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The environmental movement today consists of both large national groups and also many smaller local groups with local concerns. Some resemble the old U.S. conservation movement – whose modern expression is the Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society and National Geographic Society – American organizations with a worldwide influence.
These numbers show that awareness of global warming was increasing in the United States. [300] A Gallup poll showed that 62% of Americans believe that the effects of global warming were happening in 2017. [301] In 2019, Gallup poll found that one-third of Americans blame unusual winter temperatures on climate change. [302]
The state of Connecticut passed a number of bills on global warming in the early to mid 1990s, including—in 1990—the first state global warming law to require specific actions for reducing CO 2. Connecticut is one of the states that agreed, under the auspices of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP), to a ...
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new competitive grants totaling $4.6 billion that states, cities and tribes can apply for to reduce the planet-warming pollution that is fueling the ...
The law was predicted to slash global greenhouse gas emissions in a manner similar to "eliminating the annual planet-warming pollution of France and Germany combined" and was seen as a helpful measure in limiting the warming of the planet by 1.5 °C—the target of the Paris Agreement.
Plastic pollution is wreaking havoc on both the environment and human health. Microplastics, which come from the breakdown of plastic waste, are now found in 26% of marine fish—double the amount from just a decade ago. This environmental damage extends to wildlife, with species like turtles, fish, and seabirds suffering from ingesting plastic.
Oil companies have known since the 1970s that burning oil and gas could cause global warming but nevertheless funded deniers for years. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Despite the support of a clear scientific consensus , as recently as 2021 one-third of Americans deny that human-caused climate change exists [ 37 ] although the majority are concerned or alarmed ...
25 August: a study published in Communications Earth & Environment projected that, even if global warming is constrained to within 2.0 °C, by 2100 the "extremely dangerous" [Note 2] heat index threshold 124 °F (51 °C) is likely to be exceeded on more than 15 days each year in sub-Saharan Africa, parts of the Arabian peninsula, and much of ...