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The Stream, October 7, 2021: Global Water Stress Will Rise, WMO Report Finds

Circle of Blue

A new report finds tidal marshes in New Jersey are not elevating fast enough to keep up with rising sea levels. Pennsylvania will charge an energy company with four dozen environmental crimes committed during the construction of a natural gas pipeline.

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Scientists Demand Citigroup End Fossil Fuel Funding

Union of Concerned Scientists

And I spoke about the power of attribution science , which allows scientists to link events and trends like heatwaves and sea level rise to climate change, and in turn, to link climate change to specific sources of emissions.

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Climate Policy in India

Legal Planet

Natural gas, oil, and nuclear are minor players. Mumbai is on a peninsula and faces severe risks from sea level rise. Currently, India’s power system is heavily tilted toward coal generation, which accounts for over half of generation capacity. Meeting its target will not be easy.

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Alaska Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

Circle of Blue

All of Seldovia draws its water from a single reservoir, which sits within city limits no more than 200 feet above sea level. A gravity-fed treatment facility rests below, and water flows naturally into a distribution system. The area would also host the pipelines liquefaction plant, where natural gas is condensed for export.

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DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report

PA Environment Daily

This is mainly a result of coal generation being replaced by natural gas generation (and to a smaller extent renewable energy sources like wind and solar) and energy efficiency improvements, due in part to Act 129 [utility energy efficiency program]. Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4%

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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

Legal Planet

Massachusetts pointed to the loss of coastal land from sea-level rise, while the Urgenda judgments ultimately concluded that there is a serious risk that climate change will cause the human rights of people in the Netherlands to not be met. First, who can stand as a plaintiff?

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.1.23

PA Environment Daily

Billion State Budget Without House Agreement; Adjourns To Sept. 18 -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House, Senate Standoff Over Budget Bills Delays Deal; Senate Adjourns Until Sept. Billion State Budget Without House Agreement; Adjourns To Sept. 18 -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House, Senate Standoff Over Budget Bills Delays Deal; Senate Adjourns Until Sept.