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WMO: Update on 2023/4 Anomalies

Real Climate

As well as the (now) standard set of graphs related to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations , rising temperatures , reducing glacier mass, etc., since the 1850-1900 baseline is very clearly associated with the increases in greenhouse gases, slightly (and decreasingly) modulated by the changes in atmospheric pollution.

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Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

Delayed action on emissions cuts may require even more (and more expensive) CDR – the 2024 United Nations Emissions Gap Report released this week found that 2023 greenhouse gas emissions set a new record, and current emissions reduction pledges for 2030 are insufficient to meet temperature goals.

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Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeal DEP Permits For CNX Slickville Natural Gas, Shale Gas Wastewater Pipelines Project In Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

The issuance of permits for this project would affirmatively promote fossil fuel extraction, leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions, according to the groups. The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 acknowledges that fossil fuel production significantly contributes to climate deterioration.

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107 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

18 EarthTalk Features Penn State Sustainability Director Lara Fowler On Decarbonizing The University [PaEN] -- Penn State Delegation In Azerbaijan For UN’s Annual Climate Meeting -- WPSU: When Will Greenhouse Gas Emissions Finally Peak? Of Environmental Professionals Host Dec.

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Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ozone is produced from precursors in the presence of ultraviolet radiation from sunlight, and global warming creates conditions favorable to ozone formation by accelerating chemical reactions. Between 1990 and 2020, national concentrations of ozone were reduced by 25 percent, but this progress is eroding. According to the report, 125.2

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Attribution Science and EPA’s Reconsideration of the GHG Endangerment Finding

Law Columbia

On March 12, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to reconsider EPAs 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, along with all regulations and actions that rely on the finding. The Supreme Court explicitly held in Massachusetts v.

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Volatile Chemical Products: Important Contributors to Harmful Particulate Matter

HumanNature

We breathe oxygen from the atmosphere, weather systems distribute water, and the ozone in the upper atmosphere protects us from harmful radiation. One of the most well-known ways we have impacted our atmosphere is through the emission of greenhouse gases, which have adversely affected our climate.