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Building Climate Resilience: The Urgency of Updating the Growth Management Act

Washington Nature

As we continue to reduce carbon emissions, we also must ensure we’re supporting building communities that are prepared to face our new climate reality. For instance, transportation accounts for 40 percent of Washington state greenhouse gas emissions. Stillaguamish Valley flooding near Stanwood, November 2015.

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No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

His address focused on corporate taxes, and he shared his expert opinion that a carbon tax had a legitimate place in our national revenue system. In 2015 Senator Kelly Ayotte supported the EPA Clean Power Plan. Hutchinson was surprised to learn of Huckabee’s position and promised to get back to me.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court rejected the argument that claims against the original and 2012 versions of the LCFS were moot, noting that these earlier versions affected how credits were calculated under the 2015 version.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels.

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Seven essential books on energy and climate change

Edouard Stenger

The book predicted the threat of rising sea levels and the need to reform fresh-water management strategies to combat droughts. Verdict: I really enjoyed reading Reinventing Fire as it is full of examples and data and figures. – Driven by Demand: How Energy Gets Its Power (2015).

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Ask a Scientist: Calling Out the Companies Responsible for Western Wildfires

Union of Concerned Scientists

found that the companies—down to 88 due to mergers—were responsible for about 55 percent of ocean acidification between 1880 and 2015. They found that 48 percent of the increase in the region’s fire-friendly conditions since 1901—specifically drier land and vegetation—can be traced to the 88 companies’ carbon emissions.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Check Out C-SAW -- Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers New R.I.S.E Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4