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Predicted Arctic sea ice trends over time

Real Climate

2007) , and were compounded by the summertime record losses of sea ice in 2007 and then 2012. With an additional decade, how does that look now? Percent change in March (red) and September (blue) Arctic sea extent w.r.t. 1979-1988 in the CMIP3 ensemble and NSIDC observations. Stroeve, M.M. Holland, W. Scambos, and M. Stroeve, V.

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Melange à Trois

Real Climate

And, since people ask, the comparisons of the Spencer and Christy dataset (up-to-date version) and similar records to the climate models are here (and updated every year).

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The Top-Ten Lower Court Decisions on Environmental Law

Legal Planet

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2007). The decisions has its supporters butis more often harshly criticized. Still, theres no denying its importance. Center for Biological Diversity v.

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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

After an $ 11 million donation to the University of Saskatchewan in 2007 , the business school was named after him. He spent years giving encouragement for the federal government to approve and build the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project.

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Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Down To 12, Lowest In More Than 17 Years; Community Support Drops; Big Hole In DEP Budget

PA Environment Daily

On October 25, Baker Hughes reported the number of natural gas drilling rigs in Pennsylvania dropped to 12, the lowest number of rigs in the state since July 2007, according to Reuters. Since August 23, the drill rigs in the state dropped from 21 to 12-- a 42% drop, according to Baker Hughes.

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What Can California Learn From Other States About State Transmission Authorities?

Union of Concerned Scientists

RETA was established in 2007. New Mexico, RETA: New Mexico is a regulated electricity market with the investor-owned utility, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), serving most of the state. It is regulated by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC).

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What is a Just Land Transition?

Union of Concerned Scientists

She explained how new prisons light the night sky along the Central Valleys prison alleythe result of the confluence of political and economic forces embedded in, and built on, the historical power of agriculture and resource extraction in the state ( Gilmore 2007 ).

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