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Reflections on “Yes they can control the weather.”

Legal Planet

By far the most ambitious activities and the most expansive claims are in China, where weather modification schemes came to international attention when they were used to clear the skies over Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. Modeling and predicting the climate is a lot more feasible than doing the same for the weather. Download as PDF

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EPA Released a Cumulative Impacts Framework. Where Do We Go From Here?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) wrote about this concept in 2004, and the state of California was doing this work in 2008. I think it is worth it to tell EPA, on the public record, that this approach is going to keep people safer and healthier, regardless of the political constraints.

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Governors Lead the Fight on Forests and Climate

Legal Planet

While some national political leaders are backing off their climate commitments , these subnational governments know they have to live with increasing fires , floods and deadly heat waves. Arnold Schwarzenegger helped launch in 2008. So, theyre stepping up and sharing advice for what works.

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Water Determines Great Lakes Region’s Economic Future

Circle of Blue

Research universities, political leadership, drivable roads that connect ports to markets, and a reliable energy grid all contribute. Yet the Trump administration and Republican allies are hacking away at the foundations of federally funded research by using research grants as political leverage. On top of the perils to the U.S.

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Lee Packer: ‘There’s no fundamental physical reason why fusion energy won’t work’

Physics World

While I began my career in spallation and fission, the expertise I developed in neutronics made it a natural transition into fusion in 2008. When did you start working in fusion? That means every aspect of fusion technology must be developed with the nuclear environment firmly in mind.

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Analysis: Svalbard Global Seed Vault: How countries are racing to protect biodiversity and ensure food security

A Greener Life

Since its inauguration in 2008, it has accumulated the safe storage of 1.3 It is operated by The Norwegian government, the Crop Trust , and the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen). The seed vault is the world’s largest and most significant seed bank. million seeds.

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Is There Really a Fiduciary Duty to Destroy the Climate?

Law Columbia

27] A large hole in Friedmans Maximization Model is his assumption that business and its profit calculations are separable from the political system that is supposed to adopt laws to control pollution and other externalities. As Paul Hawken wrote more than 30 years ago: There is no polite way to say business is destroying the world. [39]

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