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An abnormally dry subject: drought

HumanNature

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. Last modified 12 Dec 2019.

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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. The headline of her July 5, 2022, press release , “AG Fitch Continues to Fight Biden’s Radical Environmental Agenda,” pretty much sums up her attitude. After she took office in January 2019, that pledge went out the window.

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Harvesting Climate Benefits from the 2024 Farm Bill

Acoel

Baseline Funding for Farm Bill Programs ($ billions; FY 2022-2031). Source: Congressional Research Service, Preparing for the Next Farm Bill (2022). For example, from 1995 to 2022 corn and soy, used largely for animal feed (and biofuels) received over 56% of all crop insurance premium subsidies.

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A “Ripe and Rank Case of Dishonorable Dealings”: How Fireworks are Threatening Sioux Sovereignty of the Black Hills

Vermont Law

South Dakota, with permits from the Department of the Interior and the National Parks Service (NPS), conducted a fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore from 1998-2009, only skipping the celebration in 2002 due to wildfire. Already, Governor Noem has renewed her request for a 2022 fireworks. The purpose? capricious.

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The Deadly $125-Billion ICBM Boondoggle

Union of Concerned Scientists

More than 60 national and regional disarmament organizations, including Back from the Brink, Global Zero, Physicians for Social Responsibility and RootsAction, issued a statement in January 2022 calling for scrapping land-based ICBMs altogether. Subsequent defense secretaries Chuck Hagel, who served from 2015 to 2017, and Gen.

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

PA Environment Daily

DEP’s 2022 Water Quality Report now shows fully one-third of Pennsylvania’s streams and rivers-- 27,886 miles-- do not meet water quality standards-- up over 2,000 miles from just two years ago. Wolf will give his final state budget address on February 8 kicking off the FY 2022-23 budget season. 8 Budget Address Gov. Read more here.

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At Peak of Its Wealth and Influence, Arizona’s Desert Civilization Confronts A Reckoning Over Water

Circle of Blue

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – March 14, 2022. From January 2019 to December 2021 municipal authorities in Pinal County issued construction permits for 161,519 new homes. I’ll give you an idea of where we are,” said Gonzalez, who is 62 years old and has farmed this piece of ground since 2002. CASA GRANDE, Ariz.

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