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Ask a Scientist: Gas Plants Disproportionately Harm Marginalized Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. First, there’s air pollution. Its primary component is methane.

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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

in 2021, which is 2% higher than the percentage before the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. The citizens in the Kobe case argue that the aggravation of climate change and air pollution by the new power plants violate their rights. Kobe Steel Ltd., The court viewed climate change as an uncertain future danger.

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New Global Energy Market Risk: War Pushes Overreliance on US LNG in Path of Climate-Amped Hurricanes

Union of Concerned Scientists

Hurricane Ida (2021), on the other hand, resulted in a major and long-lasting curtailment of offshore gas production. Yet none of these storms have come in the midst of a war tightly interconnected with global energy markets.

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Statement in Response to Private Member’s Bill to End Thermal Coal Exports

Enviromental Defense

Back in 2021, the federal government committed to ending the export of thermal coal before 2030. Air pollutants from coal plants are linked to chronic heart and respiratory disease, and a host of acute ailments. When burnt, that amount of coal would produce 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, or the equivalent of 8.7

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Agricultural Air Pollution: A Brief Reprise

Acoel

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Don Stever. The post Agricultural Air Pollution: A Brief Reprise appeared first on ACOEL. I previously wrote an ACOEL blog post that pointed out the relationship between meat agriculture and global warming.

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A look back at significant decisions in climate litigation in 2022

Law Columbia

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In Germany, after the successful decision from 2021 in Neubauer et al. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash. In Smith v.

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Bay Journal: Satellites, Drones, Special Cameras Join The Fight Against Methane/VOC Pollution From Oil/Gas Wells, Petrochemical Plants, Landfills, Coal Mines In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal In the summer of 2021, a twin-engine special research aircraft took off from State College, PA. Read more here ] The mission was to pinpoint sources of high levels of methane gas, or “super emitters,” for the nonprofit group Carbon Mapper and its funding partner, U.S.