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LA Fires and the Climate Connection

Legal Planet

The evidence shows that hydroclimate whiplash has already increased due to global warming, and further warming will bring about even larger increases, says Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources who led the study. Not necessarily.

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Making Polluters Pay for Climate Consequences

Legal Planet

This Climate Superfund Fund would be created in the State Treasury. This fund would be utilized to cover adaptation, mitigation, and recovery response for the states damages caused by climate change. Disadvantaged communities are hit first and worst by extreme weather events and climate-related disasters.

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Celebrating 30 Years Of Excellence As The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

Over the years, thousands of young people have participated, building leadership skills, environmental awareness, and a sense of responsibility for stewarding Pennsylvania’s natural resources. Responding to Climate Change In recent years, DCNR has placed a strong emphasis on addressing the challenges posed by climate change.

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Conversations About Affordability Must Include the Cost of Climate Change 

Enviromental Defense

Don’t forget to add on top of that the cost of climate change. From increasing costs of insurance and everyday items like coffee and chocolate, to major expenses when dealing with climate crisis infrastructure damage, like damaged roads, bridges and buildings, we know climate change is expensive.

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The Top-Ten Lower Court Decisions on Environmental Law

Legal Planet

Natural Resources Defense Council v. This opinion overturned weak fuel efficiency standards adopted by the Bush Administration because the government had not considered the effects of its action on climate change in its environmental impact statement. Atomic Energy Commission (1971). Morton (1972). EPA (2012 ).

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COP16 Dispatch: Week 1 Climate change and biodiversity at COP16

ESA

By Astrid Caldas Target 8 of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) is to “Minimize the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and build resilience.” These cascading effects are worsened by land use changes, in particular the use and exhaustion of natural resources.

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[Act] of all trades, litigable to none: A Critical Examination of Malaysia’s Proposed Climate Change Bill

Law Columbia

Malaysia is at high risk from the effects of climate change. Flooding has become an almost-yearly natural disaster, with the frequency and severity of flood events increasing in recent decades. Linking legislation addressing climate change with a states constitution is possible.