Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

A state court judge in the ‘Last Best Place’ just gave the youth climate movement a shot in the arm with the first decision of its kind that directly connects specific state actions to global climate change and then to injuries suffered by young people. courts have not yet engaged in this kind of fact-finding on climate change.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 13, 2023

But there are a few things that don’t get covered much in the mainstream stories, and so we can dig into them a bit here. But there are a few things that don’t get covered much in the mainstream stories, and so we can dig into them a bit here. What influence does ENSO really have? impart a slight cooling.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

The onslaught has led to another round of media headlines and press releases from environmental and public health groups asking whether the nation is at a tipping point of urgency to fight climate change. A Vox headline on the orange skies from Canadian wildfires said, “Wildfire smoke reminded people about climate change.

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Legal Planet

JULY 17, 2023

I like to tell them the story of Joe Mendelsohn. Mendelsohn, who worked at a tiny, obscure non-profit, decided that EPA needed to address climate change. A new book by Neil Proto, one of the participants, tells their story and that behind the Supreme Court’s rulings.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

In 2011, my community experienced what was the second-largest oil spill in the province’s history – 4.5 The effects of the spill were disastrous. I then launched Sacred Earth Solar , an Indigenous-led organization that works with communities protecting their homelands by bringing solar power to the frontlines of the climate crisis.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

I followed with great interest the launch of the sixth assessment report Working Group 1 (The Physical Science Basis) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on August 9th. One argument that has been made on Twitter is that the SPM is meant for decision-makers within climate-related bureaucracy.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

The very first American trial of a youth climate lawsuit was hardly blockbuster Court TV, but we learned a lot from the proceedings. As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Earlier this week, Greenwire (subscription required) had an interesting story about the role that EPA’s estimate of the cost to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule played in the politics and judicial review of the rule. Unfortunately, the $9.6 Unfortunately, the $9.6

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I love the way the state isn’t afraid to lead in times of great change. But those workers, all the Rosies riveting away under welding helmets, sleeping in shifts, for months and even years, didn’t know how the story would end. Here’s what we at UCS are doing to make that happen. The state continues to lead.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The fate of the Paris Pact reveals the difficulties in incorporating water into global climate agreements. National actions take precedent in climate adaptation and mitigation over watershed-level plans. Recognition of water in national climate plans is increasing but more could be done. What became of the Paris Pact?

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Climate change and upstream development made the riverfront town of Ottawa, Illinois even more prone to flooding. The town crystallizes difficult truths of climate adaptation: that safety requires constant vigilance and, often, immense personal sacrifice. That would soon change. Photo © Laura Gersony / Circle of Blue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

The current rules require a 20 percent reduction in the CI of transportation fuels by 2030, which the proposed amendments would change to 30 percent in 2030 and 90 percent in 2045. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is set to consider the proposed changes on March 21. What broke the LCFS?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

The Treaty of Tlatelolco The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, or its namesake ‘The Treaty of Tlatelolco’, was open for signature on February 14, 1967, in Tlatelolco, Mexico City and went into effect on April 25 th , 1969.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At the UN climate conference last week, Colombian officials said they would declare 30 percent of the country as protected land by next year. Climate change is threatening freshwater systems in Colombia, where cloud forests provide 70 percent of the country’s drinking water. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2024

They can also shape the public perception and awareness of the most pressing issues of our time, such as the climate crisis. However, a new study by Good Energy and the USC Norman Lear Center has found that most TV and film scripts are ignoring the climate crisis, or failing to address it in a meaningful and realistic way. C by 2030.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2021

Decades ago, their own scientists told car companies and oil companies about climate change, information the companies chose to ignore. Those scientists advocated for the truth, and their stories deserve telling. He talked her into studying climate change. What about the oil industry?

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 11, 2023

Pollution and climate change in India’s Ladakh region are jeopardizing local shepherds’ long-standing, sustainable ways of life. Pollution and climate change in India’s Ladakh region are jeopardizing local shepherds’ long-standing, sustainable ways of life. Christian Thorsberg, Interim Stream Editor.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

It is early September, and we are late into what we at UCS call Danger Season , or the period between May and October when climate change is increasing the frequency, intensity, and/or duration of extreme weather events such as heat waves and wildfires. F, breaking the previous record of 114°F from 1925. Your feet get hot.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

But if we do it right, it will have a positive ripple effect that will benefit everyone in California and will make the San Joaquin Valley a positive example around the world for agriculture, energy, and socioenvironmental justice. Sometimes telling a story is the best way to explain an idea. But how can we do things right?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

One of the featured speakers in the first webinar-- Re-Imagining A Christian Response To A Changing Climate-- was Dr. Julia O’Brien from the Lancaster Theological Seminary. She shared her expertise as a scholar of the Hebrew Bible [the Old Testament] and what the implications are in reading the text can have on our theology.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Spend a few days at a water conference and you’ll hear a favored metaphor for the environmental changes that are unsettling the planet. If climate change is a shark, attendees will say, then water is the shark’s teeth. Though vivid, the shark metaphor is an inadequate frame for some of 2022’s defining water stories.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

They are living and accessible examples of how far we’ve come, and they are holders of the stories illustrating how far we still need to go. Seeing scientists alongside activists fighting for a safer world made me want to explore ways that I could also help effect change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

During a California State Assembly informational hearing earlier this year, there seemed to be consensus that California’s 19 th century water rights system is not well suited to the social context and climate of the 21st century. Change is necessary and may be coming.  They can be convincing.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2022

As western states grapple with the effects of drought and a drying climate, arid land, shrinking water supplies and intense heat have become the norm. DN: Can you introduce yourself and tell me a little bit about what you do? DELANEY NELSON: The American West is experiencing its most severe drought in twelve hundred years.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Climate change adaptation refers to our individual and collective ability to cope with Mother Nature’s more intense weather punches in terms of extreme heat, drought, fire, flood and many other place based risks. An example would be government price supports for agriculture that create a moral hazard effect.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2022

This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers extreme heat and drought across Europe. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” – your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. Another heat wave is pressing across the continent, influenced by climate change. Transcript.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ojibwe growers in the Great Plains and Midwest states confront climate change and other human-made challenges during their harvests of sacred wild rice. Most countries have been unable to overcome the impacts of climate change in delivering WASH systems. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2023

If you’re concerned about climate change and inspired to take action, and are looking for where to begin – you’re in the right place! A piece of wisdom before we dive in – we know that facing climate change is daunting alone. So, what can you do about climate change? Here’s how to get started.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Climate catastrophes are threatening the rivers Amazonian Indigenous tribes depend on. Climate change is also warming waters in Greek wetlands, threatening the livelihoods of fishermen. Reuters reports climate change is threatening the livelihoods of farmers in Turkey. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. 245 MILLION.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. A new water affordability plan takes effect in Detroit. Under Current Climate Trends, Michigan’s Up North Forests Could Be Doomed — Bridge Michigan.

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A Greener Life

MAY 9, 2022

Cutting-edge models predict that El Niño frequency will increase within 2 decades because of climate change, regardless of emissions mitigation efforts. Cutting-edge models predict that El Niño frequency will increase within 2 decades because of climate change, regardless of emissions mitigation efforts. By Rachel Fritts.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 11, 2021

As one of the most extreme examples of science denial, McIntyre starts his book, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason , by describing his visit to the 2018 Flat Earth International Conference in Denver, US.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2023

Indeed, that is the story I would like to tell you: a true tale of the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of the underdog. Previously, I was a Senior Climate Scientist, and as such I was part of an effort to address unregulated groundwater mining in California through the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA).

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

She is also a fellow with The George J Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and an associate of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. Photo credit: Karrah Kwasnik What encouraged you to work towards sustainability, more specifically on climate change issues and sustainable agriculture? “I

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

John Clauser’s theory of climate explained. Some of you will have heard of him because the first thing that he did after winning the Nobel was join a climate denial organization and make some rather odd claims about climate science. And what is this supposed ‘missing element’?

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Law and Environment

MARCH 7, 2022

With immediate effect, committed to not investing in or providing insurance cover for any new Arctic energy exploration activities. The commitment is significant and was generally praised by NGOs, according the ClimateWire story (subscription required) on the AIG announcement. 1, 2030, or sooner; and. 1, 2030, or sooner; and.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Taylor mentions Henning’s award but neglects to talk about her own while conducting what visiting activists and journalists have dubbed “The Tour.” It’s an invaluable story for understanding why harmful algal blooms persist, why government spending is aimed at responses that aren’t working, and what actions could change that outcome. .

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