A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The US puts a dollar figure on the damage caused by carbon emissions, but new research finds it’s too low, meaning the benefits of reducing emissions are being underestimated. What is the social cost of carbon? SCC is a dollar estimate of the long-term damage caused by emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide in a given year.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Here are 20 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

When thinking about what you can do, it might be helpful to ask three questions: 1) What should the government be doing? We need bold plans and execution at all levels of government to combat climate change. Do you live in a coastal community at risk from sea level rise? In the U.S., 2) What can corporations do?

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If there is one thing the fossil fuel industry, the government, and climate change activists might agree on it is this: in the end it all comes down to money. However, it is vital that when the carbon checkbook is finally balanced, the social cost of carbon is not forgotten. Summary. :

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Environment Next

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

auto sector carbon emissions) was to address the less-direct causal chain between atmospheric greenhouse gases and sea level rise in Massachusetts. It did not apply to UPHE’s claims that tailpipe emissions harmed its members’ health. .

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 29, 2017

Actually, the scientific understanding of the dangers posed by rising CO 2 levels date back much further — at least 100 years — but 1979 was a watershed year, with all sort of reports and high-level meetings organized in response to the growing recognition that we had a serious problem on our hands.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The conference has been held annually since 1992 and governments use it to agree on actions to limit global temperature increases associated with climate change. This year, Caribbean leaders will use the conference to collectively advocate for loss and damage compensation for the impacts of climate change.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

But since it became clear that human actions are damaging the environment and changing the climate, it has become much more prominent nationally and internationally with most government departments in most countries having responsibilities to mitigate or prepare for climate change scenario. The Human Impacts on Climate.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The federal government argued that denial of the motion to dismiss was based on clear error and that mandamus was warranted to confine the district court to the lawful exercise of its jurisdiction. Federal Government Moved to Dismiss Keystone Pipeline Challenges. filed June 13, 2017).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

When I met former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, I asked about his clean energy solutions and explained that his predecessor Governor Mike Huckabee spoke at a New Hampshire climate conference I organized in 2007, where he affirmed his support for mandatory limits on carbon emissions.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. The proposal requires companies to report information related to “Scope 1” direct carbon emissions (think fuel use and greenhouse gases), “Scope 2” indirect carbon emissions (e.g.,

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

Reuters reports that high water incidents in Venice are becoming more common as sea levels rise and land subsidence causes the ground level of the city to sink. The move comes amid India’s push to reduce their own carbon emissions. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

The week in February when Russia attacked Ukraine, government representatives and scientists from around the world were hard at work finalizing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Multiple crises colliding with climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Here are 126 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 18, 2022

However, that cooperation masks the failure of federal and state governments, and the private sector, to work together to tackle climate change, which likely exacerbated the intensity and destructiveness of that storm. And even a slight rise in sea level makes the threat of a storm surge that more terrifying.

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Washington Nature

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

“ Having the federal government step up and help in this effort is absolutely vital if we’re going to recover our salmon populations, ensure future generations can dig for clams, and respect tribal treaty rights. Cape Flattery is part of the traditional homelands of the Makah Tribe. Photo by Elise Eliot. Photo by Courtney Baxter.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The 43rd Grand Jury report uncovered systematic failure by government agencies in overseeing the fracking industry and fulfilling their responsibility to protect Pennsylvanians from the inherent risks of industry operations. Read more here. Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our generation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

They found that 48 percent of the increase in the region’s fire-friendly conditions since 1901—specifically drier land and vegetation—can be traced to the 88 companies’ carbon emissions. They also calculated that the companies’ emissions have been responsible for 37 percent of the burned forest area in the region since 1986.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

EN: Let’s talk about what state and local governments, as well as the federal government, can do to better protect low-income neighborhoods and communities of color from extreme Danger Season weather events. What can state and local governments, together with communities, do? Some cities and counties are doing that.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2024

In a deeply interconnected world with complex global challenges—including the threat of autocratic governments and the dangerous proliferation of misinformation and disinformation —rising above short-sighted self-interest and working together with other nations is essential to our shared well-being. Within the U.S., energy security.’

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

and Washington governments, and advocates of our precious environment. "It She achieved success in carbon emission reduction, water resources, and water quality management. Moreover, she fought for climate change adaptation, supporting projects addressing sea level rise and adopting a state regulation to reduce carbon pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Challenge to Settlement in Utility Rate-Setting Case in New Mexico Cited Failure to Quantify Coal Plant’s Carbon Emission Risks.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; Fossil Fuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position. Environmental Council of Sacramento v. County of Sacramento , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

In my retelling of the show, I quickly pointed out that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had by then concluded that “most” of the increase in average global temperatures since 1950 was “very likely” due to the increase in human-made carbon emissions. ExxonMobil is still funding those folks, big time.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2025

1) People are feeling the impacts of climate change and footing the bill The impending arrival of Danger Season is a stark reminder that climate change impacts are already devastating communities worldwide, intensifying many kinds of extreme weather events, driving sea level rise, and harming human health.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 23, 2025

One such survey involved 130,000 people in 125 countries, which account for 96% of the worlds carbon emissions, and was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. HEATEDs Emily Atkin had the best take on this new front in climate denial used as a justification for scrubbing the federal government of climate science.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The plaintiffs alleged among other things that the defendants the two projects’ cumulative impacts on carbon emissions. A climate change-related argument rejected by the trial court—that sea level rise projections in the Plan were too high and not based on best available science—did not appear to have been before the appellate court.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Among other provisions, the bill directs the Forest Service to create a voluntary carbon credit system in which non-federal entities can provide funds to the Forest Service to contract and implement projects designed to increase carbon sequestration or avoid carbon emissions. 18-19, comments due Oct.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. Anne Arundel County v. BP p.l.c. , C-02-CV-21-000565 (Md.

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Legal Planet

JULY 19, 2022

That would still allow some important actions that would help reduce carbon emissions. government has already classified climate change as a serious threat to national security, and it is a threat that is getting stronger daily. What government powers would be unlocked by declaring a climate change emergency?

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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. The SCC then monetizes those impacts over time.

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