Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Coal began to really plunge in 2012, three years before Obama’s Clean Power Plan was issued. Politically, what has happened to coal jobs may be more salient. Employment in the East (basically Appalachia) fell before 2000, ticked up until 2012, and then resumed falling. But this could only have a contributing factor.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
Born between 1999 and 2012, these youths argued that the adverse effects of climate change, such as heatwaves and wildfires , pose a threat to their right to life. Portuguese youth must first seek justice nationally In a separate case, six Portuguese youth brought attention to the urgency of addressing climate change through legal avenues.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
As I embraced my family, I felt a palpable fatigue from the pressures of the pandemic, political unrest, and geopolitical turmoil bubbling beneath the surface. Climate change in Sri Lanka is driving a hunger crisis, an economic crisis, and a political crisis.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2023
What has not been abundant is the political will to enact these reforms, and CARB’s reluctance to initiate a rulemaking reflects this trend. It won’t be easy to find a regulatory pathway that properly abates methane emissions, improves community health outcomes, and is politically palatable. To CARB, installing digesters is a win-win.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
In just four years of global warming, 2012-2016, more than one trillion tons of Greenlandic ice were lost: enough ice melt to fill a pool the size of the state of New York to a depth of twenty-three feet. The biggest barriers to progress are political and psychological.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 31, 2022
For countries that have made significant adoption of renewable energy, how can policies be designed to further expand renewable energy adoption, while ensuring broader sharing of benefits, both as a valuable end in itself and in order to sustain political support for the energy transition. Other speakers include-- -- Patrice Geoffron (Ph.D.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
APRIL 8, 2024
In Washington, DC, the political party that governs the House, Senate, and White House is rightly portrayed as a major contributor to policy outcomes. But politics alone is far from the only determinant. In 2012, CBO projected $113.5 In 2012, CBO projected $113.5 billion, a difference of just under $4 billion.
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