on US Climate Change Science Program posts final
draft report warning of rising seas, damaged coasts
The draft report warns that the average temperature across the U.S. has risen 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since record keeping began in 1895.
As reported by Chris Mooney at Mother Jones at the time (now a journalist at the Washington Post),
the draft report warned unequivocally that unchecked greenhouse gas emissions would cause the global warming trend to «accelerate significantly,» bringing more heat waves and weather extremes, severe storms, rising seas, devastating floods, prolonged droughts, and more.
Not exact matches
SB 1146 «could destroy the ability of numerous faith - based colleges and universities to pursue the mission for which they were created,»
warned Ed Stetzer, the executive director of Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, in a recent post
reporting on an earlier
draft.
Submissions on the
draft report are due by 17 November and the Secretariat has
warned that this deadline (unlike that relating to the issues paper) is «firm», noting that submissions received after this date may not be fully considered, particularly where they suggest significant deviation from the
draft report.
The
draft report notes the administration of Mayor Paul Dyster's pattern of using casino revenues — which have steadily decreased in recent years — to balance the city's budget, despite
warnings against using so much of the casino revenues to do so.
Window for rapid emissions reduction may be closing Obama begins his second term one week after a federal advisory committee of 60 climate experts issued a
draft report that
warns of accelerating global warming.
The 2007 law was
drafted in response to Rising Above the Gathering Storm, an influential
report from the U.S. National Academies that
warned the United States would lose its economic edge if it did not invest more in such research.
Sources say the
report, a
draft of which was handed to governments earlier this month, will
warn that global warming could drive the Earth's temperature to levels far higher than previously predicted.
A 127 - page final
draft of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
report sent to governments Monday
warned the effects of global warming already are felt across all the continents and oceans and further emissions will increase the likelihood of «severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems.»
Perhaps anticipating a similar attack, the IPCC
warned Friday that «the unauthorised and premature posting of the
drafts (of the Fifth Assessment
Report), which are works in progress, may lead to confusion because the text will necessarily change.»
The committee's interim
report, in September,
warned that the Bill «weaves a tapestry of delegated powers that are breath - taking in terms of both their scope and potency»; that its capacity to undermine legal certainty was «considerable»; and that it was «highly complex and convoluted in its
drafting and structure».
The committee's interim
report, published in September,
warned that the Bill «weaves a tapestry of delegated powers that are breath - taking in terms of both their scope and potency»; that its capacity to undermine legal certainty was «considerable»; and that it was «highly complex and convoluted in its
drafting and structure».
Business Insider
reported on Thursday that the Russian government
drafted a bill to «create the legal framework for trading in bitcoin, dash, ether, and other digital currencies,» just one year after the same institutions
warned people who traded these digital currencies could be thrown in jail.