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Dr. Shaina Sadai Talks About COP27, Climate Justice, Sea Level Rise, and Corporate Accountability

Union of Concerned Scientists

Through greenwashing ads, disinformation campaigns, attacks on scientists, and production of fake scientific evidence, the industry has engaged the playbook of deception to undermine climate action. But rising temperatures aren’t the only factor when we are thinking about climate impacts.

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Using Clouds to Fight Climate Change

HumanNature

Student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Most people remember the water cycle they learned in school: water evaporates from lakes, rivers, and the ocean, air carrying this moisture rises, cools, condenses, and forms clouds, and these clouds precipitate water back down to the surface. C temperature target.

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Smoke in Our Eyes: National Park Grandeur Degraded by Global Warming

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2015, then again in 2020, the number of burned acres from wildfires crossed the 10 million-acre mark. The view of Yosemite Valley has repeatedly been obscured by wildfire smoke, including in 2018 , 2020 , and last year, when fires forced park closures and evacuations. Photo is the author’s own.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

Citing Shortcomings in NEPA Analysis of Cumulative Climate and Groundwater Impacts, Montana Federal Court Vacated Oil and Gas Leases. May 1, 2020). 3, 2020; request for publication granted May 4, 2020). Natural Resources Defense Council v. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. WildEarth Guardians v.

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