PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2022

Internationally known climate scientists, ecologists, agronomists, economists, policymakers and other experts on climate change risks and responses will gather at Dickinson College in Cumberland County for a three-day symposium featuring authors of the newest reports from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The subsequent rise of attribution science has been able to prove the direct correlation between climate change and specific disasters like drought, wildfires, and extreme heat. Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) even have linked disasters to individual companies , some of which are state-owned like Saudi Aramco.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

The world—and more specifically national governments, especially the richest nations and corporate interests—should concede that it is not feasible for us to make it on foot, but we still have lots of options to make it. And this last warning leads to enough momentum to get out the door and we make the bell. degrees Celsius (2.7 mark soon. “We

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 6, 2023

degrees C target that world leaders agreed upon in the Paris Agreement of 2015. The organisation labelled it as a ‘deafening cacophony’ of broken climate records. Scientists, climate advocates, governments around the world as well as ordinary citizens will be concerned having seen what just 1.4

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 5, 2021

They said the government was not doing enough to help them, while 16 planes and 51 helicopters tackled the blazes across a swathe of southwest Turkey. Climate scientists have long predicted that the Mediterranean will be hit hard by rising temperatures and changes in rainfall, driven by human emissions.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chao , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

Throughout the meeting, Shell used “uncertainty” as an excuse for rolling back its climate targets, claiming that the corporation can’t stick with medium-term emissions reduction benchmarks because it doesn’t know what governments or customers will do. It also marks the end of the Board tenure of climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery.

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A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2022

The highest court in the US voted by 6-3 to limit any US government’s authority to reduce CO2 emissions. ” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric added: “Decisions like the one today in the US or any other major emitting economy make it harder to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement for a healthy, liveable planet.”

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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. How cool is that?

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.” judgment Feb.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The court rejected the argument that a more recently enacted statute governing rate structure conflicted with and preempted the 1980 statute. argued that the agreements and related arrangements conflicted with and were an obstacle to U.S. s decision not to participate in the Paris Agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

Chris Wright, Trumps nominee for Energy Secretary , has denied the well-established connection between climate change and extreme weather events. Liberty Energy, the fracking corporation he heads, describes its Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) focus as delivering secure, reliable, affordable access to energy.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

In the case challenging President Biden’s revocation of the presidential permit, the federal government moved to dismiss, arguing that the case was moot, that the court lacked jurisdiction to grant relief against the president and the agency defendants, and that the states lacked standing, which also made venue improper. Trump , No.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Despite that scrap, the takeaway remains constant — there is no hope of stopping global warming at the Paris Agreement limits of 1.5 degree limit of the Paris Agreement is a pipe dream unless emissions peak in the coming three years and fall by almost half from 2019 levels by 2030, the scientists said.

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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. climate change issue.

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