Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 13, 2021

by Mathew Barlow, University of Massachusetts Lowell Leer en espanol The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900 people died in the destruction.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

and Canada, will only ever consider these false solutions that allow them to continue making profit off of our resources while Indigenous people continue to pay the ultimate price. Canada has a long history of violating the rights of Indigenous peoples in their pursuit of promoting and subsidizing the extraction of tar sands.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But finding words that reach, move and inspire people gets harder as things grow more dire and people grow more weary. You can watch the leaves fall from your hope: a bird here, a town there; a glacier, its river, their people. Sometimes you know because you wait in season, in place, and it never arrives, arrested en route.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here in Richmond, California, shipyards were bursting with thousands of men and women (for the first time allowed into the workforce en masse). Amid fascist forces marching across Europe, democracy and a lot of lives were on the line. Together, their tireless work helped end World War II and deliver victory to the Allied forces.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – This is a deal that’s bad for everyone but the bankers. That’s the strong message sent from representatives of a growing collection of civil society organizations who are raising significant concerns over the proposed acquisition of HSBC Canada by RBC.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

En español NOTE: This piece was originally published on CommonWealth Magazine. January 2023 marked the beginning of a new year. For Massachusetts, it also marked the beginning of a new administration with the historic inauguration of Gov. Maura Healey, as well as a new legislative session with new (and incumbent) legislators.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Because of these complexities, people who divert water can sometimes be confused about their responsibilities, according to Diane Riddle of the Water Board. Photo taken June 15, 2021. Andrew Innerarity / California Department of Water Resources. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 9, 2021. But only in certain sub-watersheds.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

The people who allowed me to document their lives along the L.A. This is the state of one of Los Angeles’s most prized and historical symbols, an enduring source of life for the region’s environment, culture, and people. People living in this area have a higher cancer risk than the national average.

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Frontiers

JULY 27, 2022

Photo credit: Hedwig Ens. When people think of Switzerland, deforestation and destruction of ecosystems doesn’t really come to mind. committed to contributing to communities in a meaningful and sustainable way and encourage our people to participate in charity activities. ?. decrease in tree cover since 2000.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Disinvestment is abundant and this has had consequences: Loíza is one of the Puerto Rican towns with the highest rates of violence, rates of people who don’t finish high school, and rates of poverty. Can you tell us a bit about how such interests have affected the quality of life and environment of the people of Loíza?

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

On the 10th of April in the first round of the general election for the next president of France, the centrist leader of En Marche Emmanuel Macron won ahead of the far-right controversial leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen. France could be at a crossroads, and it could be a worrying one if you care about the climate crisis.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2021

When the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay opened the Pennsylvania office in 1987, many people in the Commonwealth didn’t know the Susquehanna was the main source of freshwater to the Chesapeake. I understood why the American Indian people named the Susquehanna a word meaning “long reach river.”

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 13, 2020

In the case of the Ninth Circuit, en banc. When I am not tackling serious issues, I like to meet new people, go on nature walks, binge watch movies and catch up with old friends and family. deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition. Since the January 17, 2020 ruling, the Youth Plaintiffs, through their attorneys, filed an.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

EN: Let’s talk a bit about the state of the US electricity grid. EN: Since the Biden administration took office, Congress has passed an infrastructure bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, both which include provisions to strengthen and modernize the grid. EN: There are seven regional grid operators across the country.

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Real Climate

APRIL 28, 2022

En-twin-ing climate and weather. Many people working in numerical weather prediction, having seen the improvements that higher resolution has brought, often claim that climate predictions will become more accurate at about the same rate. This is interesting, but raises many questions about what would really be doable.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The pipeline is being constructed through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory despite resistance from the Hereditary Chiefs and their supporters. And many people, including those in the government, are falling for it. This is nothing new: these companies have been actively blocking climate policy for decades.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

EN: Welcome back to UCS. EN: You and your colleagues point out that the increase in burned acreage across the western United States and southwestern Canada over the last few decades is partly due to a rise in what’s called the “vapor pressure deficit.” For pregnant people, smoke exposure increases the risk of pre-term birth.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Strategic climate litigation has slowly grown in the region as a critical tool to complement the work for the defense of the environment, the territory, and the protection of the rights of peoples and communities. Despite these challenges, climate litigation is already showing the power it beholds in promoting change.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 2, 2018

Tranporting not just one or two people to work at a time, they can transport dozens. Cities worldwide are adopting electric buses en masse. The People’s Republic counted 385,000 of them at the end of last year. The only people who are losing from the massive adoption of this technology are oil companies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

EN: What do you and your colleagues mean by the Danger Season? EN: No doubt, the Danger Season is here, and it is happening worldwide, not just in the United States. EN: The report you coauthored last year focused on disparities among Manhattan neighborhoods, but New York City is hardly unique.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

APRIL 8, 2024

Nutrition spending traditionally represents the largest portion of farm bill outlays – something which held true again for the 2018 Farm Bill – and consequently is often targeted as a source of savings by lawmakers and stakeholders who would prefer to invest elsewhere rather than to help feed hungry people.

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Environment Blog

JULY 1, 2019

For this reason, people can want to steal the bins and their contents. Just choose your colour and other features, and you’re ready to start recycling en masse! Keep waste streams safe and secure. Don’t forget that you can earn some extra money by selling correctly sorted recycling.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2023

We asked the DEP, ask for a subpoena for DEP inspectors, that we ask for a subpoena so other operators, people can come in and explain all their hundreds of violations?” “We The May 10 oral arguments in this case were an En Banc Session of Commonwealth Court, meaning all the judges on the Court could participate. said Lucas. “We

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 15, 2023

What we know about the river’s biodiversity we know because a small part of society takes its time to go and see.” — Enrique, co-founder of Vida en el Río San Pedro (names changed to protect identities). A growing number of people are speaking for the river, which is ignored by the authorities, Sapiens reports.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

When people say that you should wash your containers before recycling them, this is why. The Future of Plastic, C&EN: ACS Discovery Report, 2020. The contaminants can get mixed into the plastic when it is being ground and melted which changes the properties of the plastic and limits its applications as a recycled material.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This summer, people across Canada experienced the impacts of climate change in a way that was impossible to ignore. TC Energy is the company behind the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline that is being constructed through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2022

EN: Rebecca Boehm’s study and your recent analysis are certainly not the first time the Food and Environment Program has investigated unsustainable agricultural practices. EN: The issue of competition in the meat industry is getting a lot of attention these days. Below is an abridged version of our conversation.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 8, 2021

That data set includes more than 9,500 instances since 1985 where blooms closed beaches, killed fish, or poisoned people and shellfish. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Creative Commons user FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue — June 8, 2021 . Though essential, they produce plenty of drawbacks, too.

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Physics World

MAY 26, 2022

Even if NISQ devices are – per Gambetta’s roadmap – somewhat less NISQ-y by then, Campbell’s timeline for incorporating them en masse into UK plc seems extraordinarily tight. Still, 2025 is only two and a half years away.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 8, 2022

EN: Before we get to the stories about advocacy groups that have foiled disinformation, could you tell us about what advocates should avoid doing when trying to counteract disinformation, as well as what they should do instead? Marjanovic, who has a Ph.D. Below is an abridged version of our exchange.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And for people like me, the notion of spring without the return of colorful, vocal songbirds is too depressing to contemplate. Some have come from the far Arctic, en route to wintering areas deep in the tropics of Central or South America. Red knot, Calidris canutus © D. Tipling/VIREO. What can we do to help?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vietnamese activist who protested toxic spill freed after 5 years Justice for Formosa Victims | January 22, 2022 Police arrested Nguyen Van Oai and dozens of others in January 2017 during a crackdown on people who demonstrated against the Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group. USA: Deparment of Environmental Quality analysis for $9.4B

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That runoff, mainly from fertilizer, creates a toxic algal bloom in the lake every summer, threatening the drinking water supply of millions of people as well as the habitat of fish and other aquatic life. EN: First, welcome to UCS. EN: How did your experience in the Flint case influence your career and perspective?

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Circle of Blue

JULY 21, 2022

I think it’s much cheaper to take the water to the people than move people to the water. The other view is one of conservation and restraint, championed by people like Kyle Roerink, the executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, a group that advocates against transferring water out of its natural basin.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2023

The Ministry of Health of Kenya, working with WHO, UNICEF and other partners, vaccinated approximately 2 million people against cholera in a campaign that ran February 11-21, 2023. Latrines that were not designed for hundreds of people soon overflowed. And then the water sources get contaminated,” Beasley said.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

EN: “Canada remains the G20 country most heavily subsidizing the fossil fuel industry and thus the destruction of our planet. By announcing the phase-out of international fossil fuel finance by 2022, Canada recognizes the calls from young people, communities, and Indigenous peoples urgently asking for a people-led transition.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

Lire en français ici. Leer en español aquí. Some people will, when they read this imagine that I’m some right-wing anti-environmentalist. As a result, half of the people surveyed around the world last year said they thought climate change would make humanity extinct. The author in Maranhão, Brazil, 1995.

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