Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends. percent of total emissions. Licker et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Mississippi: Lynn Fitch The sea level off the coast of Mississippi—the fifth hottest state—is rising more rapidly than in most other coastal areas, largely because the land is sinking. Between 1990 and 2016, the sea level off its 2,876-mile coast rose 6 inches , at least partly because the land is sinking.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Rising sea levels and increased intensity of storm surges are playing a considerable role in the degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands. Illustrating the variation in sea levels from 1993 – 2018. Photo credit. Written by: Jack McCulloch. Shows a generally increasing trend. Source: NASA (August 2018).

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The consequences of climate change aren’t reserved for the oceans and atmosphere: Diseases have secured a larger presence in recent years thanks to global warming. In Scandinavia in 2014, an outbreak of cholera, a warm-water disease, shocked observers. By Jenessa Duncombe. Climate’s Contagion.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

STILL FIDDLING, AT 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT, AS THE WORLD WARMS, FLOODS AND BURNS: OCEANS’ SURVIVAL NEED FASTER SITING AND TRANSMISSION OF OFFSHORE WIND FARM PROJECTS. levels continue to increase faster than at any know. sea level rise. atmospheric CO2 levels. By Jeff Thaler, Esq. . ?. . cean acidity. analysis. .

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Wild-caught seafood from our ocean is no exception. Climate change is making the ocean warmer, more acidic and lower in oxygen. It’s also causing marine heatwaves, storms, sea ice loss and sea level rise. Cod live in colder ocean waters, which can make them vulnerable as waters warm.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

fisheries and the stalled progress on reducing the stocks that are experiencing overfishing, are overfished and are struggling to rebuild to healthy levels. This isn’t simply a hypothetical situation; the fish that are available to us and our ocean ecosystems are essential to our survival and successes. The ocean is not at a stasis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

metro area in 2014, Dr. Declet-Barreto lived in Phoenix, where the average daily temperature now tops 98 degrees F from late May through mid-September. Juan Declet-Barreto , UCS senior social scientist for climate vulnerability, pays close attention to this issue. Before moving to the Washington, D.C.,

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Spinrad is a professor of oceanography at Oregon State University.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It is important to note the distinction between groundwater desalination and seawater desalination, the latter containing much higher concentrations of salt, which leads to heavy construction costs, significant ocean and coastal ecosystem impacts, and higher energy and water prices. rising sea-levels. population growth.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

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. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Saugus had appealed the MassDEP’s decision. California v. filed Sept.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

24, 2014) (clarifying that the proposed and later abandoned 25,000 MT CO2e/year reference point for quantitative disclosure was "not a substitute for an agency's determination of significance").]]. ocean acidification, sea-level rise, or storm events). efficiency metrics (e.g., for Biological Diversity v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). It necessarily involves the relationships between the United States and all other nations. BP p.l.c. , 18-cv-182 (S.D.N.Y.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The court held that NJDEP had acted within its authority when it acquired property interests to construct a dune and berm system along Long Beach Island and along 14 miles of coastline in northern Ocean County after Superstorm Sandy. at its theme park in Jackson Township in Ocean County. A-3393-15T4 et al. June 22, 2017).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. Center for Biological Diversity v. 1:17 -cv-02031 (D.D.C., filed Oct.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

A federal district court in the District of Columbia ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) fulfilled its obligations under NEPA in connection with two offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. Federal Court Rejected NEPA Claims in Challenge to Gulf of Mexico Leases. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos.

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