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Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 22, 2023
He is now serving as a subject matter expert — so despite Mr. Bettencourt’s public advocacy for limited government, he must know he’s promoting a federal government program. The costs of increased risks from natural hazards—wildfires, floods and sea level rise— are driving insurers away.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
“There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said. Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy. “I
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 16, 2023
In just five years, from 2018 through 2022, wildfires scorched 38.3 Phillips, who has a doctorate degree in ecology from the University of Georgia, was a Kendall fellow at UCS from 2018 to 2020 and then a researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. million acres across the country. percent of total emissions.
A Greener Life
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In recent years, particularly since the 2010 COP in Cancun, climate talks have integrated different components of human migration. Global warming is leading to sea-level rise on an unprecedented scale, according to IPCC scientists. Between 2006 and 2016 sea levels globally rose 2.5 metres by 2100. (In
Legal Planet
JUNE 4, 2021
its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To determine what this requires, the court turns to the 2018 Special Report on 1.5°C Contrary to expectations (including my own!),
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
JANUARY 17, 2024
As those paying attention to agriculture know, climate impacts have become increasingly apparent since the last assessment was published in 2018. Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization. Other risks include increasing tropical cyclones and sea level rise.
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