Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

In an important win for climate accountability in the United States, the US Supreme Court decided that lawsuits filed in Colorado, Maryland, California, Hawai’i, and Rhode Island against fossil fuel companies including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Suncor, and others will remain in state courts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

While there is enormous potential for UN climate negotiations to transform climate action, meaningful progress has been delayed in part by the fossil fuel industry’s deceptive tactics. Last year’s COP was notable as the first to explicitly mention “fossil fuels” in the final decision document.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2023

Previous IPCC reports have concluded that human activities such as burning fossil fuels are the primary cause of climate change: about 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from burning fossil fuels for electricity, transportation, and industry. The result is a world that is rapidly warming.

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New Scientist

MARCH 6, 2024

The subsidence of land caused by the extraction of water and fossil fuels is exacerbating the threat of sea level rise in many US cities, including New Orleans

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Here is a snapshot of the warming world, from sea-level rise to fossil fuel subsidies to renewable energy growth

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Over handfuls of rice that nearly 30% of the country is struggling to afford , talk of flash floods, prolonged drought, sea level rise and extreme weather dominated more than ever before. But sea level rise and pollution are threatening this critical resource and the livelihoods of over one million fishers around the country.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

GOM communities, not fossil fuel interests, should determine policies that affect GOM people. Sea levels are rising. 1 + 2 = 3 Climate damage and consumer fraud are precisely why four New England states are suing fossil fuel companies and why Pacific fishermen came together to take fossil fuel giants to court.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2023

By comparing these two data sets, scientists can determine the probability that human activities are responsible for observed changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, sea level rise, and other climate change indicators. Climate source attribution studies can inform strategies to reduce carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

billion in sea level rise and coastal resilience, and about a half billion in extreme heat mitigation. Proposition 4 invests in a more resilient future by providing much needed funding to address these threats, particularly in the most vulnerable and low-income communities where the needs are greatest.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

3) ExxonMobil predicted the possibility of linking rising temperatures to fossil fuels ExxonMobil researchers accurately predicted when it would become possible to attribute changes in climate to human activity. Such a constraint would clearly place a limit on the amount of fossil fuels ExxonMobil could extract, produce and market.

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 8, 2022

The court received amicus curiae briefs from many different pro- and anti-fossil fuel organizations and jurisdictions. The plaintiffs allege that they ”have already incurred and will foreseeably continue to incur, injuries and damages because of sea level rise caused by [the energy companies’] conduct.” trespass.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2024

In fact, the California attorney general’s lawsuit states that “Chevron’s minimal efforts in the area of renewable and lower-carbon energy, coupled with its expansion of its fossil fuel business, belie its statements suggesting that it is part of the climate change solution.” Why does all this matter? “I

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

A new UCS study released today, Looming Deadlines for Coastal Resilience , shows that risks are growing to vital infrastructure and services that millions of people in coastal communities depend on as global sea levels rise in the coming decades.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Scientists have unequivocally confirmed that human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels, are driving unprecedented changes to the Earth’s climate, raising fundamental questions about our responsibility to safeguard the environment for future generations.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. by Justin Gundlach. These points are largely undisputed. Peter Frumhoff led off, presenting two key points.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

.” More extreme weather events can be expected Petteri Taalas explained that the higher concentrations of GHG would be accompanied by more extreme weather events, including intense heat and rainfall, ice melt, higher sea levels, as well as ocean heat and acidification.

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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. Other countries are dependent upon these fossil fuels, they don’t make themselves free of them. This is a fossil fuel war.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The ocean has already absorbed 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases and 26% of the carbon dioxide emitted by humans burning fossil fuels. Warmer water also expands and raises sea levels as well as holds less oxygen. So, we’re seeing the ocean heat up, lose oxygen and get bigger.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 3, 2022

If people everywhere stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, stored heat would still continue to warm the atmosphere. But that doesn’t mean the planet returns to its preindustrial climate or that we avoid disruptive effects such as sea-level rise. Countries aren’t close to ending fossil fuel use. Ricky) Rood.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2023

For example, researchers at the Union of Concerned Scientists have directly linked fossil fuel producers’ Scope 1 and Scope 3 emissions to increases in ocean acidification , global temperature, sea level rise and North American wildfires. So how does the fossil fuel industry think it should measure emissions?

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

Prior to Glasgow, the NRDC had concluded that India was on track to meet its previous commitment to have 40% non-fossil fuel power generation by 2030. Mumbai is on a peninsula and faces severe risks from sea level rise. Mumbai, with a population of 21 million, now has a roadmap for reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

But the science is clear : human-caused global warming is definitely and significantly increasing the odds of severe and once-rare extreme events , alongside driving slow-onset disasters—like sea level rise and the loss of major ice sheets and glaciers —and raising the risk of major tipping points. The math of a divided U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2024

Everyone will suffer greatly from sea-level rise and climate change if policymakers cede decision-making to corporate interests. PJM directs the revenues and operation of the largest fossil fuel power plant fleet (124 gigawatts), making it the largest utility in the US.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 17, 2024

Well, if you have been reading the news or following our blogs, you know the ocean is getting hotter due to humans burning fossil fuels. April 2024 was the thirteenth month in a row that the global monthly sea surface temperature was the warmest on record and the North Atlantic broke temperature records 421 days in a row.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We learned the great lengths that oil companies had gone to protect their own investments—even redesigning their offshore oil platforms to guard against sea level rise—while thwarting efforts by others to protect themselves. The state’s complaint borrows the same frame, as “the road not taken.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

We’re witnessing an increase in costly damages thanks to fossil-fueled climate change , which has increased the intensity and frequency of some extreme events , and also thanks to more buildings and people in risky areas. This decade, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that $2.58

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The global average sea surface temperature hit an all-time record high in July and these unprecedented ocean temperatures show that the ocean is heating up more rapidly than experts previously realized—posing a greater risk for sea-level rise, extreme weather and the loss of marine ecosystems.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 16, 2023

Scientists say that the rising global temperatures are linked to the continued burning of fossil fuels. C3S Deputy Director Samantha Burgess said: “These low sea ice conditions may have important implications for the stability of Antarctic ice shelves and ultimately for global sea level rise”

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

C, we stand to lose ocean and coastal ecosystems we depend on to sea level rise, warming temperatures, ocean acidification and other climate impacts. There was also no formal commitment to phaseouts of all fossil fuels, and even some countries supporting phaseouts are planning to expand fossil fuel production.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

For the AMOC (and other climate tipping points ), the only action we can take to minimise the risk is to get out of fossil fuels and stop deforestation as fast as possible. In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4 In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Local actors seek climate change damages from the biggest fossil fuel companies through state law litigation. It also leaves untouched the litigation that has been bubbling up in state courts against the fossil fuel industry. In the wake of West Virginia v.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

While temperatures provide a measure of the Earth’s climate, it is even better to use the global sea level , which provides a far more reliable measure. The global sea level acts like the mercury in a thermometer because warmer water expands.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. In signing these bills, the Governor touted the state as the most aggressive actor on climate in the nation. Clean Energy.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 7, 2023

Many of the claims are based at least in part on allegations of misrepresentations by the companies regarding climate science in order to promote their sales of fossil fuels. Are the companies protected by the First Amendment? The companies are likely to argue that these claims are barred by the First Amendment for two reasons.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 24, 2024

What we witnessed in 2023, especially with the unprecedented ocean warmth, glacier retreat and Antarctic sea ice loss, is cause for particular concern.” ” Climate change, fueled by the burning of fossil fuels, coupled with the emergence of the natural El Nino climate pattern, pushed the world into record territory in 2023.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

He set out to outline the global acceleration of extreme weather events driven by continued fossil fuel production. When it has all melted the global sea levels would have risen by 7.5 He set the tone with his opening remark “unfortunately I don’t have good news”.

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