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As Soon as Possible

Real Climate

Well, back in 1993 (before the more comprehensive critiques had been published), Hoyt and Schatten put together a long-term estimate of solar activity that relied on the SCL, based on the idea from FCL91 and scaled to a finding about cycling and non-cycling stars that turned out to be wrong too (Wright, 2004). 1273-1278, 2004.

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Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Back in Court

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) failure to make a timely 12-month finding on the group’s petition to list the dunes sagebrush lizard ( Sceloporus arenicolus ) (DSL), which was submitted to the agency in 2018. In 2004, the Service determined that. The DSL is no stranger to controversy.

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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

The two industry-funded studies ( NERA 2008 and ACT Research 2022 ) claim much higher impact on sales than either the academic (RZW 2018) or government ( EPA 2021 ) studies. Four studies purporting to examine whether a pre-buy effect occurred on heavy-duty truck sales can’t agree on the magnitude or timing of any such effect.

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3,190 New Stories In 2022 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership

PA Environment Daily

Since June 2004, PA Environment Digest has printed or linked to over 6,290 articles about environmental stewards from all walks of life and all ages. Take some time to read through at least the headlines to see how people just like you are helping to make Pennsylvania a better place!

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The AMOC: tipping this century, or not?

Real Climate

We have direct AMOC measurements only since 2004, a time span too short for this type of study. 2018 ( PDF ; I’m a coauthor on that paper). Do the data used really describe changes in AMOC? So the Ditlevsens used sea surface temperatures (SST) in a region between the tip of Greenland and Britain as an indicator, based on Caesar et al.

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Rare and Severe Weather Events Are Now More Common Thanks to Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

Have you seen news like this: The period from May 2018 to April 2019, was the wettest 12-months over 124-year record for the contiguous US. Since 1990 Western Mongolia summer temperatures are the warmest (over 1269 – 2004 C.E.). Caveat: record period is key for understanding how rare an event is.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). 10, 2018 in Harris County, Texas District Court, alleging he was discriminated against because of his national origin, which the multinational corporation wrongly perceived as Indian. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.