Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration offered to fly an airplane equipped with the world’s most sophisticated air samplers over Houston to monitor air pollution. It wasn’t too long after the storm was gone that people started to feel sick. When they do so, it is the most underserved communities that tend to suffer the most.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2021

The study was published in the journal Nature. Heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere are spiking not only global air temperatures, but also water temperatures. It showed that oxygen levels in lakes are decreasing, caused by a combination of factors. One is climate change. Warmer water absorbs less oxygen.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

A relentless interval of hot, dry weather, made worse by heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, has turned this section of the state into a cauldron of flame, dust, and smoke. It finds more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and are becoming more extreme. ON THE RADAR.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The government of Indonesia has taken several bold initiatives to protect and restore critical coastal ecosystems, particularly coral reefs and mangroves,” said Andre Aquino, senior natural resources management specialist at the World Bank’s environment and natural resources global practice, during an online press event.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

In a world where urbanization, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, transportation, water and energy infrastructure, and other human impacts have degraded and continue to alter natural ecosystems, climate change is causing rapid and often hard to predict impacts on species dynamics and distribution. What are the paths forward?

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

While the government-to-government negotiations produced only modest results, what was truly remarkable about the gathering in Glasgow was the array of other forces aligning behind the need for deep decarbonization.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports. Any effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will undoubtedly rely heavily on reducing the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

The annual event brought together individuals, businesses, and organizations from across the state, including Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Rangers and staff skillfully manage traffic and crowd control and excel at keeping smiles on visitors' faces.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

To address ghost gear in North America, the Canadian government joined the GGGI in 2018 during the G7 meeting, followed by the United States government, the world’s largest economy and a major fishing nation, in 2020. With our partners of Natural Resources Consultants, Inc., What is NANCI?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2022

The primary driver of climate change is the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, where they form a blanket that traps the heat from the sun and raising temperatures. New Homeowner Resources Pike County is rich in natural resources and environmental beauty. Click Here to read more.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere. Ecological Conservation. Conclusion.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports. Any effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will undoubtedly rely heavily on reducing the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

For farmers whose land is no longer productive, government programs known as conservation or wetland easements encourage the transition from cropland into marsh, explained Mike Dryden, a restoration specialist with The Nature Conservancy. NOAA forecasts a 1-foot rise in relative sea level by 2050 and a 3-foot rise by 2100.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 13, 2020

The environmental issue addressed here is that certain agricultural practices, like converting forests to ranchland, release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and severely disrupt ecosystems. if implemented as mandatory through a state government. understood to prohibit the federal government from telling people what to say.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Invest in research for utilizations of captured carbon and life cycle analyses to understand their overall impact: The capture and use of carbon dioxide to create valuable products has potential to lower the net costs of reducing emissions and remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Associated Submitted Action Proposals: N/A).

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Washington Nature

MAY 26, 2023

How is your work contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? Also, planting and maintaining existing trees and forests or providing resources to do that more is really important. In some cases, these resources will literally go up in smoke (e.g., How is equity showing up in your work?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Keeping nitrous oxide out of the atmosphere is not the only conservation contribution of practices like these, though. They will be able to build cropping systems that more closely emulate nature, like Doug Crabtree. In the first seven years, we pretty much increased organic matter by one percent.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Extreme events in the Northwest will include storms resulting from atmospheric rivers over the Pacific Ocean. The community pooling of subsistence resources and focus on well-being and cultural continuity undergird many of these adaptation efforts. Summer streamflows will be lower, and glaciers will continue to recede.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 2, 2016

which includes an amendment to the Endangered Species Act and a government-funded study on the pros and cons of trophy hunting. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Since the bill’s September 16 introduction, the bill has been referred to the House Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Natural Resources committees.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

A magistrate judge in the federal district court for the District of Oregon granted motions by three trade groups to withdraw from the lawsuit seeking to hold the United States liable for its actions and inaction leading to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Natural Resources Defense Council v. Pruitt , No.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. 2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Executive Branch.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Climate models predict with near unanimity that more atmospheric warming will increase annual rainfall in Michigan and Ohio: a trend that is already making algae blooms worse. Climate change promises to raise all of these costs. If severe blooms repeat year after year, the price tag rises to $1 billion over a decade. .

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

1 Effects once expected to occur decades in the future are happening now, leading to a new urgency for climate action by governments. Farmers who wish to implement EQIP conservation practices on their land work with local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff to determine which practice or practices make the most sense.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Senate Bill 716 / House Bill 391 prohibit, with very limited exception, a person from knowingly and intentionally releasing, or causing to be released, a balloon into the atmosphere or organizing or participating in a “mass balloon release,” as defined. Enforcement. Maryland Environmental Service.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Since the initiation of climate change litigation several years ago, various state governments and interest groups have filed lawsuits against fossil fuel companies and governing authorities. Plaintiffs allege that governments are trustees of the environment and, as such, have breached that trust by supporting fossil fuel development.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The key difference according to the US National Park Service is that conservation ethics seeks the “proper use” of natural resources while preservation seeks to protect nature against any kind of use. This concern about natural resources meant the 19 th century was also a great expansion in conservation in other areas.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

They also claim that the Defendants have violated the public trust doctrine secured by the Ninth Amendment by denying future generations of the country access to essential natural resources , such as the coastlines. United States challenges the constitutionality of the United States’ decades-long policy on climate change. [2]

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2022

So you go look at the legal system or you look at our institutions of government and you ask yourself, “Well, where did this relationship with the landscape, relationship with geography,” which in a sense is what also Parag has been thinking about for many years, “Where does that actually show up and how obvious is it?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Woods, who previously worked at the EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), holds a doctorate degree in environmental health engineering and a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

That is why we are grateful for the Committee’s hearing on the benefits of cutting methane pollution, including sealing methane leaks that waste our nation’s precious natural resources at a time when families cannot afford any wasted drop. Impacts On Unborn As pro-life evangelicals, we have a special concern for the unborn.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

The ideas of Thomas Malthus (center) were used by British governments to justify the Irish Famine, 1845-1848 (left) and Bengali Famine, 1943-1945 (right) before becoming the basis for 20th Century environmentalism. That talk helped the [National Center for Atmospheric Research] scientists to see the big picture clearly and early on.”

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

“We will tirelessly pursue justice for the people living in and near East Palestine, who like all Americans deserve clean air, clean water, and a safe community for their children.” — Todd Kim, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. government water policy.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

We call on national governments across the world to match the United States’ ambition in cutting climate-warming methane.’ It also represents wise stewardship of our precious natural resources and good fiscal management. This is a rare case where the final standard is even stronger than what was originally proposed.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 18, 2022

She set the gold standard for our state, our country and our ocean by leading the effort to fight for robust funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In 2021, she began serving as the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee that oversees funding for the entire federal government.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court held that federal common law necessarily governed the nuisance claims because “[a] patchwork of fifty different answers to the same fundamental global issue would be unworkable” and “the extent of any judicial relief should be uniform across our nation.” Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Congress Legislative updates: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-MO) reintroduced the Save Our Sequoias Act ( R.

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Washington Nature

AUGUST 10, 2021

“ Our lands and waters are part of America’s infrastructure. Like good roads and bridges, healthy watersheds are critical to the safety and well-being of our families and the economic growth of our communities.

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