Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

Research produced by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has shown that rising temperatures, sea level rise , and ocean acidification have all been made worse by fossil fuel companies’ activities and products. The current IPCC estimates now put the budget at 442 to 651 gigatonnes.

Fossil Fuels 279

Fossil Fuels 2003 Sea Level 2005 279

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As the risks of sea-level rise, stronger tropical storms and seawater intrusion grow due to climate change , Indonesia is ramping up efforts to protect mangrove ecosystems across the archipelago as part of both its COVID-19 recovery efforts and climate change commitments. Photo credit: Andry Denisah / Alamy. By Nithin Coca.

Sea Level 98

Sea Level Paris Agreement 2015 Climate Change 98

A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

Some of those predicted changes are already happening such as continued sea level rise which is now irreversible over a time span of hundreds to thousands of years. degrees C threshold in the next decades which countries had agreed as the desirable target in 2015’s Paris Agreement. What’s to come.

Sea Level 98

Sea Level Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coastal Erosion 98

Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2023

The interplay between the ocean and climate change is in the scientific literature , including recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ocean is both a ‘victim’ of climate change (e.g., absorption of GHG by the oceans is the upstream cause of ocean acidification) and ‘part of the solution’ (e.g.,

Climate Change 117

Climate Change Ocean Law Sea Level 117

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It is important to note the distinction between groundwater desalination and seawater desalination, the latter containing much higher concentrations of salt, which leads to heavy construction costs, significant ocean and coastal ecosystem impacts, and higher energy and water prices. rising sea-levels. In 2004, the.

Ocean 40

Ocean 2015 Cooling 2012 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

UCS led the way with these source attribution studies that establish a direct causal link between emissions attributable to fossil fuel producing entities and: Roughly 40% of the increase in global mean surface temperature between 1880 and 2010, with more than 35% of this increase occurring in the past 50 years, well after fossil fuel companies understood (..)

Fossil Fuels 321

Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2013 2015 321

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Eight years after the 2015 COP that produced the Paris Agreement , in which the world’s nations agreed to stick to a strict schedule to cut global warming emissions, I’m balancing my hope that humanity can come together to commit to even more ambitious goals. . #1:

Fossil Fuels 306

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Paris Agreement Sea Level 306

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

These advances in attribution science, along with evidence of past and ongoing involvement in climate deception campaigns, are informing a rising tide of litigation seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damages and fraud.

Fossil Fuels 264

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Politics Sea Level 264

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The court rejected the argument that claims against the original and 2012 versions of the LCFS were moot, noting that these earlier versions affected how credits were calculated under the 2015 version. at its theme park in Jackson Township in Ocean County. State of New Jersey v North Beach 1003, LLC , Nos. A-3393-15T4 et al.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels. For Ecology.

Government 52

Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Frontiers

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

C limit of the 2015 Paris Agreement, this needs to happen as soon as possible. Read original article Download article Why would global warming continue in a net zero world?    Global temperatures are regulated by multiple natural processes and feedbacks in the oceans, land, and atmosphere. To keep within the 1.5°C

Climate Change 69

Climate Change Paris Agreement Atmosphere Sea Level 69

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

found that the companies—down to 88 due to mergers—were responsible for about 55 percent of ocean acidification between 1880 and 2015. Ekwurzel was joined by Heede, then-UCS climate scientist Peter Frumhoff , and four other scientists. Licker et al.

Fossil Fuels 290

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Carbon Emissions 290

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

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. And since 2015, they have claimed that their company supports the goals of the Paris climate agreement, which was brokered that year.

Fossil Fuels 352

Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2007 Carbon Emissions 352

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

In 2015, then again in 2020, the number of burned acres from wildfires crossed the 10 million-acre mark. On this morning, the view was obscured by a golden dust bowl as smoke settled in the valley. Half Dome nearly obscured by wildfire smoke. Photo is the author’s own. Smoky norms This was just a prelude.

Climate Change 312

Climate Change 2018 2020 Paris Agreement 312

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

CLF’s allegations included that the landfill’s coastal location “makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea level rise and damaging storm surge, creating a significant risk of erosion and of pollution from the Landfill washing into the surrounding rivers and coastal wetlands.” California v. Bernhardt , No.

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Cop stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph ( the Paris agreement in 2015 ) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009). Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement? An increase of 1.5C

Paris Agreement 98

Paris Agreement Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide 2030 98

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). 34-2015-80002005 (Cal. It necessarily involves the relationships between the United States and all other nations.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change 2017 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

Some of the highest risks can be found in the candidates’ home states: the ocean off of Florida has hit 98 degrees— hot tub temp s! In 2015 Senator Kelly Ayotte supported the EPA Clean Power Plan. Vermont is recovering from catastrophic floods, as is New Hampshire, also on the heels of a weather-related agricultural wipeout.

Climate Change 246

Climate Change Politics Sea Level 2007 246

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

Bernhardt’s reasoning was that it would be impossible to establish the requisite causal link between GHG emissions, global climate change, and specific localized effects on species and their habitat due to the “complex and independent processes active in the atmosphere and the ocean acting on GHGs.” See, e.g., IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.3

Climate Change 62

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Sea Level 2008 62

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. Center for Biological Diversity v. 1:17 -cv-02031 (D.D.C., filed Oct.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog. Between 1990 and 2016, the sea level off its 2,876-mile coast rose 6 inches , at least partly because the land is sinking.

Fossil Fuels 363

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Sea Level Electricity 363

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

ocean acidification, sea-level rise, or storm events). 2015), as modified on denial of reh'g (Feb. Where we could go : FERC proposes a variety of potential methods for measuring significance of GHGs, including by: (1) comparing a project's GHG emissions to various policy-based metrics (e.g., efficiency metrics (e.g.,

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Greenhouse 2018 Climate Change 52