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LA Fires and the Climate Connection

Legal Planet

It will take days, not weeks, for climate scientists to produce the kind of attribution science studies that link specific weather events to global heating. And m itigationour failure to quickly transition away from fossil fuelsis part of the story. But e xtreme weather is already the context.

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Industry’s Tactics to Expose You to More Soot Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

The largest contributors to this deadly type of pollution come from human-made emission sources that burn fossil fuels, such as coal-fired power plants and vehicular emissions of diesel and gasoline. pollution, half of the deaths are attributable to the burning of fossil fuels. EPA’s PM 2.5 pollution.

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

The bench trial took place last month in the state capitol, Helena, where 16 youth plaintiffs ages 5 to 22 made the case that Montana’s unwavering promotion of fossil fuels violates the state constitution’s guarantee to a “clean and healthful environment.” Whether Montana’s GHG emissions can be measured incrementally.

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New Exhibit Examines the Interconnected Ecology of the Fashion Industry 

Academy of Natural Sciences

Across the planet, and throughout time, shifts in textile production and fights to address labor rights have also helped move the needle toward more environmentally friendly and ethical practices in the fashion world. But this work needs to continue.

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Volatile Chemical Products: Important Contributors to Harmful Particulate Matter

HumanNature

isoprene, carbitol, benzyl alcohol) to secondary organic aerosol are emitted from trees, fossil fuels, and an assortment of industrial and personal care compounds collectively known as volatile chemical products (VCPs). As fossil fuel emissions continue to decline, the fraction of SOA from VCP sources will likely increase.

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Speaking Truth to Corporate Power

Legal Planet

In the early 1960s, he wrote again about fossil fuels as causes of global warming. Black, had participated in a National Academy of Sciences report that said CO 2 increases might eventually require reducing the use of fossil fuels. He had already written about global warming before starting there in 1956.

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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

Legal Planet

, its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, Shell has the most ambitious emissions abatement plan of all fossil fuel companies , for whatever that is worth.)