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Statement: The Auditor General’s reports confirm that the Ontario government is not interested in protecting the environment

Enviromental Defense

Among the long list of grievances Ontarians already have, we can now add a number of others to the list: The Ontario government politicized the highway planning process and prioritized projects such as Highway 413 and the Bradford Bypass over the recommendations made by ministry staff. No charges have been laid for contraventions since 2014.

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HotSpots H2O: Report Spotlights Funding Gap in Canada’s First Nations Water Crisis

Circle of Blue

” These figures have barely budged since 2014, despite billions in federal investment. The report, published last week, found that the government has allocated more than enough funding to build the necessary water infrastructure. The findings come in the aftermath of a critical missed deadline by the federal government.

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The White House’s Justice40 is Good and Can Be Better

Union of Concerned Scientists

Since the inception of the environmental justice (EJ) movement, EJ leaders have called for accountability by the federal government for meeting the needs of communities that for generations have been systematically excluded, environmentally overburdened, and starved of much needed and deserved resources. This is problematic.

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The Winding Path of Australian Climate Policy

Legal Planet

That was repealed in 2014, and the ensuing period saw little progress. In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval.

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Tesla sues Swedish government after postal workers allegedly block license plate deliveries

Corp Watch

Tesla sues Swedish government after postal workers allegedly block license plate deliveries CNBC PaulaR Thu, 11/30/2023 - 13:12 Monday, November 27, 2023 Read more Ashley Capoot Tesla filed a lawsuit against the Swedish Transport Agency on Monday that claims it should be able to collect license plates directly instead of receiving them by mail.

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Climate—and a Cautionary Tale of Three New Hampshire Commissioners

Union of Concerned Scientists

He is now serving as a subject matter expert — so despite Mr. Bettencourt’s public advocacy for limited government, he must know he’s promoting a federal government program. Building an all-of-government approach to transform New Hampshire from climate laggard to climate leader might start with a simple phone call.

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What is being built in the WUI?

Legal Planet

In this blog post, we summarize our research on how some local governments in California are regulating development in high fire areas. But a majority of the housing units that San Diego County approved in 2014-17 were in those areas. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the results varied widely by jurisdiction.

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