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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 20, 2023
Some of the highest risks can be found in the candidates’ home states: the ocean off of Florida has hit 98 degrees— hot tub temp s! Among mid-Atlantic states, New Jersey is ground zero for climate change. We should expect to hear more, as climate impacts are only going to get worse. Cannot the past be prologue?
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 22, 2023
A harsh new normal Whether we wake up or not, a harsh climate is the new normal. To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. percent consensus.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 15, 2024
For instance, while Hurricane Katrina took 1,400 lives in the US in 2005, Cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal made landfall in Myanmar in 2008 and killed 140,000 people—100 times more people than Katrina. People perishing by heat or smoke one by one in the privacy of their homes or in the sterility of hospitals is relatively invisible.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 29, 2022
Since 2008, RGGI states successfully cut power sector emissions in half, reduced electricity prices, and outpaced the nation in economic growth, all while creating $4 billion in net economic gains, and nearly 50,000 job years of employment. It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) erred in its analyses of climate change’s impact on the Rio Grande cutthroat trout when it determined in 2014 that the species no longer warranted listing under the Endangered Species Act. Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. Chao , No. 1:19-cv-02826 (D.D.C.,
Law Columbia
JUNE 6, 2023
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.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
A federal district court in the District of Columbia ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) fulfilled its obligations under NEPA in connection with two offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. Federal Court Rejected NEPA Claims in Challenge to Gulf of Mexico Leases.
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