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New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Union of Concerned Scientists

Not only did he track down and aggregate production numbers for ninety fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers, he also traced this information through global geopolitical events, like the fall of the Soviet Union, and corporate shakeups like the dissolution of Standard Oil in the early 20 th century and the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999.

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Gov. Wolf Unveils State Forest Action Plan To Address Next 10 Years Of Strategic Initiatives In PA Forests; Shale Gas Development Promotes Forest Fragmentation

PA Environment Daily

Of the 18 indicators of forest sustainability, 13 indicators are either in the unsustainable category or on the border between unsustainable and sustainable. The Forest Action Plan builds on the sustainability meters developed in the 2010 plan and notes changes in the past 10 years.

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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The parties subsequently, in 2010, adopted a framework for assessing research projects. The 2008 resolution and 2010 assessment framework are not legally binding.

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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

A unique photographic exploration of the impact of flooding on communities around the world due to climate events opens Saturday, May 1 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia and Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany and The Philippines (2013),?England?and

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

Climate justice is a category of environmental justice and recognizes that climate change impacts are not distributed or experienced equally, and as such, can exacerbate inequitable social conditions within and between countries. Marine loss in the subtropical zone (30 o N – 30 o S) are expected to reach 7–9% of GDP by 2050 in SIDS.

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Taking Climate Change to the International Court of Justice: Legal and Procedural Issues

Law Columbia

The types of important questions that fall within this category do not include requests to the ICJ for advisory opinions. In any event, the ICJ could reformulate the question on its own. The Pulp Mills case between Argentina and Uruguay of 2010 spoke of environmental impact assessment as a principle of customary international law.

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Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations

PA Environment Daily

There was the same sort of “uniformity” among reporting how waste was disposed in other disposal categories as well. The attached Exhibit A and B are the supporting chemical analysis used in the PADEP determination [in 2010]. barrels or 0.41 barrels of wastewater per well. The definition of Coproduct in Section 287.1

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