Travis Rosenbluth In 2014, scientists of the IPCC agreed that human influence on the climate system is evident. Ask most people, and they will say that we are already living in a catastrophe; just look at the eradication of the coral reefs , the rising sea levels , and melting icebergs. Seven Years to Midnight?

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