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Climate Change and the Hard-Headed Realist

Legal Planet

Also, Suri says, “are those who see him as a war criminal, as a proponent and defender of the misuse of American power and, many would argue, a trend toward breaking down our democracy.” Kissinger spoke at length about climate change in a 2009 speech. Kissinger also viewed climate change as an economic threat.

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The politics of (bad) policy design: French solar panels and Northern Irish boilers

Environmental Europe

From the abrupt halt to support to photovoltaics in Spain in 2009 to issues with the territorial planning of incentivised wind power in France and Germany (or near Donald Trump’s golf course …) renewable energy policy can prove hard to manage, even (or especially?) data: SOeS ). speculative ones.

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RePlanet Nederland’s review of the draft Delegated Regulation on nuclear energy and gaseous fossil fuels in the sustainable finance taxonomy

Environmental Progress

Investors and governments will be expected to refer to the Taxonomy in order to determine whether an activity they want to pursue can be considered sustainable, and under what conditions (screening criteria). For example, the replacement of nuclear power generation by fossil fuels would still be considered a sustainable activity.

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A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making

Circle of Blue

A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. The federal government will eventually assume responsibility for the more than 50 defunct mills that generated this waste. It didn’t happen.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

In 2009, Cambridge physicist David MacKay showed that providing energy to the UK with 100 percent renewables would require a greater area than the landmass of the entire country. Despite their substantial negative environmental impact, the federal government has repeatedly given the wind industry special rights.

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Michael Shellenberger talks with Nick O’Malley, National Editor of Climate and the Environment, Sydney Morning Herald

Environmental Progress

The governor of Florida uses a definition, the governments of New South Wales in Australia use different definitions. The main reason is that the government of Australia, as in California, refused to control burns for both environmental and health reasons. I don't think it's necessarily deliberate, but I think that's the result.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

Corp Watch

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.