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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Exxon’s models predicting climate change were spot on — 40 years ago

Grist

The chart below shows how global warming projections modeled by Exxon scientists compared to the actual temperature that ensued. In 2001, an ExxonMobil press release argued that there was “no consensus about long-term climate trends and what causes them.” Grist / Jessie Blaeser.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

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Every policy, law, regulation, study, analysis, proposal or action that has the climate crisis in mind is built on the basis of those two figures: 1.5 For the first time, it proposed encompassing all the gases that cause global warming in a single indicator. That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a., They are our lighthouse.

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ George Bush came into the U.S.

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Earth Day History: Transformation of a Celebration – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ George Bush came into the U.S.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

Photo Credit: REUTERS While some politicians and citizens continue to deny the existence of man-made global warming, the evidence supporting it continues to grow. Note: This graph illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures. The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record.