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2009

• Big power companies can now be sued in federal courts for their pollution following an historic ruling by a New York appeal court, September 25 ^[1] topic

• Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar launches the Department of the Interior’s first-ever coordinated strategy to address current and future impacts of climate change on America’s land, water, ocean, fish, wildlife, and cultural resources, September 14 ^[2] Under the framework, A new Climate Change Response Council, will amongst other things, work to improve the sharing and communication of climate change impact science, including through www.data.gov. topic

• Draft California Climate Adaptation Strategy now available for public comment, August 3, 2009 ^[3] topic

• Dr. James Hansen and Daryl Hannah arrested in protest on mountaintop removal, June 23 ^[4]

• USA Environmental Protection Agency finds greenhouse gases pose threat to public health or welfare, April 17 ^[5] Additional impacts of climate change include, but are not limited to:

• increased drought;
• more heavy downpours and flooding;
• more frequent and intense heat waves and wildfires;
• greater sea level rise;
• more intense storms; and
• harm to water resources, agriculture, wildlife and ecosystems. / topic

• USA overall emissions during 2007 increased by 1.4 percent from the previous year, April 15 ^[6] Overall emissions have grown by 17.2 percent from 1990 to 2007. topic

2007

• Widespread warmth leads to fifth warmest spring for USA, Driest spring on record across the South East worsens drought, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, June 14

• Stakeholder driven climate change roadmap announced by Pennsylvania Environmental Council, June 11 ^[7]

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References

1. ↑ off-grid.net, September 25, 2009
2. ↑ U.S. Department of the Interior, September 14, 2009
3. ↑ California Resources Agency, August 3, 2009
4. ↑ Rainforest Action Network, June 23, 2009
5. ↑ Environmental Protection Agency , April 17, 2009
6. ↑ Environmental Protection Agency, April 15, 2009
7. ↑ PEC, June 11 2007