I live in my Grandmother’s house. We are lucky. My family has owned this home on the Jersey Shore for four generations. After my parents divorced when I was two, my Grandmother’s home was my home. Read more >
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My family has owned this home on the Jersey Shore for four generations. Photo: Amanda Devecka-Rinear
The Fate of My Grandmother’s Home: Facing Sea Level Rise in New Jersey
Amanda Devecka-Rinear, Guest Commentary
June 20, 2018 4:44 PM EDT
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ExxonMobil Refuses to Give Scientists the Floor: Reflections from a Corporate Shareholders’ Meeting
Robert E. Forbis Jr., UCS Science Network, UCS
June 12, 2018 10:19 AM EDT
It was with great anticipation that I attended the ExxonMobil Shareholders Meeting last month at the invitation of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). My attendance was facilitated via proxy from Mercy Investment Services. In doing so, I joined a multitude of interested parties—some of whom had traveled great distances—to engage ExxonMobil’s CEO Darren Woods in discussions concerning a wide array of topics including, but certainly not limited to, climate change. Alas, none of us (representatives of the Union of Concerned Scientists or others who had come prepared with questions about climate change or environmental issues) were called upon. We were, in fact, studiously avoided. Read more >
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Will Chevron Show Leadership in Climate Solutions? Notes From the 2018 Shareholders’ Meeting
Dr. Tessa Hill, UCS Science Network, UCS
June 7, 2018 1:42 PM EDT
Last week, I joined the Union of Concerned Scientists at the Chevron shareholders’ meeting in San Ramon, CA. We were there to ask why Chevron leadership, and shareholders, have not pushed for more meaningful action to meet global emissions targets that would keep climate warming well below 2 degrees celsius.
Why NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System Matters
Rachel Licker, senior climate scientist
June 5, 2018 11:07 AM EDT
Future funding for NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) was recently cancelled, leaving the important program in jeopardy unless Congress takes action soon.
New House Bill Cuts Critical Climate Research. The Senate Could Stop it
Brenda Ekwurzel, senior climate scientist
June 1, 2018 1:01 PM EDT
We are keeping close track of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) budget for fiscal year 2019 because President Trump’s budget proposal, released in February, put much of NOAA’s life-saving research on the chopping block. The U.S. House Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations subcommittee recently passed a bill with numbers that we can compare to the president’s proposal (Figure 1)—and not in a good way. Read more >