Breezometer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Nancy is a staunch advocate for leveraging Earth observations and environmental intelligence to improve decision-making on the individual, business, and government levels. She leads numerous initiatives that promote a better understanding of our planet’s dynamic weather and climate changes. Paul Walsh. Eric Blake.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends. Licker et al. What should they do?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have dubbed the six-month stretch from May through October the “ Danger Season.” Not only has much of what climate scientists have been warning about come to pass, many of the extreme weather events the planet is now experiencing are worse than they expected. “To

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

As climate scientists we tend to look at the IPCC reports a little differently than the general public might. Here are a few things that mark this report out from previous versions that relate to issues we’ve discussed here before: Extreme events are increasingly connected to climate (duh!) Figure SPM 8.

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HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Most people remember the water cycle they learned in school: water evaporates from lakes, rivers, and the ocean, air carrying this moisture rises, cools, condenses, and forms clouds, and these clouds precipitate water back down to the surface. 2009, February 19).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The common denominators that have hampered Puerto Rico’s capacity to face these issues are the colonial status as a US territory, and the associated lack of self-determination, self-governance, and sovereignty. I recently had a chance to talk with the founder of PRÁ, Edil Sepúlveda Carlo.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

After publicity of their announcement provoked a statement of disavowal from the Government of Mexico, they subsequently relocated to Reno, Nevada. But do research to try to understand whether and how it might work, with what side effects, and try to figure out how to govern it effectively, safely, and justly.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chao , No.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine. The case, however, may not even get to trial. attorneys. brought suit.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

Some of the highest risks can be found in the candidates’ home states: the ocean off of Florida has hit 98 degrees— hot tub temp s! Among mid-Atlantic states, New Jersey is ground zero for climate change. We should expect to hear more, as climate impacts are only going to get worse.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently conducted a survey of federal scientists to ask about the state of science, and the results are in. The lack of staff has recently reached a dire level at the EPA and may impede the ability to fully implement President Biden’s climate goals.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

Bernhardt’s reasoning was that it would be impossible to establish the requisite causal link between GHG emissions, global climate change, and specific localized effects on species and their habitat due to the “complex and independent processes active in the atmosphere and the ocean acting on GHGs.”

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.” judgment Feb.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

A federal district court in the District of Columbia ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) fulfilled its obligations under NEPA in connection with two offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. foreign policy, they concerned an area of foreign affairs over which the federal government had exclusive domain.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Appropriations: Congress approved a measure to keep the government open through March 11. President Biden signed the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act ( H.R. The federal government has been operating under a continuing resolution since October 2021. 6617 ) Feb. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. 3664 , H.R.

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ESA

MAY 23, 2022

In response to a question from a BIO AC member, an NSF representative shared that the federal government is considering how to improve how it collects gender demographics at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy level. Breaking climate vows would be ‘monstrous self-harm’, warns Cop26 president – The Guardian.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

The information gathered in this workshop will help authors decide which topics to cover in their chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a major U.S. Government report on how climate change affects people and places in the United States. The Ecosystems Chapter public engagement workshop will take place on Jan.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

But there has been “no sign” that China’s government intends to shift the country’s policy, said Byford Tsang, a senior policy adviser with the E3G think tank. The choices available to us are no longer ideal,” said Kristina Dahl, a principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, an NGO.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This itself requires predictions and assumptions regarding policy decisions of governments around the world and is a source of uncertainty. º C, viewed by climate scientists as a critical threshold to avoid catastrophic impacts. The SCC then monetizes those impacts over time. How is the SCC Used to Make Policy?

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A few general resources: Sidelining Science Since Day One: How the Trump administration has harmed public health and safety in its first six months by The Union of Concerned Scientists I Heart Climate Scientists. . pulling out of the Paris climate deal may make China great again. And now the full list: . 2017.06.01.

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ESA

JULY 12, 2021

Amid competing House and Senate proposals to increase funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill covering NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. EU countries approve landmark climate change law – Reuters.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The full Senate also confirmed Monica Medina to be assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs by a 61-36 vote. During her confirmation hearing, Medina pledged to prioritize addressing biodiversity loss, ocean protection and space policy. 18-19, comments due Oct. 5, 2021.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The Trump administration proposed steep cuts across the government in its president’s budget request, especially to scientific and environmental programs. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The full House passed the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act (H.R. Executive Branch.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $1.24 billion to spend through fiscal year (FY) 2026 on weather, ocean and climate research and forecasting while the Environmental Protection Agency receives $264 million for climate change research and development. NSF also receives $3.43 International.

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