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The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy

Legal Planet

Now-Justice Breyer argued that it was misleading to consider the environmental impact of nuclear power without also considering the impact of alternatives such as coal. The most notable was by an administrative law professor at Harvard, one Stephen Breyer. There were a few more mentions of climate change in 1983.

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Physicists rise to the climate challenge: the October 2021 issue of Physics World

Physics World

Without steep cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, the report reminds us, the world will warm by over 2 °C this century – triggering more frequent heat waves, greater flooding, higher sea levels and more extreme heavy rainfall and droughts. The nuclear fight – Robert P Crease talks to William D Magwood IV, director-general.

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2023 in Climate News

Inside Climate News

The push and pull of progress and catastrophe made 2023 one of the most discordant—and consequential—years for the world’s climate. By ICN Staff In 2023, clean energy progress and the horrors of a radically warming climate fought almost to a draw.

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Arguments over Solar Geoengineering Research

Legal Planet

And serious anticipatory adaptation measures, even for risks as well known as coastal inundation from sea-level rise, remain few, weak, and highly contentious. Yet at the same time, the far-too-weak mitigation measures enacted thus far have triggered serious political opposition in many jurisdictions.

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152 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Million Grant To The Energy Innovation Center Institute In Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- WHYY: As Sea Levels Rise, Philly, Camden At Risk Of Being Inundated With Raw Sewage, Study Finds -- WHYY: Philadelphians Missing Out On Flood Insurance Discounts, The City Could Cash In Next Year -- Scranton Times: Scranton Nears $2.7

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

15] -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. PaEN] -- Citizens Voice: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant To Test Emergency Sirens Thursday, Aug. [PaEN] -- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Will Release Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Impact Study On Aug. 17 -- PA Solar Center Hosts Aug.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.4.25

PA Environment Daily

Wants Pennsylvanias Power, So Its Buying 2 Stronghold Waste Coal-fired Power Plants In Carbon, Venango Counties -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: US Steel Agrees To $1.5

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