Climate Scientist Deforestation Sea Level 
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 16, 2021
Meltwater from Greenland’s ice sheets have caused about a quarter of the rise in the world’s sea levels. This week, Circle of Blue looks at a major new climate report, which finds that a warming planet is accelerating the water cycle. The report, while grim, does offer hope.
Environmental Progress
JUNE 29, 2020
The world’s most influential green journalist, Bill McKibben, called climate change the “greatest challenge humans have ever faced” and said it would “wipe out civilizations.” Mainstream journalists reported, repeatedly, that the Amazon was “the lungs of the world,” and that deforestation was like a nuclear bomb going off.
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Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine. It has also inspired landmark decisions in climate protection on a global scale.
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” California Department of Food & Agriculture , No.
ESA
OCTOBER 8, 2021
California Governor vetoes tropical deforestation bill. Bipartisan energy bill could reshape power production, climate change in North Carolina – WUNC. California governor vetoes tropical deforestation bill – Associated Press. climate summit this fall — and why it matters – The Washington Post. Executive Branch.
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