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Environmental Budget Cuts in NC: 2008-2018

Smith Enviorment

The report, The Thin Green Line, looks at staffing levels and funding for environmental programs between 2008 and 2018 in the lower 48 states. environmental programs experienced one of the highest levels of cuts to both operating budgets and staff in the country. 2008 Funding. Inflation Adjusted 2008 Funding.

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2023 appears to follow an upward trend in the North Atlantic/Caribbean named tropical cyclone count

Real Climate

We have discussed the statistics on tropical cyclones in previous posts here on RealClimate: ‘ Climate Change and Tropical Cyclones (Yet Again) ’ (2008) and ‘ Does global warming make tropical cyclones stronger? ’ (2018). Support for the warm-area-connection? References R.E. 635-645, 2009. Blunden, T.

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Degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands

Our Environment

Rising sea levels and increased intensity of storm surges are playing a considerable role in the degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands. Illustrating the variation in sea levels from 1993 – 2018. Source: NASA (August 2018). Photo credit. Written by: Jack McCulloch. should be. [4]

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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia and Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany and The Philippines (2013),?England?and and India (2014), Brazil and Bangladesh (2015) and France (2016 and 2018). Mendel continued to photograph and document flood zones around the world, visiting?Haiti He photographed flooding in the U.S.

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DEP Blog: Ten Tools To Take On Climate Change In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

The DEP Energy Programs Office began developing state climate action plans about 10 years ago, as required by the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008. It’s projected that more flooding will increasingly stress utility systems and roads and bridges around the state.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act. The FWS concluded in 2008 that the trout should be listed but reversed course in 2014 and concluded that listing was no longer warranted. 15-1363 et al.

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Using Attribution Science to Evaluate the Effects of Oil and Gas Emissions on Endangered and Threatened Species

Law Columbia

BLM’s decision to exclude GHG emissions from its ESA jeopardy analysis can be traced back to a 2008 legal opinion for the Department of Interior (DOI) which declared that it is impossible to establish a causal connection between project-level emissions and harm to specific species and their habitats. 2018) ; Tartu et al.