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Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts

Circle of Blue

The 2007 Interim Guidelines , which expire at the end of 2025, were a landmark document that secured three substantial changes. The first of these shortage tiers — at 1,075 feet above sea level — is expected to be breached next year. The false sense of security is what irks Brad Udall about ICS.

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UNICEF warns 27 million children at risk from climate fuelled floods

A Greener Life

Millions of children worldwide are at risk from the devastating floods which have impacted almost every corner of the Earth this year, and which climate scientists say have intensified and are happening much more frequently due to climate change. Photo credit: UNICEF / UN0580114 / Ramasomanana. By Anders Lorenzen.

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The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Opponents of climate action have long understood the power of the Endangerment Finding and tried unsuccessfully to dismantle it during the first Trump administration. Project 2025 also includes a call to Establish a system, with an appropriate deadline, to update the 2009 endangerment finding. This directive shouldnt fool anyone.

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The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Opponents of climate action have long understood the power of the Endangerment Finding and tried unsuccessfully to dismantle it during the first Trump administration. Project 2025 also includes a call to Establish a system, with an appropriate deadline, to update the 2009 endangerment finding. This directive shouldnt fool anyone.

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Why Congress Must Block a Liability Waiver for the Fossil Fuel Industry 

Union of Concerned Scientists

1) People are feeling the impacts of climate change and footing the bill The impending arrival of Danger Season is a stark reminder that climate change impacts are already devastating communities worldwide, intensifying many kinds of extreme weather events, driving sea level rise, and harming human health.

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7 Takeaways from Trump’s Disaster Preparedness Executive Order and What It Means for US

Union of Concerned Scientists

In fact, legislators from both parties signaled the need for FEMA by introducing legislation to transform it into a stand-alone, cabinet level agency as it once was before the Department of Homeland Security was formed. This action follows his earlier EO in January establishing a FEMA review council. Furthermore, this strategy already exists!