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The Stream, April 27, 2022: How a Rural Nebraskan Town Is Moving Forward a Year After Toxic Ethanol Plant Closes

Circle of Blue

The Las Conchas fire in northern New Mexico in 2011 pumped so much ash into the Rio Grand that the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority had to close its drinking water intake on the river. But fires in river headwaters don’t just burn trees and impact snowpack and spring runoff. More Water News.

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

Corp Watch

Mediterranean Reefs Will Be Destroyed Upon Repsol's Prospecting Published by Oceana | July 21, 2011 Information provided by Repsol Investigaciones Petrolíferas, S. Mediterranean Reefs Will Be Destroyed Upon Repsol's Prospecting Published by Oceana | July 21, 2011 Information provided by Repsol Investigaciones Petrolíferas, S.

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Floodplains Beyond Borders

Washington Nature

For comparison, the left is a photo of the Fraser River from 2011, the right was taken on November 17, 2021, showing the floods from space. More work to find collaborative solutions upfront, results in more action, and more durable solutions on the back end. Credit: The Earth Observatory/NASA, @Cmdr_Hadfield/Twitter.

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Work in the Clearwater Forest Protects Salmon

Washington Nature

This dynamic is especially true in the Clearwater Forest Reserve, acquired by The Nature Conservancy in 2011 , as sometimes TNC appears to be opposed to industries that profit off the land. In his first eight months at TNC, Justin has begun a number of projects in the Clearwater Forest and a section of the Hoh Rainforest.

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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation

A Greener Life

Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. Floods and landslides continue, as do accidental drownings, with 40 deaths reported in abandoned mining pits since 2011. Among the 26 countries investigated, this accounted for 58.2% gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent.

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Guest Commentary: Brazilian’s first tort climate case for illegal deforestation in Amazonia

Law Columbia

The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation. hectares (the equivalent of 4,650 football fields) between 2011 and 2018. I wrote about some of those here and here.)

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

Orts, “Climate Contracts,” 29 Virginia Environmental Law Journal 197 (2011) (making the case that business needs to play a more active role in climate solutions at all levels). [10] 20] See, e.g., Roshan Krishman et al., “The 18, 2023; “’We cannot afford greenwashing’: Guterres highlights key role of Net-Zero experts,” Apr.