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Just Transition Litigation in Latin America: Sabin Center launches new report

Law Columbia

Based on the analysis, the report: Proposes a definition of the concepts of just transition and just transition litigation through the different dimensions and affected persons that play a role in how cases may play out. The scope of transformations needed is profound, wide-ranging, and likely to affect many aspects of everyday life.

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The American Lawn and De-Colonizing the Permaculture Movement

Vermont Law

8) Instead of a constructive improvement on a common way of life, traditional knowledge has sometimes been appropriated for capital and used to justify buying more high-value land. (9) The permaculture movement bears many loose definitions and associations. LAWN STARTER, [link] (last visited Mar.

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Scanning the cosmos for signs of alien technology

Physics World

Some 80 years later, astronomer Percival Lowell – founder of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff , Arizona, and proponent of the idea that astronomers had spotted canals on Mars – suggested digging our own canals in the Sahara desert. Analogous to technosignatures, these are the signs of life on alien worlds, intelligent or otherwise.

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A physicist’s experience of the mental-health system

Physics World

I have used these emotions as fuel to ignite every last neuronal connection that remains from a life devoted to learning. I felt emptier and emptier as the colour of my emotions started evaporating from my life. My PhD life. This article is the result of the powerlessness I have felt within the mental-health system.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

the Supreme Court granted certiorari when it will decide the appropriate definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in the Clean Water Act (CWA). Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE). Executive Branch. View the White House readout. More information on the ISAC can be found on the NISC website. . E&E News.

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Policy News: January 18, 2022

ESA

International. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Scientific Community. The USCRP seeks ecologists feedback on outline of NCA5 chapter outlines. Federal Register opportunities. ESA Water Cooler Chat: COP 26 Debrief. 27 at 11:00am eastern. The webinar will take place on Jan.

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

EPA Said Codification of “Parent Company” Definition Would Improve TRI Reporting Efficiency. This quarterly newsletter provides essential updates on litigation, regulatory, legislative, and other notable developments involving chemicals of concern to business. Table of Contents. » Litigation. » Federal Developments.

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