Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2023

Another good fact is that 2023, like 2022, did not have a named storm form before the official season start, unlike the 7 straight years from 2015 to 2021. 2021 ended up being the third most active season in recorded history, with 21 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes (two Category 3 and two Category 4).

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Amidst historically low oil prices and economic shutdowns, fossil fuel companies continue to defend against lawsuits brought by state and local governments claiming climate-change related damages. Thus, the cities and counties sought an order of abatement requiring the energy companies to fund a climate change adaptation program.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 26, 2021

A unique photographic exploration of the impact of flooding on communities around the world due to climate events opens Saturday, May 1 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World is a stark portrayal of the human condition within the context of climate change. Courtesy of the artist.

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HumanNature

APRIL 14, 2022

Alarmingly, a drought in 2012 cost the agricultural industry $30 billion (Rippey 2015). People defining drought will thus rely on the historic climate to determine whether drought is occurring. For example, the Palmer Drought Severity Index (Dai 2019) uses past history of a region to determine what categories drought falls into.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

Plugging wells to stop the vertical flow of fluids and gas is critical to preventing ground and surface water contamination and the release of climate-changing methane gas into the atmosphere. There was the same sort of “uniformity” among reporting how waste was disposed in other disposal categories as well. Read more here.]

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

On December 28, 2018, California adopted comprehensive amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines , which include a suite of provisions aimed at improving the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts in state environmental reviews. GHG Emissions Analysis. Section 15064.4(2)(b)

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

in 2015 to 13.3% The decarbonisation target prompted a shift towards climate change. A 2022 report on “decarbonisation employment” from the China-based Climate Action Youth Alliance (CAYA) found that while the emissions-related industry had come into being in 2005 with the signing of the Kyoto Protocol, its size remained small.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

To dig into how the country got here, it’s helpful to split up the contributing factors into the three main “gas value chain” categories: the production of gas via drilling (“upstream”), the transportation of gas via pipelines (“midstream”), and the facilities that receive the gas, such as gas-fired power plants (“downstream”).

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

You can find the complete list of federal supports announced in 2020 in the report, but here are the major categories we were able to track. million for other categories of support to fossil fuels. Since then, we know much more about the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to stop all investments to the sector.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. 26 that could not by any normal definition fall into any of those categories.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Land-Use and Climate Change Growing urban populations are accelerating land-use change (LUC) around the globe, as witnessed in the Front Range of Colorado 1–3. In recent history, we have witnessed LUC exacerbating climate change due to disturbed soils, development of greenhouse gas (GHG) producing land uses, and more 4.

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Earthava

APRIL 13, 2021

Blue whales don’t break the record in every category, but it’s still worth noting some other amazing feats. Current protections have allowed for a minimal rebound, but human threats do still exist, like vessel strikes, fishing gear entanglement, and climate change. Other Blue Whale facts.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Since the initiation of climate change litigation several years ago, various state governments and interest groups have filed lawsuits against fossil fuel companies and governing authorities. Below we take a closer look at each category of lawsuits and provide an update on where they stand today. People by James v.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Board’s brief and non-specific findings thus failed “to bridge the analytic gap between the raw evidence and ultimate decision or order.”

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. and non-U.S.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Multiple reports , including the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States , have highlighted the risk that extreme heat poses to worker health and labor productivity. These are all positive developments in adapting to what has been the most lethal climate disaster of our time.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

3d 605 do not apply to decisions that do not deprive adjacent property owners of significant property interests, and which have only a de minimus effect on land, and CEQA notices for environmental determinations – such as the notice of exemption determination by a nonelected official at issue here – fall into that category.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

However, others argue that the other topographical features - of low precipitation (1-2” or 2-4cm annually) and high evapotranspiration leave them firmly in the desert category. Climate change presents a risk of desertification of present marginal landscapes. Yet eremology is also the study of how deserts are formed.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians.

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Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The emissions make a significant contribution to climate change because methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas which, in the first 20 years after it is released, traps approximately 84 times more heat in the earth’s atmosphere than carbon dioxide (on a per ton basis). That view is, however, refuted by EPA’s own documents.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

In 2009, EPA made a finding that six greenhouse gasses endanger public health and welfare because of their contribution to climate change. In 2015, EPA proposed CO2 emission limits for new power plants based on a combination of the use of high efficiency processes and carbon capture technology. The West Virginia v.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1]. At the same time, it is estimated that through 2015, RGGI generated approximately $2.9 One study estimates that CO.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107. and non-U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2021

President Biden orders federal agencies to assess financial risks of climate change. between 2015 and 2019 that were linked to swimming pools, hot tubs, and other treated recreational waters, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Financial Risk of Climate Change. By the Numbers.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

Since July 1, 2015, DEP has awarded 8,384 Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates, totaling $10.6 Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN] [Posted: July 28, 2022] PA Environment Digest DEP has awarded grants totaling $28.7

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Although international law does not recognize the term “climate refugee,” increasing numbers of people are forced to cross borders to seek safety from disasters caused or made worse by climate change. A few countries are beginning to create climate migration policies. New Zealand’s Pacific Access Category Resident.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. degrees Celsius. Biden EPA move to repeal Trump WOTUS rule.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Nobel Prize recipients urge G7 leaders to take transformative action to address climate change. Part two , scheduled for a November proposal, will make “broader changes,” according to the agenda. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act ( H.R. International. 1816 & H.R.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. The agency determines that drought associated with climate change has worsened habitat conditions for the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly. AG pulls out of Supreme Court climate case – E&E News. International.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The bill includes $18 billion for climate change mitigation and adaptation and $500 million to mitigate climate impacts on vulnerable communities, including communities of color and tribes. Global Change Research Program since 2015. Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks – The New York Times.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

However, this was not the case, and the researchers found that violence and homicide rates decreased from 1985 to 2015 even after accounting for different variables that impact violent crime.’ Climate change catastrophes fill the coffers of environmental groups. 554 incidents of vandalism.’

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