Legal Planet
MAY 19, 2024
(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
Fossil fuels are the main driver of climate change and the terrifying effects of it that we see happening across the world. That makes this dataset a powerful tool for understanding how each of these entity’s heat-trapping emissions have contributed to climate change. The fossil fuel industry knew that too.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Climate impacts as human rights violations It’s widely accepted that climate change is the cause of human rights violations for millions of people, including their rights to adequate housing, healthy working conditions, safe drinking water, education, and a healthy environment.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 5, 2023
Human-caused climate change is expected to increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events like hurricanes, floods, and droughts that are already ravaging communities across the United States. But climate change also causes hazards off the field by limiting farmworkers’ income.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation , agents of obstruction, and drivers of climate change. We draw attention to the outsized role that a small number of business enterprises have had in driving climate change and obstructing action. Which courts are expected to issue Advisory Opinions?
Yale E360
DECEMBER 28, 2023
With climate change and an incipient El Niño driving up temperatures, 2024 is likely to eclipse 2023 as the hottest year ever, meteorologists project. Read more on E360 →
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
In the first legislative act under his watch, his Republican majority last month passed an appropriations bill that seeks to gut many federal programs meant to fight climate change. He holds that climate change is due to “natural cycles.” Despite the fact that 99.9 Despite the fact that 99.9
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