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IPCC: Limiting warning to 1.5°C is almost beyond reach?

A Greener Life

The UN agency concluded global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are at the highest levels in human history and without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors limiting climate change to 1.5°C This would include using materials more efficiently, reusing and recycling products and minimising waste.

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Opinion: In the worst April heatwave in history, South Asia must demand these urgent climate actions

A Greener Life

With our children already paying a terrible price for climate change, we must act to protect their future, urges an IPCC scientist. When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this as a climate scientist and a mother of two young children.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

26 Webinar On Federal And State Financial Resources For Going Solar [PaEN] -- Senate Environmental Committee To Hold 2nd Joint Hearing With Ohio Legislature On Electric Grid Reliability Feb. Shapiro Promised 30% Renewable Electricity By 2030, Will That Happen? -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan.

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101 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

1 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 8 Related To Shale Gas Development; And On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit [PaEN] -- Senate Environmental Committee To Hold 2nd Joint Hearing With Ohio Legislature On Electric Grid Reliability Feb. 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? PaEN] -- PA Cong.

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It’s Time for Charles Koch to Testify About His Climate Change Disinformation Campaign

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

PA Environment Daily

Republicans said the final regulations will increase the cost of electricity for individuals and businesses, have a negative impact on jobs and will not significantly reduce carbon pollution. While electricity rates are already rising across the country, during the first 10 years that RGGI was in place, rates dropped nearly 6% in RGGI states.