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New Allegheny County Sustainability Report Provides Overview Of Efforts Since 2009

PA Environment Daily

The expanded report also provides a historical overview of efforts since 2009 when the first Sustainability Manager was hired. On August 31, the Allegheny County Office of Sustainability issued the 2022 Allegheny County Sustainability Report that highlights this past year’s efforts aimed at improving the county’s overall sustainability.

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Prozesse Gericht prüft Verstoß gegen Waffenembargo Teilen Amtsgericht in Münster dpa/Guido KirchnerAmtsgericht in Münster (Nordrhein-Westfalen). Donnerstag, 21.09.2017, 19:13 Ein Sicherheitsunternehmen aus NRW soll 2009 einen Vertrag über Dienstleistungen

Corp Watch

Prozesse Gericht prüft Verstoß gegen Waffenembargo Teilen Amtsgericht in Münster dpa/Guido KirchnerAmtsgericht in Münster (Nordrhein-Westfalen).

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2023 appears to follow an upward trend in the North Atlantic/Caribbean named tropical cyclone count

Real Climate

C (Benestad, 2009). The said assessment reports seem to have ignored empirical studies on tropical cyclones statistics, such as indications of more tropical cyclones with greater ocean surface area with sufficiently warm water to sustain tropical cyclones (Benestad, 2009). 635-645, 2009. References R.E. Blunden, T. Boyer, and E.

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California Climate Policy: A Preliminary Report Card

Legal Planet

California has done well in terms of total emission reductions – about a 10% reduction from 2009 to 2019. Electric power related emissions went down about 40% from 2009 to 2019. For that reason, I’ve used 2009-2019 as my comparison period. What’s the Overall Verdict? The verdict on this issue seems very clear.

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Watching Over a Fragile Desert From the Skies

Inside Climate News

By Humberto Basilio In 2009, South American deserts stretching from Peru’s parched coast to the wilds of Patagonia became a playground for the global off-road racing elite. A group of scientists looking for new ways to conduct studies that don’t harm the deserts of South America turned to motorized paragliding.

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Chesapeake Bay Model Estimates Decline In Nutrient, Sediment Pollution; PA, 4 Other Jurisdictions Did Not Meet Reduction 2023 Targets For Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sediment

PA Environment Daily

These tools also approximate the pollution reductions that have occurred between 2009—the baseline year for the Bay TMDL—and 2023. -- Overall nitrogen entering the Bay decreased 17% from 297.8 million pounds in 2009 to 247.6 million pounds in 2009 to 14.2 billion pounds in 2009 to 17.8 million pounds in 2009 to 14.2

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Earthquakes hastened sea rise in Pacific islands by sinking the ground

New Scientist

Projections of flood risk due to sea-level rise on the Samoan islands underestimate the rate at which the islands are sinking after two earthquakes hit in 2009