Remove 2014 Remove Ocean Remove Politics Remove Technology
article thumbnail

New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Union of Concerned Scientists

While these data have been available since 2014 from the Climate Accountability Institute, the most recent update of this dataset is now easily accessible and explorable on a new platform hosted by InfluenceMap.

article thumbnail

An Open Letter to President Obama

Vermont Law

March 7, 2014. The world watched as oil continued to ooze into the ocean, but people only saw the oil sheen on atop the ocean. Approving the Keystone XL is not investing in renewable energy or clean technology. There are political consequences. She submitted this comment to President Obama on March 7, 2014.

2014 40
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Desalination and Alternative Water Supply and Efficiency

Vermont Law

It is important to note the distinction between groundwater desalination and seawater desalination, the latter containing much higher concentrations of salt, which leads to heavy construction costs, significant ocean and coastal ecosystem impacts, and higher energy and water prices. Seawater desalination development in U.S. While simplistic.

Ocean 40
article thumbnail

Amazon lobbyists face ban from European Parliament

Corp Watch

Billion AI Contract With Israel Richard Nieva | Forbes | September 12, 2022 Hundreds of Google and Amazon workers on Thursday staged protests around the country to speak out against the two tech giants’ cloud contracts with the Israeli government, fearing the military could use the technology to surveil Palestinians.

2019 52
article thumbnail

Amazon Fined in France for Illegally Spying on Workers

Corp Watch

Billion AI Contract With Israel Richard Nieva | Forbes | September 12, 2022 Hundreds of Google and Amazon workers on Thursday staged protests around the country to speak out against the two tech giants’ cloud contracts with the Israeli government, fearing the military could use the technology to surveil Palestinians.

2019 52
article thumbnail

U.S. Policy on Cuba: Is It Safe to Go Back into the Water?

Acoel

The tag popped off in the open ocean later that summer, east of the Chesapeake Bay. Like many other species of marine life – think sea turtles, whales, and even manatees – they travel freely across political boundaries; passports and visas not required. Longfins are highly migratory.

2015 64
article thumbnail

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

Circle of Blue

trillion American food and fiber production sector that counts powerful allies in marketing, equipment, chemical, energy industries, and politics. . He has invested in precision farming technologies that rely on remote sensing and multispectral imagery to cut the farm’s commercial fertilizer use. are the frontline of an immense $1.1