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Climate Change and Me

Academy of Natural Sciences

The first climate change presentation I saw was back in the 1970s when I was working for the National Weather Service. Murray Mitchell, was the top climate scientist for NWS. While that got the bulk of the publicity, Dr. Mitchell assured us that the warming of the climate would be the biggest problem in the future.

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An abnormally dry subject: drought

HumanNature

People defining drought will thus rely on the historic climate to determine whether drought is occurring. For example, the Palmer Drought Severity Index (Dai 2019) uses past history of a region to determine what categories drought falls into. But one of the main reasons that drought is getting worse over time is simply climate change.

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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

Smith Enviorment

Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. Reduce energy use per square foot in state-owned buildings by 40% from 2002-2003 levels.

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: At Crossroads with NEPA and Environmental Justice

Vermont Law

The overall Report Card covers 18 infrastructure categories including drinking water, hazardous waste, solid waste, wastewater, stormwater, and energy. The highest score among the categories previously listed was a C+ for solid waste, demonstrating the intersectionality between infrastructure and environmental impacts.

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Research briefing: why are reports of hate crime surging during the Israel-Hamas conflict?

Environmental Progress

‘According to the ADL Center on Extremism, which gathers reports and tracks antisemitic incident data, these 3,291 antisemitic incidents from 10 October 2023 to 7 January 2024 break down into the following categories:’ ‘56 incidents of physical assault.’ ‘554 Climate change catastrophes fill the coffers of environmental groups.