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Legal Planet
JULY 28, 2022
The big news today is the deal with Manchin to provide billions of dollars of funding for clean energy. billion to help communities deal with risks from heat waves, sea-level rise, and flooding. Even if we manage to curb carbon emissions by midcentury, the need for adaptation will only escalate.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Three years later, energy production emerges as a force to be reckoned with by fishermen, clean energy advocates, those focused on the endangered Right Whale, and everyone who depends upon the Gulf of Maine (hereafter referred to as “GOM”) and its future. Sea levels are rising.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Flooding/Sea Level Rise/Storm Surge: Water can physically damage and corrode infrastructure, particularly distribution poles and substations. Wildfires: Fires can damage lines and poles , decreasing capacity of the lines or shutting them down. What is next? Increasing resilience is another important (and often related!)
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 25, 2025
Shapiro's 'Lightning' Energy Plan To Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs, Protect Pennsylvania From Global Energy Instability [PaEN] -- PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use [PaEN] -- Gov.
Ocean Conservancy
MARCH 27, 2023
Carbon pollution from fossil fuel use and land development have heated the atmosphere and ocean, leading to sea level rise, stronger storms, fisheries’ moving poleward, and widespread loss of sea ice and glaciers. The post How Does Carbon Pollution Impact Our Ocean appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 20, 2023
When I met former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, I asked about his clean energy solutions and explained that his predecessor Governor Mike Huckabee spoke at a New Hampshire climate conference I organized in 2007, where he affirmed his support for mandatory limits on carbon emissions.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2023
But the science is clear : human-caused global warming is definitely and significantly increasing the odds of severe and once-rare extreme events , alongside driving slow-onset disasters—like sea level rise and the loss of major ice sheets and glaciers —and raising the risk of major tipping points. It’s an emergency !’ (You
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