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The US Attack on Iran May Have Damaged Disarmament Efforts More Than Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities

Union of Concerned Scientists

US intelligence assessments repeatedly confirmed that Iran abandoned its weapon program in 2003 and had not changed its mind. The only other state to exit the NPT was North Korea, which withdrew in 2003. The attacks have undermined the rule of law and international diplomacy as key tools for nonproliferation and disarmament.

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What’s Really Inside the Final Budget Reconciliation Bill: A Breakdown of Food and Agriculture Provisions

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

119-21 ) into law. The budget reconciliation process, an optional budget procedure that can alter spending, revenues, and the federal debt limit, was first established in the late 1970s and has been used dozens of times by both political parties since 1980. What exactly is the suspension of permanent law?

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The rise of women in quantum science in India and the legacy of Satyendra Nath Bose

Physics World

Europe, meanwhile, was recovering from the devastating First World War, and experiencing political and economic instability alongside flourishing artistic and intellectual movements. Photographer unknown) Bose’s derivation of Planck’s law impressed Einstein, who had also been trying to solve the problem.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

Lula, who served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 (and is the first President in the country to return for a third term), is known for supporting policies to protect the environment and disenfranchised social groups. Treaties on environmental law are a type of human rights treaty, and, for that reason, enjoy supranational status.

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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Union of Concerned Scientists

In contrast to civil, political, and economic rights, cultural rights have been side-lined and neglected in dialogues about climate policy and human rights. The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Critical Native American Water Rights Cases Come Before the Supreme Court: Arizona v. Navajo Nation

Legal Planet

In 2003, the Navajo Nation filed suit in federal court, claiming that the federal government had breached its trust obligations to the Nation by not granting it adequate water rights from the Colorado River system managed by the Department of the Interior.

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House Republicans Now Want To Take Away All DEP’s Application Fee Revenue To Further De-Fund Environmental Protection Programs

PA Environment Daily

David Zimmerman (R-Lancaster) introduced House Bill 1755 which would take away all Department of Environmental Protection permit application fees collected by the agency and deposit them into the General Fund rather than into the accounts now set up in law to pay for specific environmental protection programs.