Vermont Law

APRIL 24, 2019

In South Asia, deployment of sustainable energy is less a matter of technology and more about easing regional tensions between Pakistan and India. However, the project was never undertaken because of interprovincial distrust and political manipulation by successive governments. By Nadia Ahmad*.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Michigan now counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. The tool has attracted national awards, and not just for adept use of science and technology. Is the state prepared for more?

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%. The report makes clear that we urgently need the political will to leave fossil fuels in the ground, advance renewable energy and invest in nature-based carbon dioxide removal through forest and ecosystem protection.”.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (National Research Council, April 2010). The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World’s Food Supply by Marie-Monique Robin (New Press, 2010). that has failed safety inspections.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

Take a look at David Sattherthwaite's 2010 tough review of my 2010 Climatopolis book. If economic growth accelerates, then GHG emissions will accelerate (given current technologies). It's like asking whether removing that "Go Bears" flag from your radio antenna will improve your gas mileage and lower your overall expenses.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (National Research Council, April 2010). The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World’s Food Supply by Marie-Monique Robin (New Press, 2010). that has failed safety inspections.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (National Research Council, April 2010). The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World’s Food Supply by Marie-Monique Robin (New Press, 2010). that has failed safety inspections.

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Biotechnology 2019 2007 2013 52

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (National Research Council, April 2010). The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World’s Food Supply by Marie-Monique Robin (New Press, 2010). that has failed safety inspections.

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Biotechnology 2019 2007 2013 52

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (National Research Council, April 2010). The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World’s Food Supply by Marie-Monique Robin (New Press, 2010). that has failed safety inspections.

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Biotechnology 2019 2007 2013 52

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

At COP27 we saw some potential progress as nine countries joined the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) , committing their collective resources and political will to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind energy. Individual nations, like Vietnam, made new commitments as well.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. I don’t mean to imply that technological progress will automatically fix things. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021.

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HumanNature

APRIL 12, 2021

For example, biophysical scientists and engineers get in touch when looking for social scientists to help them understand barriers and opportunities to the adoption of a particular sustainability practice or technology. Industry, community groups, advocates, and policymakers often have similar interests. Geoforum 88:78–86.

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Legal Planet

MAY 29, 2024

This post was originally published on the Law & Political Economy Blog as “How Environmental Law Created a World Awash in Toxic Chemicals.” The numbers here are staggering. Production of plastics has also skyrocketed, with cumulative global production expected to triple by 2050.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Water rates more than doubled between 2010 and 2020, while income of the city’s poorest one-fifth of residents inched up only 12 percent. They disproportionately impact people that financially are at the bottom of society,” said Sinha, senior vice president of the research group Environmental Consulting & Technology. .

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Physics World

JUNE 19, 2021

On the other was the CREMA result – a single, very precise spectroscopy measurement for which no obvious flaws had been found, either before or after the result’s publication in 2010 ( Nature 466 213 ). But in 2010 along came CREMA with its muonic hydrogen spectroscopy measurements. The resulting value of around 0.84 Scattered doubts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

Hence many soil scientists had for years been calling for a third survey, particularly those who are representatives to China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), or its top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPCCC). Forty years of change. Rapid acidification.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In its papers supporting the order to show cause, the attorney general said that PwC had served as Exxon’s independent auditor since before 2010 (the time period covered by the subpoena), a role in which PwC examined whether Exxon’s financial statement disclosures were supported by evidence.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes. Tyler Larson was diagnosed in 2010 with neurofibroma sarcoma, which resulted in tumors on nerve endings. Coulter has a particularly keen interest. He was 19 when he died.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 16, 2021

the uncertain timing and magnitude of government policies, technological innovation and consumer demand that will accelerate the transition to lower-carbon economy). Her key takeaways were (1) “[t]here is no general requirement under the securities laws to reveal all material information. and (b) transition risks (i.e.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 15, 2022

This enhanced level of transparency directly responds to feedback given to IRIS on its 2010 draft formaldehyde assessment. We know all too well that when decisionmakers compromise on the science for financial or political reasons, we all lose.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It's a great source of examining technologies from the simple to the complex, of acquiring, harnessing, storing and preserving water and its supply. Just as the technologies of Bedouin tribes have changed, so have the concept of a home which can be a tent, a stone building or even the desert land (30). Politics of Conservation.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

In his recent testimony to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the coauthor of Princeton University’s Net-Zero America study noted that just because an energy technology is not reliable does not mean that it has no role in a reliable system. [8] percent of the grid’s power. We need to respect our grid authorities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. billion (in 2010 dollars) in federal tax breaks and subsidies for nearly 100 years. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions. Renewables,” I added, “have gotten peanuts in comparison.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2024

.] -- April 9-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1943 (McNeill-D-Lehigh) requires disclosure of all chemicals used in oil and gas well fracking ( sponsor summary ). Room 205 Ryan Building. Earthquake Shakes New Jersey, Felt Across Eastern PA; 4.0 National- $3.58

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Scientists estimate that emissions must be reduced by 45% by 2030, compared with 2010 levels, and from there to net zero emissions by 2050, if the world is to have a good chance of remaining within the 1.5C Electric vehicle technology also progressed rapidly, and new fuels such as hydrogen are being developed. Are we nearly there?

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Last year, the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based research organization, counted 476 harmful blooms in 41 states, five times higher than in 2010. . In Michigan the number of reports about blooms received by the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has increased six-fold since 2010. Saginaw Bay, Lake St.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 30, 2020

A number of states have suspended aspects of their open meetings laws in response to the pandemic, and many public bodies are now holding meetings telephonically or using videoconference technology—and conditions are changing on an almost daily basis. of Selectmen of Wayland , 93 N.E.3d 3d 1163, 1166 (Mass. City of Sarasota , 48 So.3d

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. 31] Many energy experts are enthusiastic about solar panels, but new information has called the social and ethical value of the technology into question. 52] And from 2010 to 2019, consumers from across the U.S. trillion. [25]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

The report, which cited numerous examples of political appointees stifling agency research, was accompanied by a statement signed by more than 60 top scientists , including 20 Nobel laureates, denouncing the Bush administration’s misuse of science. Before the surveys, the extent of the problem was not clear. At NOAA, 86 percent are white.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2023

In recent years, the RMP has been subject to a political tug-of-war: partially strengthened under the Obama administration and then promptly rolled back under the Trump administration. Furthermore, the proposal does not require all facilities regulated under the RMP to conduct safer technology and alternatives analyses.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A DOE-funded collaborative publishes a roadmap for desalination technology research. 32 billion gallons per year : Water use for hydraulic fracturing in the Permian basin , averaged across the years 2010 to 2019. Desalination Technology Research. What a long, strange journey it’s been. After nearly four decades, the U.S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

Since then, EPA has consistently regulated GHG emissions from motor vehicles, although the scope of EPA’s GHG emissions regulations has been the subject of a political tug-of-war. In fact, cities across the country are already planning their infrastructure around a future dominated by electric vehicles.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Clean and renewable energy makes up 16 percent of investments, and investments in these technologies are expected to return $785.8 To regulate the emissions from every fossil fuel powered vehicle at the tailpipe would entail a substantial and possibly prohibitive administrative burden, and would likely be politically unpalatable.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 11, 2024

Since 2010, its rating has been downgraded by The Economist’s “Democracy Index,” the Freedom House’s “Freedom in the World” measure, and by the VDI’s “V-Dem Index.” Those examining the health of our democracy and elections at the state level also report bleak findings.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2023

Horry County gained almost 100,000 people between 2010 and 2021. Doing so will require foresight, political will, a consensus about protecting the vulnerable, an ability to make coordinated decisions, and a willingness to act in ways that might hurt the economy in the short term. ” That results in some upside-down outcomes. .

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

has been a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) leadership team since 2010, when he was first appointed Commissioner. His commitment to public service also includes his current role as chairman of the Gas Technology Institute Public Interest Advisory Committee. Coleman Jr. Coleman Jr.

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