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Soaring Insurance Rates Show Climate Change Is a Pocketbook Issue  

Union of Concerned Scientists

Benjamin Keys, who has done important work in highlighting the role of climate risks in driving increases in insurance premiums. According to his research, homeowners in the US saw their annual insurance premiums increase by an average of 33% or $500 between 2020 and 2023.

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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) reduced the limit on the amount of sulfur in ships fuel oil, which then led to a reduction in sulphur dioxide and particulate matter emissions which form aerosols in the atmosphere.

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The Kids Get It: Why Proposition 4 Is the Right Thing to Do

Union of Concerned Scientists

I don’t have to explain why investing in climate resilience is about the best financial decision California could make right now for her future. Fire suppression costs, alone, more than doubled from below a half billion in 2020 to over $1.2 Climate change is here and it’s costly. The kids get it. billion in 2022.

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My Kind of Town

Legal Planet

In 2020, the lake level hit a record high, after having hit a record low in 2013. That seems like a plausible scenario under climate change but seemingly hasn’t been established yet. As climate scientists predict, more rain is hitting Chicago in the form of intense storms. Then in May 2020, another record, 9.51

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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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AR6 of the best

Real Climate

As climate scientists we tend to look at the IPCC reports a little differently than the general public might. Here are a few things that mark this report out from previous versions that relate to issues we’ve discussed here before: Extreme events are increasingly connected to climate (duh!) Cross-Chapter Box 3.1}

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.3.24

PA Environment Daily

Doug Mastriano (R) For Interference In 2020 Election -- WITF: Republican Sen. Doug Mastriano Faces Ethics Complaint Over Support Of 2020 Election-Fraud Lie -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Sen. Mastriano’s Efforts To Overturn 2020 Election Results -- WHYY/AP: Lawsuit Aims To Keep Republican Con. Haywood Calls For Probe Of Sen.