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Cold War Nuclear Weapons Put St. Louis Community At Risk—in 2023

Union of Concerned Scientists

Impacted communities and nuclear weapons policy experts know that US government-led testing and production of nuclear weapons in other regions of the United States also affected others, yet those living with the health and environmental impacts are being denied the opportunity to even apply for compensation. Louis area?

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Lockheed Martin to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations Resulting from Fraudulent Submission of Government Contract

Corp Watch

Lockheed Martin to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations Resulting from Fraudulent Submission of Government Contract US Department of Justice PaulaR Mon, 09/18/2023 - 19:48 Monday, January 24, 2011 Read more Case Involved National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi

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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system. 2023 SB 253. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration. Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. 2015 SB350. 2016 SB 32. 2018 SB100.

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Rebuild By Design: Atlas Of Disaster Finds Climate-Related Extreme Weather Caused Over $630 Million In Disaster Damage In PA From 2011 to 2021; Doesn't Include Damage Not Covered By Federal Programs

PA Environment Daily

counties have experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021, with some having as many as 12 disasters during that time. Pennsylvania From 2011 to 2021 Pennsylvania had 9 climate disaster declarations with six counties having fire or more disasters. In 2021 alone, the U.S.

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ESA Policy News: March 6, 2023

ESA

In this issue: Comment Period for the National Nature Assessment Closes March 31, 2023 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy leaders appeal for input from ecologists in a Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment editorial. The comment period ends March 31, 2023. National Nature Assessment (NNA). Led by the U.S.

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Recap of 2023 CEQA Amendments Now In Effect

CEQA Developments

We saw a continued focus on incentivizing affordable and infill developments on the condition that the project pay prevailing wages (AB 2011), reducing barriers for specified sustainable transit projects (SB 922), and amendments akin to “pet project exemptions” that are targeted to solving a narrower set of concerns (SB 118 and SB 886).

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

ESA

Courts Republican-led state sue to block environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule. The $425 million amount would represent a $57 million increase over FY 2023 levels. The United Arab Emirates is set to host the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of Parties 28 (COP 28) in November 2023.

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