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The Stream, July 23, 2021: Drought Threatens Rural Farmers In San Joaquin Valley

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Since 2002, millions of pastoral communities have been forced from their homes to make room for commercial cattle ranches, leaving parts of the region food insecure. The Environmental Protection Agency ordered more than 3,400 drinking water providers nationwide to look for the toxins between 2018 and 2020.

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Progress Continues for US Residential Solar: Reviewing the Latest Numbers

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The report charts continued progress in several important categories in 2021, including PV module efficiency, system costs, and the prevalence of batteries, which are a more and more important piece of the solar picture. percent for systems installed in 2002 to 20.1 LBNL found additional drops from 2020 to 2021 of 3.4,

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

As for hurricanes, Texas suffered no fewer than 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones from 1980 through 2021. million to his campaigns since 2002, according to OpenSecrets’ compilation of contribution data. For example, in October 2021—the same month he signed onto the West Virginia v. How has Paxton responded? (The

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An abnormally dry subject: drought

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Guest Post by Leena Vilonen , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. A scientific study measured the severity of drought across the western US from 2000 to 2022 and found that in 2021 almost 80% of the western part of the US experienced exceptional or extreme drought (Williams et al. Nature Climate Change 2002.

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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

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In 2018, Toyota was ordered to pay out $21.9 Healey Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on Toyota Total Penalties $1,577,928,188 (June 10, 2021) Number of Records 42 Photo Gallery Image Toyota protest for dismissed workers photo Lennon Ying-Dah Wong Read More Image Toyota no.1 China fines Toyota 87.6

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

HumanNature

Guest Post By Janak Joshi , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University Natural, ferocious, hard, and resilient are all characteristics of the wild. 2002, Pilbeam D.J., and El-Anssary (2018). Deutsch C.A., Battisti D.S,

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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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