Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

In reality I debunk the unscientific claim that humans are causing a “sixth mass extinction,” and make the case that our conservation concern should be focused on protecting and expanding habitat and the number of wild animals. The Malthusians significantly modified Malthus. Places to put the by-products of our large appetites.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Atmosphere Natural Gas 118

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Future generations will look back on this as a game-changing moment in the fight for a safe climate,’ stated climate scientist and President/CEO of EEN, Rev. Methane leaks, if captured instead of being wasted into the atmosphere, could heat and power millions of homes and generate billions in revenues.

Regulations 111

Regulations Air Pollution Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas 111

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2024

It was a sorry exclamation point on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s assessment that 2023 was the Earth’s warmest year on record. Texas A&M climate scientists Andrew Dessler and Jangho Lee told the AP that last year’s real national annual heat death toll may be more like 11,000–and that it could get much worse.

Climate Change 326

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Cooling 326

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The court was not persuaded by the plaintiffs’ contention that the FWS had concluded that conservation projects would outpace climate change effects on the trout or by the argument that the FWS erred by abandoning a finding in its 2008 determination that climate change constituted a “severe” threat to the trout that exacerbates other threats.

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

JULY 12, 2021

Amid competing House and Senate proposals to increase funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill covering NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. EU countries approve landmark climate change law – Reuters.

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2021 2026 Climate Change Clean Water Act 98

Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

Scientists, conservation groups, and legal experts have argued that the 2008 policy was and continues to be “both scientifically and legally incorrect” because there are scientific techniques and data that can be used to evaluate the effect of project-level emissions on threatened and endangered species.

Climate Change 64

Climate Change Fossil Fuels 2008 Sea Level 64

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Trump is out of office, but he left behind a 6-3 conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court.

Carbon Dioxide 294

Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Clean Water Act Fossil Fuels 294

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). California Federal Court Ordered Publication of Obama-Era Energy Conservation Standards in Federal Register.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change 2017 40

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

report on how world can still stop climate change. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check.

2022 98

2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed for lack of standing a lawsuit against the EPA in which an individual pro se plaintiff asserted that EPA restrictions since 1990 on aerosols in the atmosphere had caused global warming. filed May 1, 2020); Conservation Law Foundation v. F078460 (Cal. California v.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Next week, the House is expected to consider another six spending bills, including a bill funding the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sarah Kapnick as the agency’s chief scientist. in atmospheric and oceanic science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

2022 97

2022 Endangered Species Act Regulations Technology 97

ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Joe Manchin (D-WV) signals willingness to support climate provisions of the Build Back Better Act. White House seeks feedback about the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas. More News: Climate scientists grapple with wildfire disaster in their backyard – Axios. Executive Branch. Register here. 19, and Jan.

2022 98

2022 Endangered Species Act Climate Change 2021 98

ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

International Union for the Conservation of Nature holds World Conservation Congress. House Reconciliation Bill Include Funding for Climate Science, Research Infrastructure. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $1.24 billion for the Civilian Conservation Corps and $2.25 International.

2021 52

2021 Clean Water Act Climate Change Conservation 52

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The First Circuit found that it had appellate jurisdiction even though the stay order was not a final decision because the stay order rendered Conservation Law Foundation “effectively out of court” due to the length of the stay and its indefinite nature. Conservation Law Foundation v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 20-1456 (1st Cir.

2021 40

2021 Climate Change Paris Agreement 2019 40

ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This bill authorizes $5 million annual conservation funds for freshwater mussels, southwest desert fishes, North American butterflies and threatened and endangered plants in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks – The New York Times.

2021 52

2021 Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Ocean 52