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Climate Action for Earth Day

Legal Planet

Because they just “weren’t registered” or they “weren’t interested in politics,” according to this Ipsos survey. The data from 2023 demonstrates that countries can cut rates of tropical forest loss if they garner the political will to do so, and the countries that have accomplished this can provide lessons for others.

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Election 2024: Trump Plans to Drain the EPA

Legal Planet

That would allow a Trump administration to exert far more influence over personnel at agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency than if they just placed the 4,000 political appointees that presidents usually get to install across government.

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Blurring the Lines Between Art and Activism ????

Circle of Blue

” For the next several years, Greg and Nadine Mort cultivated relationships with leaders in environmental science and activism, including Circle of Blue Co-Founder J. Greg said that the experience made him understand how “imagery could really send a message and inspire people.” Carl Ganter.

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New Satellite Will See Water’s Big Picture

Circle of Blue

Pavelsky, a professor in the department of earth, marine, and environmental sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is giddy about the mission and the knowledge it will generate. How SWOT will influence the political balance of power is a question that Faisal Hossain is tasked with understanding.

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Bucknell University Hosts 10th Annual Sustainability Symposium April 14-15 - Building Thriving Communities

PA Environment Daily

Curt Gervich, an associate professor in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science at SUNY Plattsburgh where he teaches courses in environmental leadership, law and policy, and sustainability will present the keynote address on April 14 at 6:30 p.m. This year’s theme is Building Thriving Communities.

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Monday, April 22 - Earth Day: PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.22.24

PA Environment Daily

To Host Electronics Waste Recycling Event April 27 In Schuylkill County -- Warren Times: Winners Announced In Warren Conservation District Youth Art Contest -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Environment’s Better, Worse This Earth Day - By University of Maryland Center For Environmental Science -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over (..)

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Should there be a ‘non-use’ agreement on solar geoengineering?

Legal Planet

Even many researching the science or politics of geoengineering are deeply cautious about whether its deployment could ever be justified. Sadly both sides seem to question the motives of their opponents, rather than seeing these issues as legitimate topics of debate that demand public or political judgements.