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Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems

Union of Concerned Scientists

In the oceans, prolonged periods of unusually high sea surface temperatures are having a major impact. These annual marine heatwaves (MHWs) have increased by 54% during the last century, and eight of the ten worst MHWs have occurred since 2010. National Park Service scientist Erik Stabenau calls this “fighting water with water”.

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

The Northern Great Plains chapter notes that current water rights laws in much of the region make adaptation especially difficult. Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization. Other risks include increasing tropical cyclones and sea level rise.

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Can Fossil Fuel Companies Be Held Liable for Climate Change?

Law Columbia

Circuit and Supreme Court; and. * Gerald Torres , a professor at Cornell Law School whose recent work has focused on interactions between social movements, litigation, and legislative change. Lorenzen , an attorney at Crowell & Moring LLP who has led the coalition of petitioners challenging the Clean Power Plan before the D.C.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

According to the US EPA, environmental justice is “ the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies ”. The impact of climate change on Caribbean tourism demand.

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California Adopts CEQA Guidelines Aimed at Improving Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change Impacts in Environmental Reviews

Law Columbia

These amendments flesh out many of the provisions on climate change and energy that were first added to the CEQA Guidelines in 2010. The CEQA Guidelines have been revised to clarify the appropriate methodology for measuring and assessing the significance of GHG emissions, consistent with recent case law. GHG Emissions Analysis.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track

PA Environment Daily

Since the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint was established in 2010, states have put practices in place to achieve an estimated 42 percent of the nitrogen-pollution reductions and 64 percent of the phosphorus reductions that the Blueprint requires. The effects of climate change are being felt across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Natural Resources Defense Council v. By Margaret Barry and Hillary Aidun. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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