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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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As Soon as Possible

Real Climate

2015 ; Connolly et al, 2021 ). And also, let’s be clear, this mysteriously justified temperature series has been created explicitly to demonstrate a connection to the HS93 solar reconstruction – that was the case in the Soon et al (2015) paper, the Connolloy et al (2021) paper and now in this new Soon et al paper.

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The energy transition is already happening, and it’s being led by our Indigenous communities

Enviromental Defense

In 2013, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree with a research focus on energy transition. By 2015, I successfully completed my first solar implementation in my home community which was Little Buffalo’s first grid-connected solar project that powers our health centre.

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Mont Blanc has not been this low for 22 years

A Greener Life

Between 2001 and 2013 it ranged between 4,808 and 4,810 metres with a record 4,810.90 metres in 2013 it has been on a downward trend. A new trend When precise GNSS satellite measurements started in September 2001, the Mont Blanc stood at 4,810.40 metres in 2007, but from 4,810.02

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Losing Justice Hobbs, Western Water Expert and Valued Mentor

Legal Planet

I learned more about the depth and breadth of Justice Hobbs’ dedication when I clerked for him during the 2012–2013 Colorado Supreme Court term. . It gave me an initial window into his commitment to gearing his life and work toward making a positive difference in the lives of others. He took seriously—and delighted in—his role as a mentor.

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WeConservePA Honors Steven J. Schiffman, Esq. With 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award

PA Environment Daily

He served four terms on the WeConservePA board of directors (2007-2013 and 2015-2021) and continues to serve on the WeConservePA policy council. PA Audubon Society of Western PA, decided in 2015 by the Orphans Court of Allegheny County. Steve grew up in Cheltenham, a suburb of Philadelphia.

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Water-mediated intercalation mechanisms in transition metal oxides

Physics World

From 20132015, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, US. She received her PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, US, in 2013 and BS at the University of Arizona, US, in 2007, both in Materials Science and Engineering.

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