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The Stream, December 22, 2021: Road Salt is Polluting the Largest Freshwater Resource in the World

Circle of Blue

What’s Up With Water—December 20, 2021 – This week’s episode covers ongoing drought in Iraq, an investigation into an oil and gas exploration company in southwest Africa, and the annual meeting of Colorado River Basin leaders. “Third Pole” Glaciers Melting At An Alarming Rate, Study Finds. Sewage pollution is rampant in U.K.

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HotSpots H2O: Years-Long Drought Pushes Brazil to the Brink

Circle of Blue

Scientists estimate that Brazil hasn’t seen a normal period of rainfall since 2010. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — October 4, 2021. Scientists estimate that the country hasn’t seen a normal period of rainfall since 2010. Photo courtesy of João Felipe C.S. Wikimedia Commons. The damage is accumulating.

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4 Antitrust Risk Areas To Watch For Government Contractors

Arnold Porter

2, 2021); Mark Epley et al., 6, 2021).]]. This anticipated spending provides significant opportunities for government contractors. But companies seeking government contracts should be aware that there is a new cop walking this beat. 28, 2021).]]. 4, 2021).]]. Past Division Enforcement in Key Spending Areas.

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Fourth District Holds Addendum To 2010 Program EIR For Irvine Business Complex Vision Plan Violated CEQA Because Conclusion That Large Infill Project’s GHG Emissions Would Be Less Than Significant Lacked Substantial Evidence And Project Was Not Exempt

CEQA Developments

3) affirmed a judgment setting aside an addendum to a 2010 program EIR (PEIR) and accompanying approvals for a 275,000-square foot office complex on a 4.95-acre and (2) did substantial evidence show the project’s GHG emissions are within the scope of the 2010 PEIR? IBC Business Owners for Sensible Development v.

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For Black STEM PhDs, the “D” Also Means Debt

Union of Concerned Scientists

Debt diverts PhDs from academia and government Unless those numbers are themselves reversed, Espinosa told Inside Higher Education that the ranks of university-based scientists will never become as diverse as the nation’s population. Instead, she predicts that a disproportionate number of Black and Brown scientists will go into industry. “If

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California Climate Policy: A Preliminary Report Card

Legal Planet

California did this despite substantial growth over the decade from 2010 to 2020, adding about 2.4 The answers may be out there somewhere on government websites, but if so I didn’t find them: Why didn’t total emissions from California’s in-state generation decrease? reduction is attributable to California).

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. and Australia.