National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

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2013

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

are formed indirectly in the atmosphere from other toxic pollutants also emitted from tailpipes. Internal combustion vehicles are largely to blame, since PM 2.5 is emitted directly from the tailpipes of gasoline and diesel vehicles, while ozone and even more PM 2.5 These emissions, which in 2022 were 37.4

Ozone

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Fast forward to 2017, when the Republican-controlled U.S. Methane doesn’t stay in the atmosphere as long as CO2, but while it remains, it’s a much stronger warming agent. Congress made more findings about climate change.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

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2013

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

and 4 million gallons of their oil and gas wastewater a year to DEP as recently as 2017, although those numbers have never been audited by DEP and are likely to be much higher. The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 and 2021. Conventional oil and gas well owners have reported road dumping between 3.5

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 22, 2024

That made 2022 the 3 rd most costly year on record behind 2017, when Hurricane Harvey landed as a Category 4 storm, and 2005 when Hurricane Katrina landed as a Category 5 storm. While 2022 had fewer billion-dollar disasters (18), it was a record-setting year for the cost of damages with a total cost of $165 billion.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2025

On the ground, firefighters are using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites for wildfire monitoring in real time. Today, those duties are carried out by the National Weather Service (NWS), housed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Department of Commerce.

2010

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Statewide North Central South Percent of normal to date 85% 104% 80% 70% Snowpack as of2/28/2025 SnowTrax – Home While February saw a set of strong atmospheric rivers bring snow to Northern California, Southern California is still well below average for yearly precipitation.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

and 4 million gallons of their oil and gas wastewater a year to DEP as recently as 2017, although those numbers have never been audited by DEP and are likely to be much higher. The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 and 2021. Conventional oil and gas well owners have reported road dumping between 3.5

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2025

Violations Forty-three notices of violation have been issued to Shell Petrochemical Plant to date since the construction of the complex began in 2017. FracTracker has compiled the data from these notices on the dashboard, where you can find information describing the violation, what type of law the event violated, and a link to the notice.

Air Pollution

Scientific American

JULY 14, 2025

In 2017, inspired by this work, I joined Colwell’s research group to help expand predictive capabilities to other pathogenic Vibrio species threatening the Chesapeake Bay, where the team has been collecting samples. vulnificus in the Chesapeake Bay.

Ocean

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2025

Original violation for abandonment issued March 8, 2017. DEP said it “expects Shell to calculate the amount of these emissions, if any, and report its findings to DEP.” Both 1,3-butadiene and benzene are known carcinogens. Read more here. . Violations continued. Response requested by July 1. DEP inspection report. Penta holds 28 permits.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

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2013

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2025

In this post, I’ll walk through the changing atmospheric mechanism that is producing these more intense floods and droughts, and also talk about something called “hydroclimate whiplash.” You read that right: something in the atmosphere is changing that is leading to both more intense floods and more intense droughts simultaneously.

Atmosphere

Law Columbia

APRIL 30, 2025

This time around, we have already logged 61 entries, up from 39 in the same time frame in 2017, with more entries coming in almost daily. The nature of the attacks has mirrored previous patterns: censorship, budgetary reductions, misrepresentation of scientific data, and personnel changes.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

The study, published in Global Change Biology Bioenergy, says these systems can reduce atmospheric methane emissions by roughly 80%. Hortman joined the US subnational delegation organized by The Climate Registry, Climate Action Reserve, and Georgetown Climate Center to attend COP 23 in Bonn in 2017.

Clean Air Act

National Law Center

JULY 10, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2025

It mattered in 2017, and it matters now to make sure they’re not carrying out their attacks behind the scenes. Theyve also made a mockery of the idea of transparency by removing or altering critical information and limiting access to scientific data, datasets and tools from government websites.

Politics

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

For example, reconciliation was used to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, and the Inflation Reduction Act in 2021. Because of this, reconciliation is most often used to pass partisan policy priorities when one party has a majority in both chambers of Congress and the White House.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

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2013

Physics World

JULY 22, 2025

In late June, the administration announced that the NSF will have to quit the building, which it has occupied since 2017. The proposed budget for financial year 2026 would close 10 labs belonging to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The new tenant will be the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Atmosphere

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

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Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

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Law

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

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Law

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

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2025

Physics World

APRIL 25, 2025

A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in Reading, UK. Our finding shows that Jupiter’s atmosphere is not as self-contained as we thought, and that the Sun can drive dramatic, global changes, even this far out in the solar system.”

Atmosphere

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The CERES estimates of the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are available from 2001 to the present. that you remember that post, but the simple model has an albedo and an atmospheric absorption that together control the surface temperature. The simplest model for the greenhouse effect. Two layers, albedo, and one LW absorber.

Radiation

Physics World

AUGUST 1, 2021

Sprinkling powered basalt over natural ecosystems would remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere while also improving soils. Therefore, most proposed routes to net zero also bank on our ability to capture carbon – at source or directly from the atmosphere – and store it securely over the long term.

Carbon Dioxide

Scientific American

JULY 17, 2025

That would be somewhat comparable in size to our first two interstellar visitors: 1I/ʻOumuamua , which was discovered in 2017 and was up to about 400 meters (0.25 “It’s probably somewhere in the range of one or two kilometers,” says John Noonan at Auburn University in Alabama. mile) wide.

Carbon Monoxide