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DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report

PA Environment Daily

As of 2020, the three largest sources of emissions in Pennsylvania are: -- Electricity Generation (29% of gross emissions) -- Transportation Fuel Consumption (22% of gross emissions) -- Industrial Emissions (19% of gross emissions) Emissions from electricity generation decreased 10.4% from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020.

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Enormous cost of relocating US climate refugees from coastal town a stark example for the whole world, researchers warn

Frontiers

The town’s population has shrunk from more than 1,100 inhabitants in the early 1900s, to 436 in 2020 and consists of three upland ridges: Canton, Main, and West. A 2015 paper by Schulte found that Tangier Island had lost 67% of its total landmass since 1850 due to a combination of relative sea level rise and coastal erosion.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

SIDS make up about 1% of the world’s population and face similar economic, social and environmental challenges due to factors including their geographical location, reliance on natural resources and limited industrial activities (Thomas, 2020). Figure 1: Map showing small island developing states (SIDS), with the Caribbean highlighted.

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The Transformation of European Climate Change Litigation: Introduction to the Blog Symposium

Law Columbia

Switzerland In KlimaSeniorinnen , four women and the association of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland took the Swiss government to the ECtHR in 2020 due to the health impacts of heatwaves on older women. Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Duarte Agostinho and Others v.

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U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Begins Arctic Journey

Ocean Conservancy

Changing conditions can make the sea ice less predictable and more dangerous for hunters, compromise ice cellars that are used for food storage, and accelerate damaging coastal erosion. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 2020 Arctic Report Card , “. the story is unambiguous.

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Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

The Energy Law

In addition, the scope of appellate review issue is currently before the Fifth Circuit in coastal erosion suits brought by local government entities against the oil and gas industry (Docket Nos. CV 19-12430-WGY, 2020 WL 2769681 (D. May 28, 2020). 19-1818). 19-30829 and 19-30492). Commonwealth of Massachusetts v.

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New Maps Show Inequitable Geography of Danger Season

Union of Concerned Scientists

Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2020 Documentation I also obtained, from the daily tally of NWS alerts that powers the UCS Danger Season website , the total number of heat, flood, fire weather, and storm alerts issued for each county between May 1, 2023 and September 11, 2023. Variables and themes included in the CDC’s SVI calculation.