Circle of Blue

AUGUST 24, 2021

Indications of migration due to water scarcity and groundwater depletion came as early as 2006 in Mexico’s Tehuacán Valley where a combination of declining rainfall and factory farms caused community wells to go dry. “It is not easy to be outside of one’s homeland,” she told Circle of Blue in 2006.

2006

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

At one COP, I found myself walking alongside a group of party delegates speaking a language I didn’t understand and soon realized that I did recognize one phrase they kept repeating: “AB 32” That is, of course, the name of the law, passed in 2006, that set California’s first economy-wide GHG reduction mandate.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

She also held a Graduate Policy Intern position in the Governor’s Office of Policy and Planning in 2009 and an Undergraduate Policy Intern position in the Department of Public Welfare in 2006. Richard Negrin Richard Negrin served as Acting Secretary of DEP from January 17 until he was confirmed by the Senate on June 27.

2006

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

pounds in 2006. How this happened is a study in what the Whitmer administration and EGLE officials assert is a political compromise. It is an indictment of the political system from top to bottom that this has been allowed to continue and that the tools in the toolbox are as limited as they are.”. That’s a 15 percent increase.

Regulations

Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

We’ve celebrated incredible ocean victories like establishing fishery catch limits to prevent overfishing in the Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act in 2006 and the first International Coastal Cleanup in 1986. It’s about standing up for the democratic process and rights of all people regardless of which political party is in office.

Ocean

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. political and public support) for fossil fuels, but we can tell our elected officials not to fall for CAPP’s pro-oil propaganda and to instead prioritize climate action.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 5, 2024

Outline of a Methodology Report on Short-Lived Climate Forcers Since 2006, the IPCC has provided methodologies that governments around the world use to estimate their greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

This led to an unfair distribution of funds until the FTA’s tribal transit program was implemented in 2006 with a direct funding and application route to the federal government.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Dawes was instrumental in the reauthorization of the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Fund in 2006 and served as Chair of the campaign that led to Pennsylvania receiving $1 billion to address Pennsylvania’s mining legacy of more than 185,000 acres of unsafe, mine-scarred lands. from Villanova University School of Law.

Climate Change

Eco Coach

MARCH 9, 2021

Communication and change management skills Being a consultant requires navigating – or ideally steering clear of – office politics. Again, you do not need to have all these skills in the beginning, but starting with a few and adding to those will increase your likelihood of succeeding. Your future clients will thank you for it!

2006

Physics World

JUNE 19, 2021

That made it nearly 4% smaller than the then official value set in 2006 by the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (CODATA) and, given the tiny error bars, completely at odds with it. That becomes a political question I guess,” he replies. Puzzling times. But why no explanation of that choice? Scattered doubts.

2014

HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

2006) is to associate different carbon storage potentials with different land-use types (Figure 2). Unfortunately, the topic of climate change has been heavily politicized and used to draw yet another line in the sand between what are portrayed as ideologically divergent and mutually-exclusive political views. A political view.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

The province released the North Pickering Project, 1975, the Seaton Planning and Design Exercise, 1994, the City of Pickering’s Rural Study, 1997 and the Central Pickering Development Plan, 2006. Soon after, the government announced its intention to repeal the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve Act.

2005

Vermont Law

JULY 6, 2020

This leaves the disaster preparedness plans vulnerable to the politics of government. 1725 (2006). ; 1355, 1394 (2006); Pets Act (Faq), am. Congress determines the annual budget for FEMA. [10]. Additionally, the president must declare a federal disaster to trigger FEMA’s authority. [11]. 109-308, 120 Stat. 109-295, tit.

2009

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

First, scarcity of natural resources can change the political economy of a state. The drought was ongoing between 2006-2009 . The expensive food and water scarcity put external pressures on the political climate in Syria. The effects of climate change place external pressure on the political climate of nations.

Climate Change

Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2015

Just look at the increasing amount of tension and war-like conditions currently developing between local communities and their government over water supply in politically unstable areas such as the Middle East. In 2006, the Department of Energy warned that consumption of water for electricity production could more than double by 2030 to 7.3

Cooling

Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern. Reference list: (1) Steiger Carlos (2006), Modern Beef Production in Brazil and Argentina, Vol. Through their bravery these Latin Americans have fought for something that seemed impossible. 2 pp 105-110. (2) 2) Geraldo B.

Rainforest

Vermont Law

MAY 25, 2020

California’s Proposition 65 tends to take a careful approach while the EPA has tended to tailor its decisions to satisfy pesticide manufacturers and political parties. [18]. 105, 132 (2006). [13]. Also, 553 scientists explained that the EPA rarely utilizes advice from independent scientific advisory committees. [20]. 33 Ecology L.Q.

2018

Physics World

MAY 11, 2022

Peter Rowlands , a physicist currently at the University of Liverpool, has written a history of the department ( 125 Years of Excellence, The University of Liverpool Physics Department 1881 to 2006 ). Construction began in 1991 but was cancelled in 1993 for financial and political reasons, despite 22.5

Electricity

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list Political Influence OpenSecrets.org Profile of Repsol Image Similar Companies Related Gulliver Profiles Royal Dutch Shell BP Total S.A. SEC 2006) Repsol Subsidiaries (via U.S. Major Procurement Contracts Raytheon contracts with the U.S. Repsol Subsidiaries (via U.S.

2014

E2 Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

715 (2006), and embraced ever since in a series of rulemakings and jurisdictional determinations by the EPA and the U.S. In so holding, the majority expressly rejects the “significant nexus” test espoused by Justice Kennedy in his concurring opinion in Rapanos v. United States , 547 U.

Clean Water Act

Vermont Law

JULY 28, 2014

Summary: The country of Haiti does not have a history of effective environmental regulation and this has continued after the devastating 2010 earthquake due to a lack of political and economic infrastructure. Furthermore, in 2006 the provisional president, Boniface Alexandre, issued a Decree of Environmental Management.

2010

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

City of Turlock (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th Part 3 of 4), posted 12/1/21 on SLoG Law Blog (noting agency leaders, such as a city council, “are elected officials who inevitably pay attention to politics even when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity (hearing a CEQA appeal)”.)

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

No principle of law permits us to suspend constitutional requirements for economic reasons , no matter how compelling those reasons may seem. " "Moreover , the General Assembly has no authority to remove a political subdivision's implicitly necessary authority to carry into effect constitutional duties. " Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission v.

Regulations

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In recent rounds of reauthorization, Congress reduced the AML fee: the 2006 reauthorization reduced the fee by 10 percent in 2008, and another 10 percent in 2013. The political story behind this change in financing has a main character: the Wyoming congressional delegation. In 2021, the fee was lowered by an additional 20 percent.

2008

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

The increasing threat is influencing South Korean domestic politics, with President Yoon publicly declaring South Korea may consider the option to build its own nuclear weapons. A history of North Korean nuclear tests North Korea conducted six explosive nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017.

Politics

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

beyond their political borders. And a dormant Commerce Clause-based challenge to a 2006 California statute that prompted a transition from carbon-based to renewable energy sources similarly failed in court.

Law

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2023

One of his earlier films, Prestige (2006), blends history with fantasy; the protagonist, driven by competition with a rival, acquires a machine from David Bowie’s Nikola Tesla that accelerates his descent into amorality. His highly-regarded film Dunkirk (2017) depicts the famous battle of World War II.

Politics

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

In 2006, the Arizona Department of Water Resources issued two certificates for 4,228 acre-feet of water – 1.35 Keith Schneider 2022-03-28 09:47:42 2022-12-08 22:28:19 Arizona’s Future Water Shock Unsafe Yield 0 Comments / March 21, 2022 Severe drought, dead wells, political division push Arizona steadily closer to water supply peril.

Recycling

Environmental Europe

JANUARY 26, 2017

As one previous post on this blog detailed, the current political turmoil in Northern Ireland was sparked by a subsidy for renewable energy production. Though it is tempting to blame political carelessness, the ongoing RHI scandal prompts a broader reflection about renewable energy policy instruments. data: SOeS ). speculative ones.

Politics

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the cap-and-trade program had argued that it was not authorized by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and that the requirement to purchase emissions allowances constituted a tax that required approval by a two-thirds majority of the State legislature. Exxon Mobil Corp. Schneiderman , No.

2017

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

President & CEO of Cenovus Energy: 2017-2023 TC Energy: 1990-2017 Chief Operating Officer of TC Energy: 2015-2017 VP and President Development of TC Energy Corp: 2006-2014 Villain Career Profile Alex Pourbaix has always gone above and beyond to advocate for pipelines and the oil and gas industry.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2022

In 2006, the Court defined a wetland as any body of water which has a “significant nexus” to a waterway. In context: EPA Clean Water Rule Meets Political Pushback. At the time, four dissenting justices advocated for the stricter “continuous surface connection” standard.

2022

Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

He then rose through the ranks at Exxon during the time when the company was successfully suppressing and denying climate science and spending big on climate denial and political obstruction. He joined regional leadership in 1999, became executive VP Production in 2006, and President of Exxon Production and VP of Exxon Corp in 2008.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

People wonder how we made it through the heat wave of 2006,” said the CEO of California’s grid operator, CAISO, at the time. The answer is that there was a lot more generating capacity in 2006 than in 2020. 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. trillion. [25]

Electricity

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The quasi-judicial findings of the Commission were unprecedented in attesting to the Carbon Majors’ misrepresentation and denial of the effects of climate change, pushing the needle of accountability and challenging the political structures that have maintained climate inaction.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

Gleick claims I contradict myself by writing, “When it comes to protecting the environment by moving to superior alternatives, public attitudes and political action matter,” to which Gleick adds, “exactly the point of environmental advocacy groups like Greenpeace that worked to change public opinion.” Seven years later, the U.N.

Fossil Fuels