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LGBTQ People Face Greater Climate Risks

Legal Planet

They were often overlooked in local and national relief efforts, which routinely failed to recognize households of same-sex couples as “families.” They were often overlooked in local and national relief efforts, which routinely failed to recognize households of same-sex couples as “families.” Some new research makes that connection.

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Paula García Knows Renewable Energy Is for the People

Union of Concerned Scientists

García’s encounter with local renewable sources in Colombia in the late ‘90s ultimately brought her to the United States where she earned a master’s degree in sustainable international development at Brandeis University. “Careful with the plants, careful with the trees, careful with the animals,” her grandfather would repeat.

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The Nature Conservancy Receives $250,000 Investment In Freshwater Connectivity From Richard King Mellon Foundation

PA Environment Daily

On February 1, The Nature Conservancy announced a $250,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation for efforts to restore river health and connectivity across the Appalachians , a landscape stretching from Alabama to Maine and continuing into Canada. million acres across all 50 states. Click Here to become a member.

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Is Capitalism to Blame?

Legal Planet

That’s not too surprising given the historic connection between the more radical Left and various forms of socialism. Some other critics aim their ire at globalism or at the finance sector. There doesn’t seem to be a clear connection between whether a utility is investor owned and its environmental performance. In the U.S.,

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. Dagsvik and Moen make this classic mistake when they confuse local temperature measurements with Earth’s global mean temperature.

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Fossil Fuel Companies Make Billions in Profit as We Suffer Billions in Losses: 2024 Edition

Union of Concerned Scientists

The climate impacts people around the world experience are connected to the fossil fuel industry’s record-breaking profits: “The profits made by the oil and gas majors come at the direct expense of all of us and our shared planet. They need to be held accountable for these actions.” C above the preindustrial average.

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A Word on Congestion Pricing

Legal Planet

New York should soon join these global leaders. The program will involve a $15 toll for vehicles entering midtown or lower Manhattan, with discounts for some qualifying drivers and credits for bridge and tunnel tolls so drivers aren’t double-charged. It is expected to raise about $1 billion annually for transit and transportation investments.

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