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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

2002 SB1078. 2016 SB 32. 2018 SB100. The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). 2006 AB 32. 2015 SB350. 2022 AB 1279.

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German Atomic Energy Act Amendment Illegal - Case Comment BVerfG 1 BvR 1550/19

Energy and Climate Law

The German Federal Constitutional Court decided yesterday that the way in which compensation under the Atomic Energy Amendment Act of 10 July 2018 has been organized infringes the German constitution. The legislator opted for a mix of options 2 and 3 and launched the Atomic Energy Act Amendment of 10 July 2018.

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Progress Continues for US Residential Solar: Reviewing the Latest Numbers

Union of Concerned Scientists

percent for systems installed in 2002 to 20.1 For residential systems, their share rose from 41 percent in 2016 to 98 percent in 2021. Economies of scale also come into play: for residential systems, LBNL found that an 8-to-9 kilowatt system in 2018 was on average 13 percent cheaper per watt than a 4-to-5 kilowatt one.

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Microfluidic systems for the skin: Quantitative sensing of biomarkers in sweat

Physics World

He joined Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff in the Condensed Matter Physics Research Department in 1997, and served as director of this department from the end of 2000 to 2002.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

million to his campaigns since 2002, according to OpenSecrets’ compilation of contribution data. Nevertheless, Jeff Landry—Louisiana’s AG since January 2016—seems more interested in defending the fossil fuel industry than his constituents. billion in damage in September 2018. The main beneficiary of Paxton’s efforts?

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

HumanNature

Besides medicinal plants, other wild plants have abundance of metabolites that have negative impacts on herbivores, and pests (Gupta and Birdi, 2017; Hussein and El-Anssary, 2018; Joshi et al., 2002, Pilbeam D.J., and El-Anssary (2018). Wild plants as a source of healthy microbiome. Deutsch C.A., Tewksbury J.J, Tigchelaar M.,

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What Makes the College-Educated More Likely to Vote?

Union of Concerned Scientists

A study using longitudinal data from 2002 to 2012 confirms that courses in the social sciences and humanities have the strongest impact on promoting student voting, along with service learning opportunities and being mentored while in college.

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