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Twenty years of blogging in hindsight

Real Climate

It shows the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and tells a story about the carbon cycle, involving Earth’s crust, the atmosphere, land surface, the biosphere, and the oceans. An enhanced understanding of climate change has been a force behind the growth in solar panels, wind power, and electric cars.

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Delayed harm and the politics of climate change, reconsidered

Legal Planet

But what happens when we achieve the goal of zero carbon dioxide emissions from human actions? It turns out this is a critical question for understanding what carbon budgets we have in terms of emissions, if we seek to meet temperature thresholds like 2 degrees Celsius.

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Key Elements of the SEC’s Proposed Climate-Related Disclosure Rule

Law Columbia

” Disclosure of internal carbon price : Under the proposed rule, registrants would be required to disclose any carbon price used internally. emissions form the generation of purchased or acquired electricity, steam, heat, or cooling that is consumed by operations owned or controlled by [the] registrant.”

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DEP Blog: Ten Tools To Take On Climate Change In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

As Pennsylvania’s climate has become warmer and there have been more swings in extreme weather, we’re already seeing more frequent flood damage to communities, businesses, homes, and crops and livestock, as well as coastal sea level rise. Pennsylvania is acting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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Four South Asian cities show the way for collaborative, low-emission development

A Greener Life

To do this, the city government identified a mitigation potential of 133,346 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2026-27 while addressing local climate risks through initiatives around solid waste, buildings, transport, water supply, street lighting, wastewater and drainage, urban biodiversity and air quality.

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Interrogating Preemption and Coherence with Other Domestic Regimes

Law Columbia

The oil and gas industry must also report on the Scope 3 carbon dioxide emissions resulting from utilization of their products, regardless of whether the products are used within the U.S. An estimated 85-90% of the country’s GHG emissions are captured by the GHGRP.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

It describes fluctuations between the sea level atmospheric pressure from the areas known as the Azores High and the Icelandic Low although these are not set in stone (8). The greenhouse gases are methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide (12). Sponsored Content. The Human Impacts on Climate.