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New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Union of Concerned Scientists

That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere.

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Storm Elliott Knocked Out Fossil-Fuel Power. We’ve Been Here Before.

Union of Concerned Scientists

In Elliott’s aftermath, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aptly called the storm a “historic arctic outbreak.” Aside from that category, fuel supply was the most common reason that ERCOT reported for unplanned gas plant outages. million, and a total of 6.35

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Drought, The Everything Disaster

Circle of Blue

Nearly 89 percent of nine western states are in some form of drought, and more than a quarter of the region is considered in exceptional drought, the worst category in the U.S. The smoke is a public health threat. Drought Monitor. The indicators of widespread dryness are everywhere. One Thing Leads to Another…And Another.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

From the ocean oscillations to trade winds, pressure systems that drives temperature, airborne particles that influence local conditions and even the phases of the moon and Earth's wobble all affect the climate (1). The east of the ocean is colder than normal while the west is warmer than average. What Climatology Is. Oscillations.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit further concluded that Section 307(d)(7)(B) expressly linked EPA’s power to stay to regulatory provisions meeting the requirements for “mandatory reconsideration”—that it was “impracticable to raise” an objection during the public comment period and that the objection was “of central relevance to the outcome of the rule.”

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What’s Up With Water – June 28, 2021

Circle of Blue

More than a quarter of the region is considered to be in exceptional drought, which is the worst category in the U.S. Specialists like Pulwarty, who is currently a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, describe that long reach with the term “cascade.”. Drought Monitor.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2990 ) to address sexual harassment and assault in the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Courts Climate lawsuit filed by Hawai’i teens advances in state courts.

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