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Administration Cuts Would Leave No Refuge for the Wildlife Refuges

Union of Concerned Scientists

A joint report in December by USFWS and NOAA found that the rate of wetland loss in coastal watersheds from 2009 to 2019 was less than the rate of loss from 1998 to 2009, indicating “progress towards reducing net wetland loss.” We spoke on the condition that the discussion was solely on the beauty of the place and not about politics.

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Where Is The Water Going?

Circle of Blue

And the company maintains positions on just about every ag and water related board and commission in Kings, giving it considerable political heft. . It is also tasked with reviewing groundwater plans under the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed in 2014. The company is run from its Pasadena offices by James W.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

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.

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Brad Corson: A Climate Villain with a Lengthy Resume

Enviromental Defense

Imperial Oil Ltd: 2019-Present Exxon Mobil Corp: 1983-2009 & 2014-2019 Esso Petroleum Co Ltd: 2009-2014 Villain Career Profile Corson has spent his entire career extracting and marketing oil and gas, working mostly for Imperial Oil and its parent company ExxonMobil.

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Solving the proton puzzle

Physics World

Randolf Pohl was not in a good mood, late one evening in July 2009. In both cases, the green band shows the official 2014 recommended value from CODATA, while the red line shows the (very precise) value obtained from muonic hydrogen. This would require superhuman powers.”. But why it changed tack in 2018 is not clear.

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

The case was settled in 2014 after Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion. The Local | December 14, 2014 Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary Islands, a major tourist destination. Repsol fined for anti-competitive practices. s refinery in Norco, La.

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Recognizing the Rights of a River: Challenges and Opportunities from Colombia to Colorado

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Political Science and Trainee in the CSU InTERFEWS Program In 2014 the Whanganui River in New Zealand was granted legal personhood. Guest Post by Curtis Kline , Ph.D. In 2016, the Constitutional Court of Colombia came to a similar decision about the Atrato River.