Physics World
OCTOBER 6, 2021
A 2017 study led by geographer Camilo Mora from the University of Hawaii found that around 30% of people around the world are already exposed to climatic conditions above this deadly threshold for at least 20 days a year ( Nature Climate Change 7 501 ). “One Overall, cement accounts for 3% of the world’s carbon emissions.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
One of the strongest names is that of Maisa Rojas, a renowned climate scientist who will take over as the new Minister for the Environment. “My For Marcelo Mena, himself a former Minister for the Environment (2017–2018), “water scarcity must be tackled through inter-sectoral coordination.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 16, 2023
Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends. What went into that calculation? CP: Great question.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 10, 2022
Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have dubbed the six-month stretch from May through October the “ Danger Season.” Not only has much of what climate scientists have been warning about come to pass, many of the extreme weather events the planet is now experiencing are worse than they expected. “To
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. Petitioners challenging EPA’s new source performance standards for carbon emissions from power plants filed their opening briefs in the D.C. United States v. Ruffatto , No.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 19, 2022
Climate Change on the Docket. At issue in this case is whether and how the EPA can set standards for carbon emissions at power plants. He emphasized that “The harms associated with climate change are serious and well recognized.”. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. There is now a 99.9 After the Massachusetts v.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Citing Shortcomings in NEPA Analysis of Cumulative Climate and Groundwater Impacts, Montana Federal Court Vacated Oil and Gas Leases. The plaintiffs alleged among other things that the defendants the two projects’ cumulative impacts on carbon emissions.
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