Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The world’s top climate scientists have been clear: If we’re to avoid the most calamitous consequences of warming our planet, we must get as good at taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere as we’ve been at putting it in. Read the full story from Bloomberg.

Carbon Dioxide 40

Carbon Dioxide Climate Scientist Atmosphere 40

Real Climate

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Figure 2: Carbon dioxide levels and global temperature over the past 2022 years. Carbon dioxide data from air bubbles enclosed in Antarctic ice. The authors have clearly swallowed a great mouthful of the toxic brew found on climate denial websites.

Greenhouse 363

Greenhouse Radiation Cooling Carbon Dioxide 363

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

M is for Methane Methane, the main component of fossil (so-called “natural”) gas, is about 80 times more potent in warming the atmosphere over a 20-year period than carbon dioxide. However, a 2022 investigation by Global Witness found that the plant actually emits more carbon dioxide than it captures.

Fossil Fuels 363

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Renewable Energy 363

A Greener Life

MAY 9, 2022

ENSO is so influential that climate scientists have dedicated decades to tracking and predicting its irregular cycles. Researchers are also studying how ENSO will be affected by climate change. In the most fossil fuel-intensive scenario, carbon dioxide emissions more than double by 2099.

Climate Change 98

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Climate Scientist Fossil Fuels 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 5, 2024

This post was co-authored by UCS Principal Climate Scientist Kristina Dahl. Last week, we participated in an IPCC plenary meeting held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The days were long, and results were mixed, but at the end of the week, key decisions were made to move the IPCC process forward.

Climate Change 226

Climate Change 2027 Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide 226

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This summer was the hottest on record and the season was rife with dire signs that the atmosphere’s dangerous levels of carbon dioxide are wreaking havoc on the environment and communities. As a young person and a UCLA Law student, the importance of the Held trial is not lost on me. Seeing them come to life in court was powerful.

Climate Change 189

Climate Change Atmosphere Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide 189

Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

In the 103-page decision , the court relies heavily on the facts laid out by these climate scientists who testified under oath and faced cross-examination. For another, the Montana Legislature and state agencies remain committed to energy policies that prioritize dirty fossil fuels and will not go without a fight.

Climate Change 235

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide 235

Edouard Stenger

MARCH 20, 2017

This is the third year in a row that emissions from energy are flat, yet, climate scientists report that our atmosphere is seeing its carbon content grow faster than ever. The biggest drop came from the United States, where carbon dioxide emissions fell 3%, or 160 million tonnes, while the economy grew by 1.6%.

Carbon Dioxide 52

Carbon Dioxide 2016 Deforestation Atmosphere 52

A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

The UN agency concluded global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are at the highest levels in human history and without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors limiting climate change to 1.5°C C will be beyond reach.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2030 Renewable Energy 98

Real Climate

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In this, he is in violent agreement with Isaac Held, his colleague at GFDL, and indeed most climate scientists. Manabe, "The Dependence of Atmospheric Temperature on the Concentration of Carbon Dioxide", Global Effects of Environmental Pollution , pp. But let’s go back to the beginning. 241-259, 1967. 25-29, 1970.

Atmosphere 363

Atmosphere Ocean Greenhouse Climate Change 363

Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

By the end of the century, Montana could see several months a year with temperatures staying above 90 degrees, said Cathy Whitlock, a retired paleoclimate scientist at Montana State University who was the lead author of the 2017 Montana Climate Assessment.

Fossil Fuels 237

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse Clean Air Act 237

Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

As climate scientists we tend to look at the IPCC reports a little differently than the general public might. Here are a few things that mark this report out from previous versions that relate to issues we’ve discussed here before: Extreme events are increasingly connected to climate (duh!) Johnson, A. Lebedeff, P.

Sea Level 361

Sea Level 2012 Radiation Ocean 361

A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

With our children already paying a terrible price for climate change, we must act to protect their future, urges an IPCC scientist. When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this as a climate scientist and a mother of two young children.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Electricity Renewable Energy 52

Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

We define the Integrity Gap broadly, to include issues of transparency, as well substantive reliance on carbon dioxide removal ( CDR ) (e.g., Finally, we expect issues related to the Integrity Gap in governments’ net zero targets to gain prominence in future cases.

Government 141

Government Paris Agreement 2030 Climate Change 141

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Through engaging with RegenAll, Lancaster residents can easily move toward carbon neutral while simultaneously investing in their local community. RegenAll is currently pricing carbon offsets at $75 per metric ton of carbon dioxide. Mann, Ph.D.,

Carbon Emissions 52

Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Greenhouse 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. It’s clear we cannot continue to live this way, it will destroy our civilization.”.

Fossil Fuels 279

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Clean Energy 2030 279

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Through greenwashing ads, disinformation campaigns, attacks on scientists, and production of fake scientific evidence, the industry has engaged the playbook of deception to undermine climate action. For the first piece, there needs to be a well-designed, justice-centered plan to reduce heat-trapping emissions.

Sea Level 246

Sea Level Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change 246

Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

There is no doubt that we have changed Earth’s climate through our activities on a broad range of aspects that includes consequences for the atmosphere, the oceans, snow, ice, Earth’s fauna and ecosystems. The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air.

Atmosphere 356

Atmosphere Greenhouse Ocean Sea Level 356

JANZEN AG

APRIL 19, 2022

Midwestern farms are learning they are sitting on an untapped resource to meet climate change goals, namely, millions of acres of farmland that have always been farmed to maximize production. See Noah Wicks, Saving the Planet by Saving the Soil: Can Cover Crops Help?

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Law Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide 52

Physics World

APRIL 22, 2021

C above the average,” says the report’s lead author Freja Vamborg , a climate scientist at Copernicus. Despite localized temporary reductions in air pollution , the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had minimal impact on climate trends. The Arctic really saw quite a spectacular year. Freja Vamborg.

2020 97

2020 Carbon Dioxide 2010 Air Pollution 97

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Read more here.] Dr. Jessica Moerman. “As

Regulations 100

Regulations Air Pollution Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide 100

Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

It turns out, for example, that climate-change researchers fly more frequently than scientists in other fields. Change 65 102184 ), climate scientists jet off two to three times a year on average, whereas other researchers get on planes just twice during that time. But other scientists also fly a lot. 8 2100707.

2019 133

2019 2018 Electricity 2020 133

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

CBD said that even if rehearing were not granted, the court should modify its “overbroad” conclusion that EPA’s Guidance for Determining Best Available Control Technology for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Bioenergy Production (Bioenergy BACT Guidance) was rational. motion to intervene Oct.

2016 40

2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends. percent of total emissions.

Fossil Fuels 290

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Carbon Emissions 290

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 24, 2021

There are an increasing number of companies and countries that are pledging to reach Net Zero carbon emissions–or carbon neutrality–by 2050. That was the timeline laid down by the most prestigious body of climate scientists for limiting warming to 1.5 degrees , the “safe” threshold for global warming.

Fossil Fuels 105

Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Climate Change Carbon Dioxide 105

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act is directing $20B toward climate-resilient agriculture Reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions through policies that drive renewable energy and clean transportation has well known benefits.

Conservation 327

Conservation Climate Change 2023 Renewable Energy 327

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Though it is far less abundant than carbon dioxide, it is about 80 times more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere, thus accounting for about 25% of warming. Methane is a powerful contributor to atmospheric warming.

Natural Gas 94

Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Regulations 94

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2024

14 Hearing [If Requested] On Title V Air Quality Permit For Gas-fired Hummel Station Power Plant In Snyder County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Aug.

Nuclear Power 81

Nuclear Power 2024 Carbon Dioxide Conservation 81

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. Superior Court dismissed counterclaims brought by an individual writer against the climate scientist Michael Mann in Mann’s defamation lawsuit against National Review, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and two individuals. Bernhardt , No.

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

DOE estimated that the standards would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 99 million metric tons and save consumers and businesses $8.4 Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law. billion over a 30-year period. California Department of Food & Agriculture , No.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change 2017 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

EPA , the landmark 2007 decision that said the EPA has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emitted from new motor vehicles. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. Carbon dioxide is not harmful to ordinary things, to human beings, or to animals, or to plants. All of us are exhaling carbon dioxide right now.

Carbon Dioxide 299

Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Clean Water Act Fossil Fuels 299

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

In addition, Coal Industry Petitioners and another set of petitioners with members that included companies in the petroleum, trucking, forest products, and other industries, as well as individuals and nonprofit organizations, filed briefs arguing that EPA could not regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants under Section 111.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

BLM estimates that the project will produce up to 576 million barrels of oil over its 30-year lifetime, resulting in indirect emissions totaling 239 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent.

Climate Change 60

Climate Change Fossil Fuels 2008 Sea Level 60

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

And in summary, his testimony says, one, joining RGGI will reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from Pennsylvania's power generation sector and will also contribute to improved air quality. It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Climate Change Electricity Greenhouse 52

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Capturing carbon is a must. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check. The choices available to us are no longer ideal,” said Kristina Dahl, a principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, an NGO.

2022 98

2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Court Said Climate Scientist Provided Sufficient Evidence of Actual Malice for Blog Authors but Not for Publisher. Energy Policy Advocates v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No. July 15, 2021). In issuing the declaration, the Court rejected arguments by the Minister to limit the declaration to only the applicants.

2021 40

2021 Climate Change Paris Agreement 2019 40

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. N: Missouri v. Biden , Civ. 4:21-cv-00287-SPM (E.D.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Regulations 2019 52