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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

And the AR5 found in 2013 that “there is high confidence that the rate of sea level rise has increased during the last two centuries, and it is likely that global mean sea level has accelerated since the early 1900’s.” That we cannot turn this back is the reason why the precautionary principle should be applied to the climate crisis.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) erred in its analyses of climate change’s impact on the Rio Grande cutthroat trout when it determined in 2014 that the species no longer warranted listing under the Endangered Species Act. The complaint alleged that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act.

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