Carbon Dioxide Sea Level Waste 
Legal Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
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. This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANC) v. Army Corps of Engineers.
Ocean Conservancy
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Recent science doesn’t support this optimism, as new studies show that the increased release of Black Carbon, one of the most potent climate change forcers—as well as soot, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone from more traffic in the Arctic—could lead to a 20% increase in the global heating that is causing warmer ocean temperatures.
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
JANUARY 17, 2024
Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization. from Chapter 21 of NCA5 Changes like sea level rise are resulting in the loss of culturally significant locations for subsistence harvesting. Other risks include increasing tropical cyclones and sea level rise.
Ocean Conservancy
MARCH 2, 2022
We can protect coastal habitats, like mangroves and sea grasses, which can serve as critical tools to guard communities from intensifying storms while also safely storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Do you live in a coastal community at risk from sea level rise? 2) What can corporations do?
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
To do this, the city government identified a mitigation potential of 133,346 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2026-27 while addressing local climate risks through initiatives around solid waste, buildings, transport, water supply, street lighting, wastewater and drainage, urban biodiversity and air quality.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 11, 2022
Climate change is often discussed in terms of global temperature increase, sea level rise, and hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” said Secretary McDonnell. Video and photos of the event will be available later today at PAcast.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
As Pennsylvania’s climate has become warmer and there have been more swings in extreme weather, we’re already seeing more frequent flood damage to communities, businesses, homes, and crops and livestock, as well as coastal sea level rise. Pennsylvania is acting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
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