Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2023

The world is moving toward a clean energy future, which means the fossil fuel industry won’t be around forever. degrees, the upper limit described by climate scientists to avoid irreversible climate catastrophe. We must phase out oil and gas production in order to ensure global heating doesn’t exceed 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

We should expect to hear more, as climate impacts are only going to get worse. As a climate scientist recently said on CNN, “Until we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere we have no idea what the future looks like.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Edil is both a climate scientist and environmental attorney working to advance decolonization for Puerto Rico and achieve environmental justice for Puerto Ricans. Our hope at PRÁ is that this can lead to making the voice of Puerto Rican climate and resilience advocates heard in international climate decision-making spaces.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

The legislation would lump climate science together with abortion, immigration, and diversity, equity and inclusion, labelling all of them “controversial.” Professors would be required to “encourage and allow students to reach their own conclusions” and “not seek to inculcate any social, political, or religious point of view.”

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Zero Emission Credit (ZEC) program was established as part of the PSC’s proceeding to establish a Clean Energy Standard to achieve the statewide goal of obtaining 50% of New York’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Arizona Board of Regents Filed Notice of Appeal in Climate Scientist Public Records Case.

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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. Quite the opposite: today’s high oil and gas prices are a fresh reinforcement, if we needed that, for why a rapid transition to clean energy is imperative.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

LNG Exporters Emerge As Big Winners Of Europe Natural Gas Crisis; Price For LNG 10 Times Its Value A Year Ago -- The Guardian: ‘This Is A Fossil Fuel War’: Ukraine’s Top Climate Scientist Speaks Out -- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0;

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. 16, 17, 18 [PaEN] -- DEP Starts Taxpayer-Funded Hazardous Sites Cleanup Process For American Biodiesel Site In Erie County; Hearing Sept. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2024

That caused a television meteorologist at NBC’s Miami affiliate to all but say that Florida is under a state of climate emergency, inflamed by political insanity. For instance, the top four states for wind generation growth over the last decade, according to a report in April by Climate Central , are Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Kansas.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen John Kerry, the former US Secretary of State and Special Envoy on Climate Change, an army veteran and veteran of US politics now aged 80, took the stage in London today as the keynote speaker at the 2025 Soft Power Index. David Haigh in conversation with John Kerry. Photo credit: Brand Finance.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For more on the legal and political twists and turns in the history of the Endangerment Finding, please check out this blogpost: Endangered Science: Why Global Warming Emissions Are Covered by the Clean Air Act. Its not a genuine effort to engage with scientific facts and listen to climate scientists.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

The group is behind expensive media campaigns to defeat legislation that would protect communities from harmful emissions resulting from oil and gas extraction, and incorrectly blames high gas prices in California on state politics. It also marks the end of the Board tenure of climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S. West Virginia v.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, At The Water's Edge Gala On Nov. That Deals With 80% Of Methane Emissions From That Industry In PA [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center Honors Dr. Michael E. 3 [PaEN] -- Gov. 18 Health Benefits Of Spending Time In Nature At Hershey Conservatory & Gardens, Dauphin County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For more on the legal and political twists and turns in the history of the Endangerment Finding, please check out this blogpost: Endangered Science: Why Global Warming Emissions Are Covered by the Clean Air Act. Its not a genuine effort to engage with scientific facts and listen to climate scientists.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

Climate scientists, backed by robust research, say so. C found that surpassing 2 degrees C of warming would significantly increase the frequency and severity of climate impacts, including extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, and threats to human health and livelihoods. degrees Celsius) as something magical.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2025

UCS has been a leader in peer-reviewed scientific research linking climate impacts to emissions that trace directly to fossil fuel companies. These companies have not only failed to take responsibility for their role in the climate crisis but also actively obstructed efforts to transition to a clean energy future.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 30, 2025

Heres what else has happened in the last 7 days No Climate Assessment: The Trump administration has unceremoniously dismissed all the expert authors of the next authoritative look at how climate change is affecting the US. Thanks for reading this 100-day-long edition of The Drain. Download as PDF

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law. Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. California Department of Food & Agriculture , No. 34-2015-80002005 (Cal. judgment Feb. 22, 2018; consolidated ruling Jan.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

It’s the third chapter in the IPCC’s mammoth sixth assessment report, part of a series of studies that summarize the state of climate science and the planet released roughly every seven years. Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A few general resources: Sidelining Science Since Day One: How the Trump administration has harmed public health and safety in its first six months by The Union of Concerned Scientists I Heart Climate Scientists. . pulling out of the Paris climate deal may make China great again. And now the full list: . 2017.06.01.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

By contrast, the second-largest funder of climate disinformation, ExxonMobil, spent $39.2 For more than two decades, the Koch network has been diligently spreading disinformation to sabotage efforts to transition to a clean energy economy, more often than not by attacking proposed climate policies on economic grounds.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2021

Opponents of the line fought it for years, saying it was unnecessary and would hamper the US transition to clean energy. Would have been game-over for the climate. During his presidency, Donald Trump had approved a permit for the line in 2017, but it continued to face legal challenges that hampered construction.

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