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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

I moved to Merced in 2015 to study for my PhD, and I found a place I could call home. The 2024 State of the Air report I work every day on topics related to air in my role as a Senior Climate Scientist at UCS, through my volunteer grassroots work, and because I want to be a well-informed resident in the San Joaquin Valley.

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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

2023 ) 2) ExxonMobil produced quality science internally, but cast doubt on it publicly ExxonMobil was producing quality science. Corporate leadership was informed about advances in climate science and incorporated those advances when its scientists built their own models. Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s

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COP28: The world temperature is expected to reach 1.4 degrees C this year

A Greener Life

In its provisional State of the Global Climate report, they confirmed, that not only is 2023 on track to be the warmest year on record by a large margin, but they also expect we will reach 1.4 Even though there’s a month left of 2023, VMO feels confident enough to make the call that will leave us only 0.1

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

On December 31, 2023, he retired from the Clean Air Council after serving as the organization's executive director and chief counsel for over 35 years. Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable.

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Courts Asked to Compel Government Action on Climate Change

Greenbuilding Law

In this instance, 16 young people from across Montana, who were between 2 and 18 years old when the case was filed in 2020, brought their constitutional climate lawsuit, Held v. Globally, the cumulative number of climate change related cases has more than doubled since 2015, bringing the total number of cases to over 2,000.

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California Advances Corporate Climate Accountability Amid New Evidence of ExxonMobil’s Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

California Sues Fossil Fuel Polluters California’s climate accountability lawsuit is groundbreaking in several ways: California is the first major fossil fuel-producing state to file a climate accountability lawsuit. California Gov.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Be A Citizen Scientist? .; Posted: December 31, 2023] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.