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The Stream, July 27, 2022: Greenland Heatwave Spurs Massive Ice Melting Event

Circle of Blue

Persistent melt in 2008 lifted the snow cover from a low-lying area of Greenland’s ice sheet, revealing a rough terrain crossed by melt water streams. States in the Colorado River’s upper basin respond to the federal government’s call for water conservation. Photo © Thomas Neumann / NASA GSFC. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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Dr. Tiara Moore Redefines Belonging in Marine Science

Washington Nature

By: Leah Palmer The Nature Conservancy (TNC) celebrates Dr. Tiara Moore, founder of Black in Marine Science (BIMS), whose research and tireless efforts empower Black marine scientists to thrive in their field. Illustration by Erica Simek Sloniker / The Nature Conservancy. Illustration by Erica Simek Sloniker / The Nature Conservancy.

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Proposed Amendments to Endangered Species Act Regulations Could Curtail Protections for Species Imperiled by Climate Change

Columbia Climate Law

The rationale for this proposed amendment is that designating critical habitat in this context “could create a regulatory burden without providing any conservation value to the species concerned.”. This provision seems reasonable at first blush. Fish and Wildlife Service ).

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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. What new directions in clean energy should Pennsylvania pursue?

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Florida Governor DeSantis’ Head-In-The Sand Climate Change Policies

Legal Planet

(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The FWS concluded in 2008 that the trout should be listed but reversed course in 2014 and concluded that listing was no longer warranted. The court did, however, find that the FWS failed to explain different methodologies it used in 2008 and 2014 to calculate the number of healthy populations of the trout. 1884CV01431 (Mass.

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No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

Candidates did not use climate change as a defining issue in the 2008 presidential general election because there was no daylight between presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama with respect to climate science, a sense of urgency, and policy solutions! Cannot the past be prologue?