Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

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.

2023

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 Spend too long in a wet-bulb temperature above 35?°C

Cooling

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 15, 2024

Declarations could also lead to money for long-term, proactive mitigation, such as renewable energy storage and microgrids to withstand utility blackouts, and retrofitting of homes and buildings to be more energy efficient and weatherized. Even better, of course, would be a serious drive toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

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.

2019

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

When the Obama administration attempted to implement the Clean Power Plan , it said that the new standards would fight climate change, create tens of thousands of jobs in renewable energy and avoid up to 3,600 premature deaths from soot and smog. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. There is now a 99.9 After the Massachusetts v.

Carbon Dioxide

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 proceedings have been held in abeyance since August 2017 while EPA considers whether and how to amend the regulations.

2020

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017. Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law. Energy & Environment Legal Institute v.

2018

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

In addition, Koch Industries spent more than $38 million on its Washington lobbying operation during the last two full election cycles, from 2017 through 2020. Climate scientists, he added, “have these models that show it, but the models don’t work….”. In the 2018 and 2020 election cycles, Koch Industries’ total outlay of $26.7

Climate Change

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On the other hand, proponents of infrastructure projects to reduce GHG emissions, such as renewable energy projects and associated electric transmission lines, may seek to justify investments in reliance on the SCC. 2017); [link].]] º C, viewed by climate scientists as a critical threshold to avoid catastrophic impacts.

Climate Change

Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

This post covers from approximately mid-June, 2017 up to August 31, 2017. A few general resources: Sidelining Science Since Day One: How the Trump administration has harmed public health and safety in its first six months by The Union of Concerned Scientists I Heart Climate Scientists. . July 2017. .

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Elsewhere , I documented how these and subsequent US public policy actions set the stage for Puerto Rico’s contemporary social vulnerabilities that have come full circle in disastrous social, economic, and climatic consequences for the archipelago after Hurricane María in 2017. The risk of landslides is also high.

Climate Change