Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Just last week, we heard that with regard to climate change, “ humanity is on thin ice—and that ice is melting fast.” Yet policymakers still use the disinformation playbook to deceive and misinform the public about climate change, at the expense of our well-being and our future. No kidding, Senator. Source: Google maps.

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Real Climate

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A new paper was published in Science Advances today. The new study by van Westen et al. is a major advance in AMOC stability science, coming from what I consider the world’s leading research hub for AMOC stability studies, in Utrecht/Holland.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 5, 2024

For instance, half of adults in the United States obtain their news at least sometimes from social media. Science unfortunately is an appealing target for people looking to disinform the public. For instance, oil and gas companies have long denied or undermined climate change science.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

The focus and intensity of our work at USC provides one explanation for why it feels that time has flown, but behavioral science also provides a clue. And for those paying attention, it’s crystal clear that the election coming up in November has enormous implications for science and justice. Democracy enables science.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

So why did its recent departure from a single trade association make news? The ExxonMobil lobbying report evaluated 56 trade associations—the 5% of its memberships the company estimates are active on climate policy—on their climate positions. What could those “areas of work” be, you ask?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The urgency of implementing change now For decades, scientists have been warning about the upcoming dangers of climate change; however, all we have to do today is look around to see the current impacts. Over the next five years, the temperatures will continue to rise , and we will violate the original goals set in the Paris Climate Accords.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2022

Catatonic politics on climate change. All these issues are tragically linked by the hardening divisions in the United States over our acceptance or rejection of expertise in science, public health, and environmental protection. Black Democrats historically have much lower levels of trust in science than White Democrats.

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Though long hostile toward climate science, News Corp Australia is planning an editorial campaign calling for a zero-carbon economy, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. The campaign will be supported by Sky News and will run in metropolitan tabloids. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

If 2022 was the year that corporate climate-related financial disclosure jumped out of the boardroom into the headlines, then 2023 may be the year when the global tide quietly turned in its favor. Yet the US government stubbornly remained behind the curve thanks to obstruction and disinformation by a few concentrated interests.

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Energy & the Law

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Its time again to report on climate-related news from a perspective other than the alarmists. First, have you wondered why all the news your Google search finds seems to spell climate D-O-O-M? How reliable are climate-change forecasts? Bjorn Lomborg shows us that there’s plenty of good news about the environment.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

A state court judge in the ‘Last Best Place’ just gave the youth climate movement a shot in the arm with the first decision of its kind that directly connects specific state actions to global climate change and then to injuries suffered by young people. courts have not yet engaged in this kind of fact-finding on climate change.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you’re not a climate scientist—and maybe even if you are—reading news headlines this month has been confounding and a little scary. “In Climate Threshold ,” was the version at Forbes. If that weren’t enough, new research on sea sponges made for a second wave of stories that declared the “The World Blew Past 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 7, 2023

Climate change is putting more people and property in harm’s way—and also exposing hard limits to the protection that property insurance can offer. More people need insurance, but increasingly the climate crisis is making many places too risky to insure at reasonable rates. I will unpack more as the season progresses.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The lame-duck Congress is about to consider another bill with billions of dollars of spending for climate adaptation and emission reductions. In case you’ve forgotten, he’s the climate change denier who once took a snowball to the Senate floor to disprove climate change. The military is also exposed to climate risks.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

No doubt, the fact that gas stoves are hazardous to our health was also news to most Americans. Fifty Years of Disinformation It’s no longer a secret that the US oil industry was well aware as early as 1957 that its products threaten the climate. What accounts for that? The EPA estimates that about 6.5 percent threshold.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The GAO recommends the TVA develop a more detailed climate resilience plan for its electricity-generating assets. In context: Road Salt, a Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters News Briefs Financial Assessments for Wastewater Fixes The U.S. Expect to hear about infrastructure and climate. Details are in the above link.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Summer 2022 newsletter from the PA Natural Heritage Program is now available featuring articles on-- -- New Interest In Old Forests -- Mapping Climate Refugia In Pennsylvania -- Road To Recovery For Evening Grosbeak -- Large Yellow Lady’s Slipper -- Rare Plant Updates -- Heller Cave Springtail Surveys -- New Jersey Rockfall Surveys -- Managing (..)

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MAY 10, 2022

On a related note, Science News reported on key foods—from millet to mussels—we may need to eat more of , because scientists believe they will be more resilient to climate change.). And if we know anything about complex systems, it’s that they require a systematic approach to science and problem solving.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This year’s annual UN climate talks, COP28 , concluded in Dubai earlier this month with nations agreeing to the UAE Consensus. After 30 long years, we finally have a global agreement that addresses a transition away from fossil fuels , the primary driver of human-caused climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

Here’s what you need to know: Climate Transportation is the largest source of climate emissions in the US (29 percent) and passenger cars and trucks account for the majority of this pollution. That’s the equivalent of four years’ worth of climate pollution from today’s entire US transportation sector. Far from it.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

This year has brought new evidence of what major fossil fuel companies knew and when about the role their products play in climate change, as well as what they did in spite of what they knew.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2023

The topic of climate change got about 4 minutes of airtime during the first half of the first presidential primary debate held this week by Fox News. How will you as both President of the United States and leader of the Republican Party calm their fears that the Republican Party doesn’t care about climate change? Florida Gov.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Image by Danielle Anz It’s been three months now since 16 young plaintiffs suing the state of Montana for climate harms piled into a Helena courtroom so small that the attorneys worried whether everyone would fit. Montana was monumental for many reasons: it was the first-ever constitutional climate trial in the U.S.;

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This incident is one example in a report we’ve recently published cataloging times that state officials have abused their power by ignoring or manipulating data, intimidating government scientists, and more to politicize and distort science in the policymaking process.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2023

Today, we received some welcome and exciting news from Capitol Hill: the Scientific Integrity Act is being re-introduced in the House by Representatives Paul Tonko, Zoe Lofgren, Haley Stevens, Suzanne Bonamici, Don Beyer, and Brian Fitzpatrick.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

After the MIT Technology Review broke the news about that weather balloon stunt , the Guardian, the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, CNBC, Time and other outlets followed with stories. Take this recent CNN story titled “Supporters of a controversial climate solution say it could be key. Anyone can float a balloon.

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Legal Planet

JULY 4, 2022

Modernization means that beliefs and institutions based on absolute moral, religious and political authority (such as the divine right of kings and the Ancien Régime) will become increasingly eclipsed by those based on science, rationality and religious pluralism.” We see the same division about climate change. Download as PDF.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. As the news site TechRadar reports, one option is to run fiber optic cables through water distribution pipes. Circle of Blue reported that there is a 10- to 12-month wait list for a new well in northern California’s Glenn County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 23, 2023

The fourth of July hit the news for the hottest day on record , as did the day after and the following day. From May to October, communities across the Northern Hemisphere are experiencing more frequent and intense climate change-related extreme weather events, such as heat, wildfires, and hurricanes. From [link] accessed 8.23.23

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Losses and damages caused by climate change to intangible cultural heritage such as Indigenous and local knowledge, and traditional agricultural practices have been vastly underestimated in discussions of Paris Agreement implementation. This needs to change. Cultural heritage impacts underestimated.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

April 18, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Climate change is expected to intensify harmful algal blooms, as increased rainfall in the Midwest washes more nutrients into the Great Lakes. In the News.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 28, 2022

Financial regulators propose corporate climate disclosure rules. The Army Corps of Engineers considers revising an oil and gas pipeline construction permit due to climate, water, and environmental justice concerns. White House science advisors begin work to evaluate environmental and climate impacts of cryptocurrencies.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. A draft National Climate Assessment report describes how climate change may affect Great Lakes drinking water. Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Living near a nuclear plant has caused long-term stress in Prairie Island Indian Community, reports MPR News. Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 4, 2023

April 4, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 18, 2022

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released its sixth assessment of climate change, comprised of three separate reports presenting the latest science on climate change, related impacts, adaptation, vulnerability , and mitigation at a time when more and more people are pressing for climate action.

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