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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

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.

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Climate Reality vs. Public Perception: Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

It was about most plans for climate security in the New York City area being unrealized. A harsh new normal Whether we wake up or not, a harsh climate is the new normal. Not-a-scientist Milloy further pontificated , “This doesn’t kill anybody. This has got nothing to do with climate.This is not because of fossil fuels.”

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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

The 2024 State of the Air report I work every day on topics related to air in my role as a Senior Climate Scientist at UCS, through my volunteer grassroots work, and because I want to be a well-informed resident in the San Joaquin Valley. come from burning fossil fuels and pesticide use, and ultrafine particles (PM0.1)

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. Another study , released in 2023, found that the ongoing heatwave has exacerbated the effects of a catastrophic , multi-year drought that has been affecting the broader region.

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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

2023 ) 2) ExxonMobil produced quality science internally, but cast doubt on it publicly ExxonMobil was producing quality science. Corporate leadership was informed about advances in climate science and incorporated those advances when its scientists built their own models. Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s

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July 3rd 2023 was the hottest day ever recorded

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen Data from the US National Centre for Environmental Protection has concluded, that Monday the 3rd of July 2023 was the hottest day ever recorded globally. ” Climate scientists explain that climate change in conjunction with the weather pattern of El Nino is to blame. .” Measuring 17.01

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COP28: The world temperature is expected to reach 1.4 degrees C this year

A Greener Life

In its provisional State of the Global Climate report, they confirmed, that not only is 2023 on track to be the warmest year on record by a large margin, but they also expect we will reach 1.4 Even though there’s a month left of 2023, VMO feels confident enough to make the call that will leave us only 0.1