Yale E360

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Global coal demand hit a record high in 2023, but with the renewables buildout continuing apace in China, coal is headed for a decline over the next two years, according to a new analysis. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 6, 2023

November was the sixth month in a row of record-warm weather, according to a new analysis that finds 2023 will almost inevitably end as the hottest year ever recorded. Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

For the 2023 farm bill to adequately support farmers, the voices of farmers of color must be amplified and implemented. The 2023 farm bill can facilitate more equitable land access This is why the National Young Farmers Coalition is calling on Congress to invest $2.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Solar US solar looks set to come very close to almost match, or even surpass, the record it set in 2023 for new installations. That surge was led by large-scale solar, which data/analytics firm Wood Mackenzie projects will have grown even more in 2024 than in 2023, which itself was already a huge increase over the prior years total.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

That’s why the 2023 food and farm bill needs to redefine food security to protect our right to sustainable nutrition for all. Our vision for 2023 We need to reimagine food security to reflect our collective priorities: healthy lives in healthy environments. And large corporations often pay low wages to retail and food service workers.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Not The First Action On February 2, 2023 and February 17, 2024 , these same groups filed two notices of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant, again over air pollution violations. Click Here for a copy of the letter. On May 11, 2024 , they filed the lawsuit in federal court.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

Current-day residents near St. Louis, Missouri, are living with chronic health conditions and an increased cancer burden due to contamination from uranium mining and processes used in the production of nuclear weapons at the start of the atomic age. The 19-mile stretch of Coldwater Creek includes areas surrounding the St.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This week, summer 2023 comes to a close on our calendars but will be remembered for its record-shattering extremes, notably, heat—until, that is, the next record-shattering summer supplants it, quite possibly in 2024. Heat Associated Deaths in Maricopa County, 2023, by Living Situation.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 12, 2024

As the planet warms and extinctions mount, researchers are racing to catalog the vast array of life on Earth before species disappear. This year, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, recorded 89 new species of plant and fungi across the globe, from the rocky edges of Antarctica to a dormant volcano in Indonesia. Read more on E360 →

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This year’s (2023) tropical cyclone season in the North Atlantic and Caribbean witnessed a relatively high number of named tropical cyclones : 20. 2023) observed a significant seasonal advance of intense tropical cyclones since the 1980s in most tropical oceans. S1-S516, 2023. 83-89, 2023. C (Benestad, 2009). Source Fig.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

When I started with Union of Concerned Scientists back in January, the California legislative session was just ramping up. As bill introductions trickled in, it became clear there would be plenty of opportunities for UCS to leverage our science-based research to inform world-leading policy solutions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

On March 6, the PA iMapInvasives Program released the results of a citizen science Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt in 2023 and 2024. Click Here for the 2023 Scavenger Hunt results. The results from these events, including survey findings, distribution maps, and participant feedback, are viewable online.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 10, 2025

The totals from 2023 are three times higher , with about 250,000 acres treated with prescribed burns. More broadly, the state treated over one million acres of land for fire risk in 2023, an increase of 25% in terms of total treatment acreage from 2021. And most of that increase came from state agencies increasing their activity.

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Since early 2023, the world has seen a steep rise in temperatures that scientists are struggling to explain. E360 contributor Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, about possible causes of the warming and why experts cannot account for the heat. Read more on E360 →

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Cosmetic Safety Act ( AB 496 ) was another landmark piece of legislation by Assemblymember Laura Friedman in 2023, which bans the sale of cosmetic products that contain 26 known harmful chemicals. Keeping these contaminants out of children’s beds will prevent these problems.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 12, 2024

As the climate monitoring groups add an additional dot to their graphs this week, there is some disquiet among people paying attention about just how extraordinary 2023 really was. also a year in which El Niño developed over the year) was comparable (both 2023 and 2015 broke the previous record by more than 0.15ºC). 2023 ; Roach et al.,

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Yale E360

JUNE 29, 2022

The new policy, set to take effect at the end of 2023, is the world's first to limit flights for environmental reasons. The Dutch government is capping the number of flights from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport at 440,000, a 12 percent cut from pre-pandemic levels. Read more on E360 ?.

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This year will conclude as the hottest on record, with warming reaching new highs in the final months of 2023. Unprecedented heat helped fuel another year of extreme weather. Read more on E360 →

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Real Climate

JANUARY 16, 2024

Annual updates to the model-observation comparisons for 2023 are now complete. In almost every case, the addition of the 2023 numbers was in line with the long term expectation from the models. This success might seem confusing given the ongoing puzzlement about why 2023 was so astonishingly warm compared to recent years.

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The world is set to install a third more solar capacity this year than it did in 2023, surpassing forecasts by both industry experts and independent analysts. Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

Above: Lahaina, Hawai’i after the devastating August 2023 wildfire that killed more than 100 people and destroyed 2,700 homes. Now that all the numbers are in for 2023, we can say that, tragically, this trend continues. It’s time to change course In 2023, heat-trapping emissions from fossil fuels increased by 1.1%.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 8, 2024

Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon was down 50 percent, year on year, in 2023, according to government figures. Read more on E360 →

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Deforestation 2023 Government 307

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Data through the end of September 2023 shows that the EV fraction of US car sales is continuing to rise. EV sales in the US for the third quarter of 2023 exceeded 300,000 for the first time and EV sales in 2023 have increased nearly 50 percent compared to the same time last year. Are EV sales actually slowing?

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon is down 70 percent, year on year, through the first nine months of 2023, the government estimates. Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2024

In a 2023 report outlining Chevron’s position on lobbying and engagement with trade associations, Vice President for Corporate Affairs Albert Williams says the company lobbies “ethically, constructively and in a nonpartisan manner.” million in 2023 and $1.2 California lobbying records show Chevron gave CEI $5.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Smaller vehicles and big fleets are leading the charge Where just a handful of zero-emission trucks and buses were deployed annually in the US just a few years ago (around 600 total in 2019), over 27,500 zero-emission MHDVs were deployed in 2023. percent in 2023) , the growth is impressive.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 5, 2024

Until 2023. 2023 1.22 ± 0.14 The RMS forecast error (not including 2023), is 0.07ºC, compared to 0.10ºC for persistence or smoothed trends. Does it go back to being predictable based on ENSO (in which case 2024 is expected to just be a little warmer than 2023), or does the positive anomaly persist? 2017 1.06 ± 0.13

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

The Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) of 2023 was re-introduced in Congress today. Despite my excitement, I have to remind myself that the 2023 ARA is still just a bill. So, although there is a real commitment to advance this legislation, negotiations to include it in the food and farm bill of 2023 are only about to begin.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

During those inspections, DEP identified 35,237 violations, and resolved 32,699 of them, including some from 2023. DEP issued 7,296 violations to conventional oil and gas well owners, far exceeding the 6,860 violations issued in 2023, 5,416 violations issued in 2022 and 4,514 violations in 2021 [ Read more here ]. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 13, 2025

FHWA 1995 , HF-210; FHWA 1995-2023, HF-10 Why the user fee myth persists The lack or failure of our current system to be a user-pay model is not inherently a problemmobility is a public service that government should want to support. Transfers from the General Fund of the U.S.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 2, 2024

percent, year on year, in 2023. Pipeline deliveries of Russian natural gas to Europe were down 55.6 Read more on E360 →

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Natural Gas 2023 286

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

From June 2023 to August 2024, the world saw 15 months in a row of record-breaking heat, a stretch so extreme that it confounded scientists. A new animation from NASA shows the severity of warming. Read more on E360 →

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 21, 2022

PepsiCo plans to roll out 100 heavy-duty Tesla Semis in 2023, when it will start using the electric trucks to make deliveries to customers like Walmart and Kroger. . The post PepsiCo Enlists Heavy-Duty Tesla Semis for Future Deliveries appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalties In May 2023, the Shell Petrochemical Plant served by the pipeline signed a consent order that included over $17 million in penalties to resolve air pollution violations-- over $12.6 A similar lawsuit preceded the May 2023 penalty settlement. Read more here. Decrease To 31.2%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Wetlands in the United States are now even more vulnerable after the Supreme Courts 2023 decision in Sackett v. Agricultures devastating toll is evident in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Upper Midwest, where it caused 95% of wetland loss between 1997 and 2009.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 11, 2023

billion in 2022 — the same goal for 2023. Samsung Heavy Industries is on a roll, having netted roughly $12 billion in sales in 2021 and $9.4 Asia and Europe are thirsty for the liquefied natural gas its ships carry, mainly because their domestic manufacturers are paying high prices for natural gas.

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Real Climate

APRIL 4, 2024

24 from Hansen et al (2023). In my recent Nature commentary , I pointed out the difficulties explaining quantitatively why 2023 was so warm. Schmidt, "Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory", Nature , vol. Another view of the future is given by the results of climate models.

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