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A journey of a plant biologist: Back to the wild to solve current crises.

HumanNature

Human exploitation of natural resources has resulted in accelerated climate change, ecological imbalance, and pest resistance & outbreaks that affect global food production (Deutsch et al., 2002, Pilbeam D.J., An analysis of FDA-approved drugs: natural products and their derivatives. Jaiswal A.K., Mengiste T.D.,

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The Art of Affect: Creative Expression as Personal Resistance and Resilience

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at Colorado State University How does creativity, imagination, or emotion relate to our resilience and resistance during crises and disasters? 2016; Cheer et al., 680; Massumi, 2002; Ngai, 2007). 2007; Wied et al., References Allen, B. McLennan, C.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

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Louisiana’s Sabine River Authority Not Entitled To Sovereign Immunity

The Energy Law Blog

Plaintiffs alleged that despite advance knowledge of the likelihood for significant downstream flooding, SRA-L decided to open spillway gates freeing water from the reservoir into the Sabine River to alleviate elevated reservoir volumes from a cataclysmic rain storm in March of 2016. Hawkins , 381 F.3d 3d 407, 411-12 (5th Cir. 4] Voyt v.

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October 10 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

22 Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Nov. 10 EarthTalks Lecture To Discuss Solar And Agriculture Land Use Competition Natural Areas Assn. 22 Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Nov. 10 EarthTalks Lecture To Discuss Solar And Agriculture Land Use Competition Natural Areas Assn.

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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Corp Watch

For example in 2009 and 2010, Toyota recalled over 10 million vehicles over unintended acceleration problems and in 2016, Toyota recalled 1.4 had failed to declare about five billion yen ($A66 million) in taxable income in two years to March 2002, a news report said Wednesday. In 2018, Toyota was ordered to pay out $21.9

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Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations

The Energy Law Blog

On May 4, 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes.