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The Animal Agriculture Industry Undermines Climate Action

Legal Planet

Why hasn’t there been more movement against greenhouse gas emissions caused by animal agriculture? The 2006 FAO report mentioned earlier, which criticized animal agriculture’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, faced backlash from industry lobbyists and donors who pressured the FAO to change course.

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How Major Carbon Producers Drive Sea Level Rise and Climate Injustice

Union of Concerned Scientists

Previous attribution research published by my Union of Concerned Scientists colleagues have allowed us to draw causal connections between sources of heat-trapping emissions and resulting impacts, like present day increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, air temperatures, sea levels , ocean acidification , and wildfire burned area.

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Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 12 Webinar On Carbon Reduction Credits In Oil & Gas Well Plugging

PA Environment Daily

Participants in this free one-hour webinar will learn about conventional orphaned well plugging, remediation, and restoration, with a focus on reducing methane and greenhouse gas emissions. The Penn State Extension will host a December 12 webinar on Carbon Reduction Credits In Oil and Gas Well Plugging from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

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Operationalizing Climate Science

Real Climate

Hausfather and Peters (2021) ). Where, at the beginning, there was really only one input parameter (the CO 2 concentration) that needed to be coordinated, the inputs have now broadened to include myriad forcings related to other greenhouse gases, air pollution, land surface change, ozone, the sun, volcanoes, irrigation, meltwater etc.

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The International Court of Justice delivers watershed climate ruling

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen A ruling by the highest global court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), states that individual countries must protect their people and environment from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and act with due diligence to fulfil this obligation. degrees C above pre-industrial levels.

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DEP: Revised Application, Instructions Available For Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares Air Quality General Permit

PA Environment Daily

Background Coal mine operators now have a greater interest in installing flares to reduce methane - a potent greenhouse gas - to participate in programs that allow them to generate and sell credits to other companies participating in greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. million metric tons. million metric tons.

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Steelton-Highspire School District, Tröegs Independent Brewing Show Benefits Of Going Solar, Driving Electric Busses In Dauphin County

PA Environment Daily

A decade later In 2021, Steelton-Highspire School District worked with McClure Company to install a solar array large enough to offset 100 percent of its annual electricity usage. This shift not only helps to lower greenhouse gas emissions but also improves air quality, making Steelton a healthier place to live.