Environmental Defense Fund - Building a vital Earth for everyone
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WEBGlobal Warming Potentials (GWPs)/CO 2-equivalent (CO 2 e) and the importance of time horizons There are many different pollutants that contribute to global climate change, and they have varying
9 ways we know humans caused climate change - Environmental …
WEBMay 9, 2024 — 3. Measuring CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and trapped in ice to find they are increasing, with levels higher than anything we’ve seen in nearly a million years (measurements beginning in the 1950s). 4. Chemical analysis of the atmospheric CO2 that reveals the increase is coming from burning fossil fuels (research …
Overfishing: The most serious threat to our oceans
WEBSep 18, 2023 — Overfishing is catching too many fish at once, so the breeding population becomes too depleted to recover. Overfishing often goes hand in hand with wasteful types of commercial fishing that haul in massive amounts of unwanted fish or other animals, which are then discarded. As a result of prolonged and widespread overfishing, nearly a third of ...
How cap and trade works - Environmental Defense Fund
WEBJan 22, 2020 — Cap and trade is one way to do both. It’s a system designed to reduce pollution in our atmosphere. Cap and trade reduces emissions, such as those from power plants, by setting a limit on pollution and creating a market. The cap on greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming is a firm limit on pollution. The cap gets stricter over …
Plugging orphan wells across the United States - Environmental …
WEBOct 14, 2021 — This legislation, for the first time, allocated $4.7 billion to plug orphan wells across the country and lays the groundwork for reducing the number of unplugged orphan wells going forward. Initial grants totaling $560 million have already been distributed to states and plugging work has started. This legislation will create tens of thousands ...
Sustainable fishing - Environmental Defense Fund
WEBWhat we’re doing about it: Through policy, technology and financing, we’re empowering fishing communities around the world to take a leading role in protecting ocean ecosystems and promoting sustainable fisheries. Our goal is to ensure that by 2030, fisheries in the world’s top fishing nations are more resilient to climate change.
This is why fighting climate change is so urgent
WEBThat global warming trend is increasingly disrupting our climate — the average weather over many years. Earth has already warmed by about 1 degree Celsius, or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, since the 19th century, before industry started to boom. While we experience the effects, we’re on our way toward 1.5 degrees C (2.7 F) by as early as 2030.
WEBThe Trouble with Orphan Wells America has been at the forefront of oil and gas development for more than 150 years. This energy development powered the
Oregon Legislature Passes Ambitious Clean Electricity Standard ...
WEB(Salem, OR – June 27, 2021) On Saturday, the Oregon legislature passed a clean electricity standard with one of the fastest timelines for eliminating power sector emissions in the country, requiring retail electricity companies and providers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions 80% below baseline levels by 2030, 90% by 2035 and 100% by 2040.
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