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Twenty years of blogging in hindsight

Real Climate

The consequence is global warming, changes to Earth’s hydrological cycle, melting ice and snow, thawing permafrost, rising sea levels and changes to the weather statistics. An enhanced understanding of climate change has been a force behind the growth in solar panels, wind power, and electric cars.

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The world’s largest offshore wind farm has opened in the UK

A Greener Life

The wind farm project, which has a generating capacity of 1.3 gigawatts (GW), consists of 165 wind turbines located 89km offshore and spans an area of 462 sq. Each turbine blade is 81m long and blade tips reach more than 200m above sea level. An offshore wind mega generation area. million UK homes.

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Advancing Ocean Climate Action at COP27

Ocean Conservancy

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.

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IPCC report urges for action to limit global warming to 1.5C

Edouard Stenger

It would halve the number of humans that will be exposed to water scarcity; prevent runaway sea level rise that could put many of the world’s islands under water and render uninhabitable the large delta and low-coastal regions that are home to two-thirds of the world’s population. PSEG, a large utility in New Jersey will spend $2.8

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Sabin Center Urges BOEM to Consider Climate Change Risks to Offshore Wind Projects, as Well as Climate Change Impacts to Wildlife if Offshore Wind Projects Are Not Constructed

Law Columbia

Second, we urged BOEM to analyze the extent to which the impacts of climate change, absent the project at issue, pose a population-level threat to marine mammals.

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What could we do with $120 billion to protect the ocean and fight climate change?

Ocean Conservancy

There’s so much we could do with that taxpayer money to protect our ocean and communities and fight climate change: Double existing funding to help build enough offshore wind to power 10 million homes: $5 billion. Offshore wind power is a key ocean-based climate solution that we need to invest in.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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