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How Antiquated Real Estate Laws are Stopping Farmers from Fighting Climate Change

JANZEN AG

McDonald’s Accelerating Climate Action to Reach Net Zero Emissions by 2050 ). PepsiCo Doubles Down on Climate Goal and Pledges Net-Zero Emissions by 2040 ). Walmart has pledged to remove a gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions from its value chain by 2030, the equivalent of removing 200 million cars from the roads every year.

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No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

We should expect to hear more, as climate impacts are only going to get worse. As a climate scientist recently said on CNN, “Until we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere we have no idea what the future looks like.”

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Courts Asked to Compel Government Action on Climate Change

Greenbuilding Law

How the first week of the Montana trial has gone might be best characterized by an exchange during the cross examination of climate scientist Steven Running, a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as an IPCC author, when attorneys for the State requested that Judge Kathy Seeley dismiss references to the IPCC reports as “hearsay.”