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Ask a Scientist: Calling Out the Companies Responsible for Western Wildfires

Union of Concerned Scientists

Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends. percent of total emissions.

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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. All of us are exhaling carbon dioxide right now.

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A Summer Job, Record Heat, Climate Hope

Legal Planet

This summer was the hottest on record and the season was rife with dire signs that the atmosphere’s dangerous levels of carbon dioxide are wreaking havoc on the environment and communities. As a young person and a UCLA Law student, the importance of the Held trial is not lost on me.

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Science denial is still an issue ahead of COP28

Real Climate

It is noteworthy not because it contains anything new (it doesn’t), but because despite clearly violating the established standards of good scientific practice, it was published by a government agency. This warming was predicted not only by independent university and government scientists, but also by scientists from the oil company Exxon.

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

Asked about this strategy by my Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) colleague Laura Peterson during BP’s annual general meeting last month, CEO Bernard Looney replied , “It’s not financial maneuvering, it’s financial optimization.” Please join us—and share your additions to this glossary!

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The IRA Made Huge Climate Investments in Rural Areas. Now, the Food and Farm Bill Must Maintain Them.

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Inflation Reduction Act is directing $20B toward climate-resilient agriculture Reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions through policies that drive renewable energy and clean transportation has well known benefits. This is good for all of us, of course.

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2020 was Europe’s hottest year on record, finds report

Physics World

C above the average,” says the report’s lead author Freja Vamborg , a climate scientist at Copernicus. Despite localized temporary reductions in air pollution , the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had minimal impact on climate trends. The Arctic really saw quite a spectacular year. Freja Vamborg.

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