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Study: The public is pretty confused by your climate change jargon

Grist

Many people don’t understand key terms experts use to talk about climate change, according to a recent study from researchers affiliated with the United Nations Foundation and the University of Southern California. He said he’s heard the terms tipping point , carbon-neutral , and adaptation in the context of climate change.

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In an era of climate change, Alaska’s predators fall prey to politics

Grist

Compounding that, climate change is altering the tundra ecosystem the animals rely upon. That was a gross violation of ‘sustained yield’ in anyone’s definition,” he says, adding that even today, there is no limit on trapping wolves there. The slow-growing lichen the animals rely on takes 20 to 50 years to recover.

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How Efforts to Restrict Democracy in Ohio Make It Harder to Fight Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Ohio’s adoption of gerrymandered voting district maps last week is the latest in a series of anti-democratic measures that thwart action to address climate change, critics say. Data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication show a majority of Ohioans believe climate change is happening and worry about it.

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Momentum for Climate Change Action is Building in Washington, DC (No, Really!)

Defend Our Future

It’s a landmark bill , introduced by two of the most prominent leaders in Congress, that places the inherent injustice of climate change front and center. The post Momentum for Climate Change Action is Building in Washington, DC (No, Really!) And this bill does exactly that. They’re listening.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Nor does it refer to a topic that was of unequivocal scientific concern at the time: The “greenhouse effect,” or what is now known as climate change. He dubbed his project “ Dirty Pearls: exposing Shell’s hidden legacy of climate change accountability, 1970-1990.”

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Students find obscure law that could make university fossil fuel investments illegal

Grist

There’s no agreed-upon definition for what net-zero means in the financial sector, and Harvard hasn’t yet landed on a methodology. What happens next could have broad implications, since UPMIFA is a uniform law that every state in the U.S., except for Pennsylvania, has adopted. “An

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The role of antitrust law in creating energy democracy

Renewable Energy World

Injustice grows as the climate changes. Since completing her undergraduate studies at Princeton University, Jean Su has largely dedicated herself to climate justice work. Law is one very important way of addressing the challenges of climate change. The myth of the regulatory compact. The Salt River Project.