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A deep dive into the IPCC’s updated carbon budget numbers

Real Climate

And since the first IPCC estimates published in 2013, we have learned a lot and have gotten much better at estimating remaining carbon budgets. IPCC reported carbon budgets for the first time in 2013. in 2018, but they represent a significant update since AR5 in 2013. IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report.

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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 10 To Introduce New Executive Director Ian Irvin; Discuss DEP Issues Generally

PA Environment Daily

He served as a legal intern with DEP in 2014, an intern with the US Environmental Protection Agency Air Enforcement Division in Washington, DC, also in 2014, and was a policy intern in DEP in 2013.

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New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Union of Concerned Scientists

That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities.

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Rising Seas: Challenges and Solutions for Coastal Communities

HumanNature

58, 2014. [2] 4] IPCC, “Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Emanuel, “Downscaling CMIP5 climate models shows increased tropical cyclone activity over the 21st century,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 2013. [6] September, pp. 1–56, 2022. [3] 213–232, 2019. [4] 5] K.

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Second District Affirms Judgment Upholding City of Pomona’s Commercial Cannabis Permit Program Overlay District As CEQA-Exempt Under Statutory Exemption Provided In Guidelines Section 15183 For Projects Consistent With Development Density Established By Existing Zoning, General Plan, Or Community Plan for Which EIR Was Certified; Holds Substantial Evidence Standard of Review Applies To Lead Agency’s Finding of Exemption

CEQA Developments

As relevant here, the City certified a Final EIR in 2014 (2014 EIR) for a General Plan Update (GPU) with a 2035 development horizon. The Findings addressed each of the environmental issues studied in the 2014 EIR and compared the effects of the Project to those of the adopted GPU. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million cut in FY 2010-11; -- FY 2012-13 budget for the State System of Higher Education zeroes out funding again for the PA Center for Environmental Education ($368,000) and McKeever Environmental Center ($213,000); -- FY 2013-14 budget continues the $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2 million; DCNR: $1.5

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Addressing Livestock Methane in California

Legal Planet

The result, according to the California Air Resources Board , has been a methane emissions reduction of over 3 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent since 2013. But the state is only on track to achieve about half of the 9 million metric ton reduction needed to achieve the 2030 target.

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