Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

Two seasons in one The presidential primary season coincides with “ Danger Season ”—the period between May and October when the Northern Hemisphere experiences back-to-back extreme weather augmented by climate change. Candidates are crisscrossing New Hampshire amid climate-related and climate-boosted catastrophes.

Climate Change 213

Climate Change Politics Sea Level 2007 213

ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In this issue: White House revisiting Trump-era NEPA rule to consider all climate impacts. Proposed changes would require developers to more carefully consider how their projects contribute to climate change and pollution. Landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore receives 2021 MacArthur fellowship. Executive Branch.

2021 98

2021 Climate Change Conservation Ocean 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg. percent; natural gas, 38.3

Clean Energy 265

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change 265

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

Beth Pratt, the California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation, told the Guardian newspaper in April, “Yosemite is ground zero for climate change.” Wildfires in 2021 temporarily closed Sequoia National Park and a popular part of Big Bend National Park in Texas. An unsettling haze in Yosemite Valley.

Climate Change 222

Climate Change 2018 2020 Paris Agreement 222

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. These data are alarming—underscoring how far off track the world continues to be in cutting the heat-trapping emissions fueling climate change.

Fossil Fuels 258

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Clean Energy 2030 258

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

26 (GC26) on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. In 2021, the CRC dismissed the complaints since the petitioners had failed to exhaust domestic legal remedies at the national level. Argentina et al. ).

Precautionary Principle 113

Precautionary Principle Climate Change Environmental Protection 2009 113

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. The president-elect, who is currently finishing his second term as a congressman, made environmental and climate change issues central to his campaign. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.

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Government Climate Change Renewable Energy Sustainable Development 98