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The Next Source of Trouble for Great Lakes Fish Populations: Tires

Circle of Blue

In 2006, Atlantic salmon were reintroduced.). This is a brand-new chemical contaminant and not all labs can analyse it,” said Jonathan Ruppert, an ecosystem and climate scientist with the Toronto Region and Conservation Authority, whose mandate is to safeguard watershed communities in the Toronto region.

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We’re Naming Summer “Danger Season” in the US. Here’s Why.

Union of Concerned Scientists

This summer, like many of my fellow climate scientists, I’ll try to recount the facts I remember and those I’ve been disciplined enough to write down for all the reporters who work tirelessly to tell the story of how we got here and where we should go from here.

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Hurricane Ida supercharges climate change in the US

A Greener Life

Several climate scientists have said without a doubt climate change contributed to the severity of this extreme weather event. We need to act”. Hurricane Ida is the fourth hurricane and the second major hurricane to strike in the 2021 hurricane season.

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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

percent consensus among climate scientists that global warming is driven by the spewing of carbon dioxide and other gases. In the 2006 Rapanos decision , Justice Anthony Kennedy determined that a wetland should have a “significant nexus” such as a navigable lake or river to be eligible for protection under “Waters of the US.”

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Smoke in Our Eyes: National Park Grandeur Degraded by Global Warming

Union of Concerned Scientists

It was an apocalyptic encore of the worst-ever 2006 season that saw 9.9 It makes them ripe for disproportional impacts from climate change, relative to the nation in general. It was because of smoke during the 2007 wildfire season in the United States, the second worst at the time for acreage burned. million acres burned.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

Between 1996 and 2006, United Nations family planning spending declined 50 percent. As it became clear that the growth in the global birth rate had peaked, Malthusian thinkers started to look to climate change as a replacement apocalypse for overpopulation and resource scarcity. Seven years later, the U.N.

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Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

PA Environment Daily

It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists. In 2006, of course, we know that Al Gore said humanity has 10 years left before the point of no return. efforts to wean Europe off their dependency on Russian oil and gas. Pennsylvania must get this decision on RGGI right.