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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Senate Reelection Campaign Coffers By $4 Million; Fetterman Raises $717,000 -- November 2020 Election -- Warren Times Editorial: Nov. Shapiro -- WPost Guest Essay: We Fixed I-95 In 12 Days, Here Are Our Lessons For U.S. Infrastructure - By Gov.

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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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Here’s What We’re Asking Major Fossil Fuel Corporations at This Year’s Annual Meetings

Union of Concerned Scientists

.” Why, then, did Shell’s Gretchen Watkins call the final watered down Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations “ frustrating and disappointing ” in 2020? It also marks the end of the Board tenure of climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery.

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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.

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Danger Season in South America: Climate Change Brings Unbelievable Record Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

In fact, a recent study examined parts of this heat wave—from late November up until December 11, 2022—and found that climate change made the event 60 times more likely. As a climate scientist, I’m used to reading attribution numbers on the order of magnitude of 15, 20, or maybe 30 times more likely.

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Book review : The New Climate War by Michael E Mann

Edouard Stenger

Michael E Mann is a climate scientist who is famous for the hockey stick theory. He has been for a long time a target of attacks from conservatives and climate deniers. Orignally published in 2020, I read the paperback version that was published in 2021, with mention to the pandemic and how it was uppending our lives.

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We Crossed 1.5 C. Did We Breach the Paris Agreement?

Legal Planet

If you’re not a climate scientist—and maybe even if you are—reading news headlines this month has been confounding and a little scary. “In Climate Threshold ,” was the version at Forbes. C is a political target, not a scientifically determined limit. C,” and “pursue efforts” to limit heating to 1.5 Q: Why is 1.5