HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

Credit: Rodale Institute My earlier example of soil ecology does not do justice to what functions soil organisms provide; a more comprehensive list includes improvement of soil fertility via nutrient transformation, soil aggregation, pathogen suppression, carbon storage, biofilm formation, water cycling, and temperature regulation 2.

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2023 Atmosphere Sea Level Deforestation 110

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy. Washington State Dairy Federation v.

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2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 45

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” Public Citizen, Inc. Trump , No. 1:17 -cv-00253 (D.D.C.

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40