Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds – The climate crisis will jeopardize key sources of fresh water and make extreme weather events more severe. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of the world’s leading climate scientists, released its sixth climate assessment on Monday.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

Scientific evidence is clear that climate change is affecting winter storms, making extreme events happen more frequently. Like most older millennials, climate change has shaped my time on planet Earth. Count of extreme events in Yolo and Sacramento counties from Sept 2011 to July 2019. Data: NOAA 2023.

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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.

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ESA

JULY 12, 2021

Congress funded the DOE Office of Science at $7 billion in FY 2021. billion for NOAA, a 19% increase over FY 2021 levels. It is likely that Congress will pass a temporary stop gap measure to buy more time for funding negotiations and avert a government shutdown. billion by 2026. billion for the Science Directorate and $2.25

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Breezometer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Nancy is a staunch advocate for leveraging Earth observations and environmental intelligence to improve decision-making on the individual, business, and government levels. She leads numerous initiatives that promote a better understanding of our planet’s dynamic weather and climate changes. Paul Walsh. Dr. Marshall Shepherd.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

This year has brought new evidence of what major fossil fuel companies knew and when about the role their products play in climate change, as well as what they did in spite of what they knew. They enable us to strengthen our balance sheet and high grade or diversify our portfolio.

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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

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 15, 2024

It would counter the expertise of climate scientists, and would damage the label’s credibility internationally,” said Julie Segal, Senior Manager of Climate Finance at Environmental Defence Canada. “To Over three-quarters of people in Canada want new rules to address greenwashing within the financial sector.

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A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2022

The highest court in the US voted by 6-3 to limit any US government’s authority to reduce CO2 emissions. A dent in climate diplomacy. This is set to have serious implications for US’s global role in climate leadership which only resumed when Joe Biden took over in January 2021.

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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.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

16, 2021 ). billion to spend through fiscal year (FY) 2026 on weather, ocean and climate research and forecasting while the Environmental Protection Agency receives $264 million for climate change research and development. NOAA also receives $765 climate adaptation and resilience.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Atmospheric rivers are projected to intensify as the climate continues to warm. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — November 22, 2021. There are three main factors why, climate scientist Simon Donnor explained to the Globe and Mail. Climate change is projected to intensify atmospheric rivers across the globe.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148. July 15, 2021). and non-U.S.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The Trump administration proposed steep cuts across the government in its president’s budget request, especially to scientific and environmental programs. billion for the National Institute of Agriculture, including $700 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which represents a $265 million increase over FY 2021 levels.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 24, 2022

In the 1960s climate change was not really a significant concern, not even amongst environmentalists – this was despite the fact that the Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 was the first to claim that emissions from fossil fuels might eventually result in enhanced global warming. In 2021 the world emitted 36.4

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

This new research found that ExxonMobil’s climate projections from its internally developed models accurately projected the temperature rise that has happened since then and that its calculations were in line with independent research produced at the time by academic and government scientists. and SSP1-2.6).

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Physics World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Wealthy nations have not even delivered a $100bn annual fund to help developing nations with climate mitigation and adaptation, which had been promised for 2020 onwards. While most climate scientists are not directly involved in high-level negotiations, their work is essential to the process. Courtesy: Eunice Lo. “I

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 5, 2021

They said the government was not doing enough to help them, while 16 planes and 51 helicopters tackled the blazes across a swathe of southwest Turkey. Climate scientists have long predicted that the Mediterranean will be hit hard by rising temperatures and changes in rainfall, driven by human emissions.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 18, 2021

Last week, the IPCC released their latest climate report – and the findings were serious. The report is the most comprehensive to-date from the international panel of scientists who work on climate change – and shows just how crucial the next couple years are for climate action. August 9th, 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The common denominators that have hampered Puerto Rico’s capacity to face these issues are the colonial status as a US territory, and the associated lack of self-determination, self-governance, and sovereignty. How are Puerto Rico’s climate change and other environmental vulnerabilities distinct from those of the rest of the US?

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Please join ESA in sharing lessons learned from the 2021 United Nations Conference of the Parties Meeting (also known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, and actions we can take going forward as a professional society Jan. Government report on how climate change affects people and places in the United States. Register here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Sharp cuts in methane emissions are among the most critical actions the United States can take in the short term to slow the rate of climate change. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide – nearly as much as all the carbon dioxide emitted by the power sector in 2021. Dr. Jessica Moerman. “As

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With announcements from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) growing bleaker by the year, climate change activism has become increasingly bold and desperate. [1] To avoid the agony of perpetual disappointment, we may need to learn how to embrace despair while actively willing social change.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

report on how world can still stop climate change. Department of Energy Office of Science encourages researchers to apply for supplemental funding to collaborate with scientists impacted by the war in Ukraine. report on how world can still stop climate change. In this issue: 5 Takeaways from U.N. Executive Branch.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Cartwright Introduces Bill To Improve Readiness For Extreme Weather -- PennDOT, DEP, PPL, Partners Hosting 8 In-Person Stakeholder Sessions On State Plan For National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Starting Oct. Don Ritter -- Post-Gazette: Canadian Nuclear Fuel Firm Buying Into Westinghouse Electric Co. What’s Your Community Doing?

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Williams joined the Biden administration in January 2021 and is currently serving as the agency’s principal deputy director. Appropriations: Congress approved a measure to keep the government open through March 11. President Biden signed the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act ( H.R. 6617 ) Feb. 3664 , H.R.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

March 8, 2021).]] The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. [[N: Missouri v. Biden , Civ.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Decarbonization Alliance This guest essay first appeared in the Daily Item on September 11, 2022 -- While the majority of Pennsylvanians want the nation to seriously address climate change, close to half of all federal legislators and substantially more than half the legislators in our statehouse are not yet on board.

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Acoel

AUGUST 25, 2021

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Richard M. Due to climate change, that drought has been getting progressively worse: warmer winters lead to less precipitation, and hotter summers cause drier conditions, creating a vicious, downward cycle of heat and drought. Indeed, the Western U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Here are 71 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, At The Water's Edge Gala On Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Here are 77 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Pennsylvania Awarded $244.9 Mann, Ph.D.,

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ESA

MAY 23, 2022

In response to a question from a BIO AC member, an NSF representative shared that the federal government is considering how to improve how it collects gender demographics at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy level. Biden signed an executive order in September 2021 expanding the size of the PCAST to 32 members from 26.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Here are 111 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- PA Assn. When Do You Evacuate?

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