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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

Union of Concerned Scientists

where 30,000-plus scientists gathered to present their latest research. The two leading theories to explain the record-breaking warmth are a reduction in tiny particles in the atmosphere called aerosols due to shipping fuel regulations that reduced sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions, or decreasing cloud cover. What is albedo?

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The IRA Made Huge Climate Investments in Rural Areas. Now, the Food and Farm Bill Must Maintain Them.

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. And guess what has happened since then?

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. That the state official who oversees the permitting and regulation of all major energy projects in Montana could be ignorant of the UN body that has been issuing increasingly urgent assessments about global warming and climate data for 30 years is unbelievable and distressing.

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Scranton Times Editorial: Lower Boom On Natural Gas Leaks, Audit Abandoned Gas Well Capping

PA Environment Daily

This editorial first appeared in the Scranton Times on March 10, 2023 -- As regulators investigate and lawmakers lament the Feb. 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.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

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.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. The groups said FERC’s review was at odds with EPA and Council on Environmental Quality guidance, caselaw, and the NEPA regulations. The court ordered EPA to file a plan and schedule for compliance within 14 days.

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

And this growing body of evidence is highly relevant to climate accountability lawsuits against fossil fuel polluters, proposals to mandate and standardize corporate climate disclosure , and shareholder resolutions up for votes at major oil and gas companies’ annual meetings this spring.