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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to recent data from NOAAs National Center for Environmental Information, 2024 is likely to be even warmer than 2023. Scientists are sounding the alarm because this warming is shockingly bigbigger than what we would have expected given the long-term warming trend from fossil fuel-caused climate change.

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Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is Wrong on Purpose. Here are the Facts. 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to hold a hearing on Wrights nomination tomorrow. In videos and Congressional testimony , Wright portrays himself as a truth teller, while falsely claiming that climate scientists and renewable energy advocates are deceptive.

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Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Greenwashing: Danger in Trump’s Second Term

Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate scientists, backed by robust research, say so. C found that surpassing 2 degrees C of warming would significantly increase the frequency and severity of climate impacts, including extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, and threats to human health and livelihoods. degrees Celsius) as something magical.

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The “Big Beautiful Bill” is One Damn Dirty Deal

Legal Planet

Thom Tillis of North Carolina, have opposed or criticized the current version of the bill citing renewable energy and Medicaid cuts. Curtis argued in a recent Deseret News op-ed , that the bill must not end all clean energy tax credits because “we simply cannot afford to treat good policy ideas as guilty by political association.”

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RFK Jr. Joins the War on Climate Scientists

Legal Planet

In another podcast, “Planet Panic,” Bigtree defends the continued burning of coal, questions the reliability of renewable energy, and points to shadowy ulterior motives behind federal climate policies. is on when it comes to the war on scientists. I don’t know, the whole thing is so bogus.”

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As its Lone Climate Scientist Board Member Departs, ExxonMobil Still Heads in the Wrong Direction

Union of Concerned Scientists

There has been comparatively less attention to the decision by climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery not to seek re-election to the ExxonMobil board of directors. Yet this shift in corporate leadership is significant, marking the end of a chapter in ExxonMobil’s long and ongoing history of climate deception and disinformation.

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New Report: Gas Does not Belong in A Canadian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

Enviromental Defense

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