Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Sea levels are rising. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute climate dashboard clearly indicates sea surface temperature anomalies. He was on to something And the lobsterman was correct: we can blame carbon emissions for ocean acidification and warming in the Gulf of Maine. Gulf water chemistry and temperature are changing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The traditional electricity grid starts with generation of electricity from power plants fueled by gas, nuclear, coal, or, increasingly, renewable energy sources like solar and wind. Flooding/Sea Level Rise/Storm Surge: Water can physically damage and corrode infrastructure, particularly distribution poles and substations.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Energy law is attracting wider student interest now because of the industry transformation due to renewable energy. Not only has the subject gotten a lot more interesting because of new legal issues relating to renewable energy, but it’s been a growth area in terms of jobs. Here are some examples: Property law.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

The roadmap calls for Mumbai to get half its electricity from renewables by 2030 and 90% by 2050. 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. Meeting its target will not be easy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

Few companies did so, however, posing great risk to investors and the economy: A 2015 Union of Concerned Scientists report on the threat to oil refineries from rising sea levels found that investors and taxpayers will likely bear the costs of future disasters if companies fail to disclose and manage these risks.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The Danish renewable energy giant Orsted has announced that the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, is now fully operational off the Yorkshire coast in the UK. Each turbine blade is 81m long and blade tips reach more than 200m above sea level. Photo credit: Orsted. By Anders Lorenzen. million UK homes.

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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. Active public policy to support the broader economic well-being is a hallmark of democracies and modern economies.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 8, 2022

As reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate , “[t]he ocean is essential for all aspects of human well-being and livelihood” and ocean warming, acidification and sea level rise are impacting fisheries and food production and depleting key ecosystem services.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 15, 2021

To mitigate the effects of climate change and rising sea levels, the atoll nation of Maldives is building the first-of-its kind floating island city. Designed by Dutch Docklands, the development will feature thousands of waterfront residences and services floating along a flexible, functional grid across a 200-hectare lagoon.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Healthy coastal ecosystems will reduce the damage from sea level rise. Tell them that switching to renewable energy can reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants. Remind them that we are safer and more resilient when we can produce our own renewable energy. © Brocken Inaglory.

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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. The biggest win for this two-week event was the recommitment to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. While not new, this remains a critically important commitment. Offshore Wind.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 15, 2021

To mitigate the effects of climate change and rising sea levels, the atoll nation of Maldives is building the first-of-its kind floating island city. Designed by Dutch Docklands, the development will feature thousands of waterfront residences and services floating along a flexible, functional grid across a 200-hectare lagoon.

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

The new 100 MW Oruro solar plant is a boost to Bolivia’s energy transition, but there are obstacles to harnessing the radiation potential of its western highlands. Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition.

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Scientific American

APRIL 19, 2023

Sea-level rise threatens to mess with both To pull power from the waves, you need a high tidal range or strong currents.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It puts the wildlife and communities that depend on the ocean at risk through impacts like ocean acidification, sea level rise and temperature changes. For the first time, Ocean Conservancy attended the annual International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly to help advance a just clean-energy transition.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Warmer temperatures will encourage the melting of glaciers, ice fields, summer Arctic sea ice, and permafrost, some of which may be irreversible. Sea levels will continue to rise throughout the 21st century, contributing to more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-lying areas along coasts around the world. Figure SPM.7

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

We need bold plans and execution at all levels of government to combat climate change. We must hasten the transition to renewable energy, end fossil fuel subsidies and investments in related projects and invest in coastal restoration and protection. Do you live in a coastal community at risk from sea level rise?

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Environment Blog

JULY 19, 2019

Global warming is already having a noticeable impact on our planet – sea levels are rising, polar glaciers are melting, and there have been increases in average temperatures all across the globe. Switching to clean, renewable energy sources is an effective way to instantly reduce your carbon footprint.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

To invest massively in alternative and renewable energy potentially. And supply chain of that, because you obviously have a lot of waste that’s generated that you don’t want to be dumping back into the sea. I mean, places where they’re rising sea levels, you need a new infrastructure strategy.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2023

Of Environmental Professionals 2023 Annual Conference Sept. 20-22 In State College [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Sept. Are To Blame For One Of The Grid’s Biggest Vulnerabilities When Weather Gets Rough -- Vermont State Police: Joint Investigation Into June 1 Natural Gas Tanker Fire Finds Truck Was Destroyed And Damaged U.S.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

While the UAE presidency looks to focus on goals such as tripling renewable energy capacity globally, doubling hydrogen production and transforming agriculture systems, how it strikes a balance with growing developments outside the COP28 agenda will lay the foundation for mitigation finance.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As Pennsylvania’s climate has become warmer and there have been more swings in extreme weather, we’re already seeing more frequent flood damage to communities, businesses, homes, and crops and livestock, as well as coastal sea level rise.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2024

The legislation, which takes effect on July 1st, is not just symbolic: it also prohibits construction of offshore wind turbines in Florida’s offshore waters and repeals state grant programs that encourage energy conservation and the deployment of renewable energy sources in the Sunshine State. Petersburg, etc.–are

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

Finally, the new subdivision cautions that the energy impact analysis is subject to the rule of reason and should focus on energy demand caused by the project. Transportation and Vehicle Emissions.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. State Air Resources Board , No. S241948 (Cal. June 28, 2017). PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Research has shown that the heat-trapping emissions from these companies’ products have led to rising temperatures and sea levels , as well as ocean acidification. Source attribution research can link the sources of the change— fossil fuels produced by specific companies— to quantifiable changes to the Earth’s climate.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The needs are immense and crushing for low-income nations already reeling from billions of dollars of damages from extreme floods, drought, sea level rise and other climate impacts, as well as a human toll that is incalculable. Committing to tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency globally by 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

These data also provide an important counterpoint to industry arguments around Scope 3 emissions, which for fossil fuel companies, are roughly 90% of their total emissions.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 17, 2024

Warmer water expands and causes glaciers and sea ice to melt; these impacts combine to result in higher sea levels. Sea level rise is drowning coastal plants like seagrass and causing erosion , especially during increasingly severe storms.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This is defined as the ability or desire to sustain a resource at a certain level and based on three scientific principles: increased dependence on renewable energy, biodiversity, and chemical cycling. We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels. It covers the following areas.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

And of course, we need to continue to advocate for a swift transition to renewable energy and independence from fossil fuels to reduce heat-trapping emissions and stop making things worse. We need to make sure that the Justice40 initiative is properly incorporated into every federal program and investment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

UCS also supports a provision in the rule requiring companies to disclose the role that carbon offsets or renewable energy credits play in their climate-related business strategy. We know from scrutinizing dozens of corporate emissions-reduction pledges and plans that they often rely heavily on these mechanisms.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

Many such companies further those goals through transacting for carbon offsets and entering into renewable energy attribute purchase agreements including ‘virtual power purchase agreements’ or VPPAs. The proposal could drive increased demand for such transactions from public companies as well as their suppliers and their customers.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

Reuters reports that high water incidents in Venice are becoming more common as sea levels rise and land subsidence causes the ground level of the city to sink. According to Reuters , that a draft of the legislation, prepared by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, was under ministerial consultation.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

Relative Sea Level Rise The increase in ocean water levels at a specific location, taking into account both global sea level rise and local factors, such as local subsidence and uplift.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2024

The consequences of the climate crisis are already visible and devastating, such as rising temperatures, melting ice caps, sea level rise, extreme weather events, droughts, floods, wildfires, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, water scarcity, displacement, conflict, disease, and death. C by 2030.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 20, 2023

Coastal flooding : Sea levels are rising as the ocean heats up and polar ice melts. Higher seas mean higher storm surge and more coastal flooding leading to coastal community and ecosystem damage. Preventing pollution : Old water infrastructure is not capable of handling the rainfall or sea level rise caused by climate change.

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