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Climate Chronicles: Common Climate Vocabulary Shaping a Movement

Washington Nature

This is a direct result of excessive greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), and the exploitation of natural resources for capitalistic gain. This can happen naturally, as growing trees and plants turn CO2 into biomass—this is the foundational premise of Natural Climate Solutions.

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How is Ocean Warming Impacting the Shipping Industry?

Ocean Conservancy

Some in the industry see the warming as an opportunity, as passages through the Arctic open for longer periods, even going so far as to claim there will be lower overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the shorter voyages. Warmer water also expands and raises sea levels as well as holds less oxygen.

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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

Legal Planet

, its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) forced the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Everyone produces greenhouse gases.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Climate Change Mitigation. Ecological Conservation.

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Four South Asian cities show the way for collaborative, low-emission development

A Greener Life

By The Third Pole The creation of Urban Low Emissions Development Strategies in cities in Bangladesh and India shows the value of sharing knowledge and insights at the local level. The city government has sought funding to buy bicycles that citizens can hire at bus stops and railway stations. Photo credit: Balaji Srinivasan / Alamy.

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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

The results, published in Nature magazine, provide a much clearer, evidence-based picture, which is likely to change government policy in the US and beyond. What is the social cost of carbon? SCC is a dollar estimate of the long-term damage caused by emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide in a given year.

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Environmentalism and the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals. In an opinion by Justice Stevens, the Court held that the threat of sea level rise gave a state government standing to bring the suit.