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Green on Top: Zoning Against Climate Change with Green-Roof Legislation

Vermont Law

Predictions based on the 1995 Chicago and 2003 Europe heatwaves anticipate 25-31 percent higher frequencies and 72-76 percent longer heatwaves by 2090. In fact, EPA estimates that “a city with 1 million people or more can be 1.8–5.4°F F (1–3°C) warmer than its surroundings” during the day and 22°F (12°C) in the evening. flood-prone regions.

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9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’

PA Environment Daily

Steingraber noted similar conclusions were reached in 2014 when New York State banned fracking, saying “At the time, and again, this is nine years ago in 2014, there were 400 studies and investigations in the peer-reviewed scientific literature in government reports and by journalists that showed evidence for harm. They are also born smaller.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

The ideas of Thomas Malthus (center) were used by British governments to justify the Irish Famine, 1845-1848 (left) and Bengali Famine, 1943-1945 (right) before becoming the basis for 20th Century environmentalism. Gleick defends Holdren and the Ehrlichs as part of his broader defense of Malthusianism. Why else use it?

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. The partial exemption petition process was created by a 2003 rulemaking for the Inventory Update Rule, the predecessor to the CDR Rule. 47102 (Aug.

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Why Nuclear Justice for the Marshall Islands is the Biggest US-China Issue You’ve Never Heard Of

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US government therefore has a vested interest in keeping the COFA agreements alive and maintaining good relationships with these countries. The RMI compact was renewed in 2003, and now all three Compacts are up for renewal: the Compacts with Micronesia and the Marshall Islands will expire Oct 2023, and Palau’s will expire in 2024.

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