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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.

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Climate Reality vs. Public Perception: Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, and Hurricane Irma in 2021 were all accompanied by the same question. That fits with the last five years , which have seen an annual average of 18 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters. Climate scientists are not sitting on their 99.9

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

What we heard in plaintiffs’ case was not justiciable controversy, but rather a weeklong hearing of political grievances that properly belongs to the legislature, not a court of law,” said Assistant Attorney General Michael Russell. The admission says a lot about political will. I’m kidding, but only slightly.)

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.8.23

PA Environment Daily

East, Gulf Coasts -- The Guardian: ‘Tornado Alley’ Is Shifting Farther Into Eastern U.S.,

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The appellate court therefore ruled that state courts were without jurisdiction to consider claims that a California Environmental Quality Act review should have considered the impacts of climate change on continued operation of the dam. Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. Chao , No.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law. Jacobson v.

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ESA Policy News: September 13, 2021

ESA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $1.24 billion to spend through fiscal year (FY) 2026 on weather, ocean and climate research and forecasting while the Environmental Protection Agency receives $264 million for climate change research and development. NSF also receives $3.43

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