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HotSpots H2O: Flash Floods and Landslides Devastate Western Venezuela

Circle of Blue

A state of emergency was declared in nine western and northwestern provinces, and more than 55,000 residents remain without electricity. In 2005, close to 500 people died and hundreds were injured in this region, the Mocoties Valley, after similar destruction caused by landslides and these same overflowing rivers.

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TEDxPortland: The Intersection of Climate and Plastics

Ocean Conservancy

When I took on the role as Ocean Conservancy’s director of climate and plastics initiative, I was determined to be more “out there” in 2023. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. But be careful what you wish for! Take cars as an example. Systems change.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. Electric utilities, meanwhile, gave her $44,750.

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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

In fact, such standards have had a negligible effect on electricity prices and often save ratepayers money. Its 2018 campaign to kill a federal income tax credit for electric vehicle buyers, trotting out the same phony argument it made against wind tax breaks.

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The Life-changing Legacy of Winter the Dolphin

Ocean Conservancy

Back in 2005 when this orphaned bottlenose dolphin calf was found entangled in a crab trap line in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, she seemed well on her way to certain death. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. She inspired people to come to the aquarium and learn more about the animals that live in our ocean.

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Colorado River Forecasts Not a ‘Crystal Ball’

Circle of Blue

The reservoirs are a key source of drinking water for about 40 million people, plus they store water that irrigates millions of acres of farmland and generates electricity for the Southwest. Jerla has worked for Reclamation since 2005 and is intimately acquainted with the computer models that underpin the reservoir forecasts.

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Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Smith Enviorment

Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. The reduction goals apply to electric utilities that are: 1. The Reduction Goal.

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