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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. million to his campaigns since 2002, according to OpenSecrets’ compilation of contribution data.

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United Nations: The world smashed heat records in 2023

A Greener Life

What we witnessed in 2023, especially with the unprecedented ocean warmth, glacier retreat and Antarctic sea ice loss, is cause for particular concern.” ” Climate change, fueled by the burning of fossil fuels, coupled with the emergence of the natural El Nino climate pattern, pushed the world into record territory in 2023.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

While temperatures provide a measure of the Earth’s climate, it is even better to use the global sea level , which provides a far more reliable measure. The global sea level acts like the mercury in a thermometer because warmer water expands. Our job is to be thorough and verify questionable results.

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Antarctic extreme events: ‘All-time records are being shattered not from decades ago, but from the last few years and months’

Frontiers

While the main focus has been on operational activities in Antarctica, global warming caused by fossil-fuel burning by these (and other) countries has left Antarctica on the brink of irreversible change. In the ocean, 19 marine heatwaves have been recorded between 2002 and 2018. Prof Martin Siegert in Antarctica.

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U.N. Human Rights Committee finds that Australia is violating human rights obligations towards Torres Strait Islanders for climate inaction

Law Columbia

On September 23, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) delivered a landmark decision in Daniel Billy and others v Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Petition) finding that the Australian Government is violating its human rights obligations to the indigenous Torres Strait Islanders through climate change inaction.

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Michael Shellenberger talks with Nick O’Malley, National Editor of Climate and the Environment, Sydney Morning Herald

Environmental Progress

So, the main one I suppose that caught my attention was “Climate Change is Not Making Natural Disasters” and everywhere I look, trying to approach it from your perspective, I just find it a confounding thing for you to assert. I'm not to some extent related to anthropogenic climate change. So let's go to that.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 103. and non-U.S.

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