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How Bad Ballot Design Can Impact Election Outcomes—And What We Can Do 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Standing in the voting booth, I asked myself how it was possible that someone like me, who has devoted my career to studying political science and elections and who does research ahead of time, was encountering such difficulties just trying to cast my vote? For example, in 2020 New York, New Mexico, and Arkansas had more than 2.5

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How well did the EU respond to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic? Experts now give their verdict

Frontiers

In 2004, the EU created the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), precisely with the goal of coordinating cross-border disease surveillance and guidelines. The interviews occurred during or shortly after the first wave of the pandemic, between May and August of 2020. The aim: to draw lessons for future pandemics.

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Guest post: Brazil will have first climate litigation trials in the Supreme Court

Law Columbia

In 2020, the Supreme Court held a preliminary public hearing for the parties to present facts on deforestation in the Amazon and the results achieved by the PPCDAm between 2004 and 2020.

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In Memoriam: Walt Pomeroy, Environmental, Wildlife & Wilderness Advocate

PA Environment Daily

Many followed and are now part of the accepted political landscape in Lansing and throughout Michigan.” [End Finally, before retiring he was the first executive director of Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers from 1998-2004. End of excerpt.] He coached 175 scouts to their Eagle rank.

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'Badly Broken' Bayer postpones split to improve performance

Corp Watch

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists, December, 2004). The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides by Mitchel Cohen (Skyhorse, January 2019).

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

Corp Watch

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33