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Area-based global hydro-climatological indicators

Real Climate

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and Copernicus Climate Change Services (C3S) both provide sets of global climate statistics to summarise the state of Earth’s climate. They are indeed valuable indicators for the global or regional mean temperature, greenhouse gas concentrations, both ice volume and area, ocean heat, acidification, and the global sea level.

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Unprecedented Greece wildfires force mass evacuations

A Greener Life

A burning shipyard in Mandra, west of Athens pictured on the 18th of July 2023. Photo credit: Petros Giannakouris, AP By Anders Lorenzen The tragic and unprecedented wildfires in many parts of Greece seem to have no end in sight as they escalated on Sunday and have now burned for a week – painting the country as a key climate battleground in Europe.

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Greenhouse Gas Emission Disclosures in Real Estate Contracts and Beyond

Greenbuilding Law

As concerns about climate change move from mainstream society to businesses large and small, the significance of greenhouse gas emissions and specifically the move to decarbonize economies across the globe is receiving increased attention. In response, both voluntary and mandatory GHG emission disclosures in contracts have emerged worldwide, compelling a broad breadth of business sectors, particularly real estate, to integrate these considerations into their company practices and into their cont

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Marcellus Drilling News/The Allegheny Front: University Of Pittsburgh Study Finds At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Waste Sent To Landfills Unaccounted For In One Year; Oil & Gas Waste Adds To Radiation Accumulation In Stream Sediments [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: 800,000 Tons Of Drilling, Frack Waste Unaccounted For In NY-PA-OH [In One Year] -- The Allegheny Front

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Meet a scientist who studies how to save lives in a nuclear disaster

Frontiers

by Prof Hiroshi Yasuda /Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Prof Yasuda pictured at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Image: Hiroshi Yasuda. Prof Hiroshi Yasuda has been studying the consequences of radioactive contamination since he was a student at Kyoto University, inspired by the Chernobyl accident of April 1986. A pioneer of research into radiological protection for astronauts and aircraft crew members, he has worked for international bodies such as the United Nations and the

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Israel's current crisis and Edward Coke

Environment, Law, and History

As protests continue to erupt in Israel over the government's proposal to oust the power of courts to review decisions of the government and its ministers for reasonableness, I thought it worth taking a look at the historical origins of this doctrine in an area of particular interest to this blog - water law. Israeli administrative law's reasonableness standard was inherited from the British, who ruled Palestine from 1917 to 1948 and imported much English law and legal culture to the middle east

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- WPost Guest Essay: We Fixed I-95 In 12 Days, Here Are Our Lessons For U.S. Infrastructure - By Gov. Josh Shapiro -- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Budget Mess Stalls Priorities For Gov. Shapiro And Others As Impasse Hits 18 Days Without A Deal -- Reading Eagle: Gov. Shapiro Says Rodale Institute Key To Economic Future -- Gov.

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.23.23

PA Environment Daily

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania! “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- WITF/LancasterOnline: Toxic Trains - Real-Time Hazmat Info Hard To Get, Even For Lancaster County’s First Responders -- WITF/LancasterOnline: At