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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. believe that “most” scientists agree on global warming and only 20 percent know that more than 90 percent of climate scientists agree that human-caused climate change is happening.

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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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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

The note can also be interpreted as an insult because it suggests that we climate scientists do not know our subject. They apparently have not realised that both the UN climate panel and the professional communities in the USA and Europe have written a number of reports to do exactly that ( IPCC AR6 2021 , NCA 2017 , ESOTC2022 ).

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Taylor Swift and Climate Change Songs

Legal Planet

We don’t need Taylor Swift to “fall in love with a climate scientist,” we just wish she’d write a song about the climate crisis. When the breathless coverage of her relationship with Travis Kelce first boosted ratings for NFL football, some suggested Swift should use her star power for good by “dating a climate scientist.”

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

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 Although politics is a new world for her, she has been involved in a number of different capacities for some time.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. The petitioners said they wished to obtain a ruling on the merits prior to the scheduled May 2017 completion date for the pipeline in the event that the D.C. Arizona Board of Regents Filed Notice of Appeal in Climate Scientist Public Records Case. United States v.

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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.,