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HotSpots H2O: In Malaysia, the Mah Meri Resist Eviction from Coastal Homeland

Circle of Blue

In 2002, courts ruled in favor of the Temuan, a tribe that had been served eviction notices in 1995 by Malaysian state authorities. . But, as is the case for Indigenous tribes across the world, outside development has been hard to resist in the face of political indifference and corporate heft. Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue.

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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

2002 SB1078. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration. 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. 2006 AB 32.

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How we Conceptualize Security will Shape our Response to Environmental Challenges

HumanNature

Interestingly, this sense of urgency has compelled various scholars, governments, development practitioners, and activists to turn toward the language of security to convey the increasingly dire need to confront widespread ecological change. Guest Post by Julie Liebenguth , Ph.D.

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Susannah Pierce: A Climate Villain Painting Big Oil Green

Enviromental Defense

Take action by telling the government to hold the oil and gas sector accountable for its pollution by urgently implementing a cap on emissions. Pierce proudly boasts about “driving government policy at federal and state levels” for the benefit of oil and gas companies. Is that you? million gas cars.

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Book review: The Age of Resilience, by Jeremy Rifkin

A Greener Life

See his 2002 book, two decades before the spate of recent national hydrogen plans. Prizing efficiency above all else, it has been locked in through the economics profession and political systems. A localised bioregional government that can respond to immediate environmental priorities. Rifkin wrote a book about that in 1995.

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Tax Incentives Find New Purpose for Conserving Water in American West

Circle of Blue

The easement is then purchased or donated to a land trust or government agency, which is responsible for enforcing its stipulations. 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.

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

As a result, greedy businesses, financers and governments all across the globe have been exploiting the valuable resources these million-year-old forests hold. It has also been reported that between the years of 2002 and 2018 more than 20 million hectares of tropical forests were cleared in the Amazon purely for beef production.