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Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Union of Concerned Scientists

We know that over 135 years, 88 fossil fuel producers contributed approximately: 61% of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide 52% of the rise in global average temperature 34% of global sea level rise 55% of the increase in ocean acidification Fisheries, including lobsters, are responding to the warming by moving elsewhere.

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Forest recovery in the age of megafires – how can we predict if forests grow back?

HumanNature

Forests are incredibly good at storing carbon, in both soils and plants. When forests burn, that carbon is released into the atmosphere and contributes to greenhouse gases (mostly as carbon dioxide). Normally when a forest regrows after a fire, it’s able to capture that carbon dioxide and store it again.

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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

What is the social cost of carbon? SCC is a dollar estimate of the long-term damage caused by emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide in a given year. The US government is still using the 3% discount rate it calculated in 2003 based on older data on real market interest rates, which used to be much higher).

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

It would require standardized reporting of GHG emissions (primarily carbon dioxide and methane) by firms doing business in California with total annual revenues more than $1 billion. [19] The vote on it was 24-9. 26] About 8,000 facilities are required to report. [27]

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Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species

Law Columbia

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) estimates that it will produce 576 million barrels of oil over its 30-year lifetime, resulting in more than 239 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 )-equivalent. See Nat’l Wildlife Fed’n v. Nat’l Marine Fisheries Serv. , 2d 1196, 1212 (D.

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Why is Beautiful California Losing Congressional Seats? Constrained Local Housing Supply Influences National Politics

Environmental and Urban Economics

Kahn, 2003. " Ed Glaeser and I explore the carbon footprint implications of this dynamic in this paper; Glaeser, Edward L. The greenness of cities: Carbon dioxide emissions and urban development ," Journal of Urban Economics , Elsevier, vol. & Kahn, Matthew E., 29(4), pages 519-539, July. Costa & Matthew E.

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