Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

2021) also reported on a two decade estimate of Earthshine measurements which appear to confirm a small decrease in albedo (and decrease in reflected short wave (SW) radiation). 2021) show that the trends in the EEI derived from CERES match what you get from the changes in ocean heat content. But what can be causing this?

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 1, 2021

and the World Economic Forum has proposed and Earth Operations Center to monitor greenhouse gases and climate change. The post Unforced Variations: Oct 2021 first appeared on RealClimate. LandSat9 successfully launched to continue an almost 50 year long series of remote sensing (since 1972!),

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Real Climate

JULY 10, 2022

Step 1: There is a natural greenhouse effect. Thus there must be a large amount of IR absorbed by the atmosphere (around 158 W/m 2 ) – a number that would be zero in the absence of any greenhouse substances. Step 2: Trace gases contribute to the natural greenhouse effect. The Earth’s Energy Budget (NASA).

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen On the eve of the COP28 UN climate summit, The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations (UN) body, has warned that the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) is forecast to continue the trend that resulted in record-high CO2 measurements last year.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Net-zero greenhouse gas emission does not have any geophysical significance. Wherever the authors had made a reference to net-zero CO2 emissions, the Saudis (and sometimes China) tried to amend it to say net-zero greenhouse gases instead. 1/ — doreen stabinsky (@doreenstabinsky) November 11, 2021. Article 4, section 1.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

Transportation is now the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. Since April 2021, travel has returned to pre-pandemic levels and has kept increasing, though with a different flavor—increasing truck traffic, less commute trips but more non-work trips, and unfortunate declines in transit ridership. FHWA, 2021 ).

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

In my opinion the press conference on 9 August 2021 didn’t do justice to the vast effort that went into it. The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air. This is likely an effect of man-made climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2024

Alberta continues to generate more greenhouse gas pollution than any other province in the country, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of Canada’s emissions. The majority of the emissions increase from 2021 can be attributed to Ontario. Ontario’s usage of natural gas was also singled out in the inventory.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 3, 2021

A new study finds greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s reservoirs are higher than earlier estimates. A new study in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles found that greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s reservoirs are around 29 percent higher than previous studies suggested. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. 29 PERCENT.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2022

These forecasts are very similar to the 2021 ones from NOAA and CSU , which reflected well the observed activity that year (21 named storms). Here are some in our minds right now: Will this season exhaust the list of 21 names from the World Meteorological Organization, like 2020 and 2021 did? Of course, we have questions!

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Environmental Leader

AUGUST 16, 2022

In 2021, Lowe's cut its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gases by 42% over the last five years beating its goal of cutting those emissions by 40% by 2025. The post Lowe’s Cuts Greenhouse Gases by 42% Using Renewables, Energy Efficiency appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

To identify which fuels should be promoted, CARB calculates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels. In these “carbon intensity” calculations, CARB is not allowed to count reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are already required by law. Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue –– August 16, 2021. As famines historically are caused by conflict or political issues, and socioeconomic vulnerabilities, the famine in Madagascar–one of the lowest emitters of carbon and greenhouse gasses in the world–stands out as being heavily influenced by climate change.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 5, 2021

Like all other industries, the clock is ticking for the sector to cut its carbon pollution, given President Joe Biden’s goal to halve the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. The post The Stream, August 5, 2021: Detroiters Reject Proposal For Income-Based Water Rates appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Notably, the opinion recognized greenhouse gas emissions as a key driver of global warming and emphasized the obligation of States to reduce these emissions. ITLOS issued its advisory opinion in response to requests from the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

10 from IPCC (2021). 2 from IPCC (2021). in Canadell et al (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). in the underlying chapter; Canadell et al (2021)). in Canadell et al (2021). Source: Figure SPM.10

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2021

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — October 18, 2021. We now think that a devastating drought is likely to happen again , in 2021/2022,” Funk wrote. But as global greenhouse gas emissions rapidly warm the western Pacific Ocean, the La Niña is becoming more frequent and severe.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Next up, the changes made at the December 20 Council meeting will be incorporated into a final draft Scoping Plan that will be formally noticed before the end of 2021 for public comment. The notice will include a deadline for submitting written comments and a meeting schedule.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. The post 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted? Climate Change Mitigation. Download as PDF.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019. Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes, net carbon dioxide from land use, land use change and forestry, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A 2021 meta-analysis of over 40 peer-reviewed studies on the subject concluded that “there is no particular type of shopping that has an absolute environmental advantage and it is in no way possible to shop ourselves out of the environmental crisis.” How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block?

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). All this can be explained by physical processes and an enhanced greenhouse effect.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2023

Chevron’s board of directors said that “reducing Chevron’s absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions is not in stockholders’ interests, nor should it be Chevron’s responsibility.” For many companies and sectors, a greenhouse gas inventory that omits Scope 3 would be materially misleading to investors,” the letter states.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 9, 2025

The report, submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), discloses China s greenhouse gas inventory in 2020 and 2021. It is noted that greenhouse gas emissions from energy activities account for the vast majority of emissions, about 11 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Between 2015 and 2021, 274 North American oil and gas producers filed for bankruptcy with a debt load of $177 billion. The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

A decade later In 2021, Steelton-Highspire School District worked with McClure Company to install a solar array large enough to offset 100 percent of its annual electricity usage. This shift not only helps to lower greenhouse gas emissions but also improves air quality, making Steelton a healthier place to live.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

ExxonMobil’s reduction pledges do not take Scope 3 emissions into account, and the company’s leadership takes issue with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s approach to measuring emissions, as described below. Studies show Scope 3 emissions account for roughly 85% of oil and gas emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This assessment wasn’t ExxonMobil’s idea, but was compelled by a successful shareholder resolution that was part of a 2021 investor revolt against the industry’s climate inaction that ultimately displaced several members of ExxonMobil’s Board of Directors. ExxonMobil’s withdrawal from IPAA is certainly a positive development.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Shapiro's Administration in support of Pennsylvania reaffirming its commitment to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Wolf’s RGGI rulemaking in 2021. This is not only true of Christians, but Pennsylvanians as a whole, with 72% of the state’s residents supporting RGGI, according to 2020 polling.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

A study from Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), an update of a 2021 collaboration ( here , here ) with Evolved Energy Research (EER), shows that we can meet US climate goals and have a fossil-free economy by mid-century, including the petroleum-guzzling transportation sector. percent in 2021 to about 16 percent in 2050.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — August 10, 2021. But it also indicates that by swiftly and drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the worst effects of climate change can be prevented, avoiding worst-case outcomes for water availability. “I With swift, drastic action, warming could still be limited to 1.5

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 25, 2021

What’s Up With Water – August 23, 2021 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers Afghanistan’s troubled water sector, water availability in the United States amid the pandemic, and an African nonprofit claiming that the textile and apparel industry is poisoning rivers with polluted wastewater.

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Inside Climate News

AUGUST 28, 2024

New studies suggest global warming boosts natural methane releases, which could undermine efforts to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas from fossil fuels and agriculture.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 14, 2023

The new information shows that in 2021 GHG emissions were over eight per cent lower than in 2005. Alberta continues to generate more greenhouse gas pollution than any other province in the country, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of Canada’s emissions. This reduction in emissions is a critical indicator of climate progress.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By Penn State News With a goal of achieving 100% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2035, Penn State – under the direction of President Neeli Bendapudi -- is moving forward with several of the recommendations presented by the University’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Task Force in Spring 2022.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide reached record-high concentrations in the atmosphere in 2021, including the largest recorded increase in methane

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

We estimated the potential of these buffer areas to contribute to reductions in water use, pesticide use, toxic nitrate leaching, and greenhouse gas emissions. Cropland repurposing that led to the reduction of fertilizer use and nitrate leaching would result in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (mostly nitrous oxide) equivalent to 2.2

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