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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

We should want to move up the energy ladder — from wood and dung to hydro-electric dams, liquified petroleum gas (to replace wood and dung), natural gas (to replace coal), and then, yes, nuclear energy — and not down the energy ladder, which is what Malthusian environmentalists advocate. But the atmospheric equivalent of garbage dumps.”

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

After concluding in 2011 that listing of the Pacific walrus was warranted due to threats that included sea-ice loss through 2100, the FWS issued a final decision in October 2017 that the Pacific walrus no longer qualified as a threatened species. In re Hawai‘i Electric Light Co. , May 24, 2021).

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How climate change offers opportunities to revitalize and reconnect with rural communities

HumanNature

In particular, an aging population combined with widely dispersed communities makes it difficult for emergency responders to reach all those who need assistance (Lal, Alvalapati and Mercer 2011). Figure 1. electricity expenditures by 2080-2099 compared to today. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. link] Cramer.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

32] Part of the reason the planet is greening stems from greater carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and greater planetary warming. [33] 49] FAO, World Livestock: Transforming the livestock sector through the Sustainable Development Goals (Rome: FAO, 2018), Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 48] FAO, “Livestock Primary,” FAOSTAT, [link]. [49]