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Gregory L. Ebel: The Pipeline Pusher

Enviromental Defense

Despite the OEB review and penalty, complaints to the OEB related to meter reading have more than doubled: from 42 in 2021, to 87 in 2023. TOP SKILLS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Getting in trouble with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) Enbridge was fined $250,000 in 2022 for failing to meet meter reading standards and inaccurately charging consumers.

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Topological fluids, the proton radius and art and science: the June 2021 issue of Physics World magazine is now out

Physics World

Big questions: the June 2021 issue of Physics World magazine. I’m sure you can think of your own examples, but the June 2021 issue of Physics World magazine looks at two particularly long-standing questions in physics. Quite why physicists settled on the lower value is the theme of the article. .

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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

But the good news is that this goal can still be achieved through other legal and political strategies. The California Court of Appeal agreed in a 2021 decision. Moreover, a broad political consensus has emerged among Californians that we must abandon our historic dependence upon polluting fossil fuels–the sooner, the better.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. In 2002, Scientific American named Dr. Mann one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology, and in 2012, he received the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geophysical Union. from Villanova University School of Law.

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

HumanNature

We watched, consumed, and internalized conflict as the pandemic layered social, political, economic, and climate crises. Some warn that the meaning of “resilience” has been diluted for “maladaptive political means and thus hamper the effectiveness of genuine attempts to mitigate damage” (Soubry & Sherren, 2022, p.1). McLennan, C.

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How we Conceptualize Security will Shape our Response to Environmental Challenges

HumanNature

Flooding on the banks of Rio Negro in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil, 2021. As a scholar of political science, this provokes compelling questions about current relationships across states, their governments, and who offers protection. Guest Post by Julie Liebenguth , Ph.D.

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Tax Incentives Find New Purpose for Conserving Water in American West

Circle of Blue

Farmers across the drying American West are taking notice because groundwater depletion is a top-line political issue in nearly every state from the High Plains to the Pacific Coast. The conservancy was founded in 2021 with the goal of using easements to protect the shrinking Ogallala Aquifer. Time was of the essence,” she said.