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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If elimination is not politically feasible, they recommended canceling the Sentinel ICBM replacement program and extending the life of the current Minuteman ICBMs for at least another 20 years. Subsequent defense secretaries Chuck Hagel, who served from 2015 to 2017, and Gen.

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MAY 28, 2024

At this year’s annual general meetings, major investor-owned fossil fuel corporations are facing fewer climate-related shareholder proposals than at any time since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement in 2015. But that doesn’t mean they’re under less pressure over their role in driving the climate crisis.

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MARCH 11, 2024

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. ” Available at SSRN 4198146 (2022). Kedward, Katie, Daniela Gabor, and J.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In 2020, we presented the results of our 2018 survey to a team at the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigating scientific integrity violations and political interference at public health agencies. And, in the meantime, you can check out our past surveys here , and our website for our 2022 survey located here.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

That’s a political question as we approach an election year and that’s where I’m going to start. As Dan Farber wrote back in 2022 (before the IRA was a thing), this kind of national emergency would probably be found legal and would definitely unlock significant powers. People love anniversaries. Or journalists do anyway.

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MARCH 15, 2024

As a result,transitioning away from carbon-intensive sources of energy is critical to address the climate crisis (Hernandez and Newell 2022). Therefore, the study and possible solutions of global energy transition should consider biological and natural processes as well as the socio economic and political trade-offs. Catton Jr, W.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s a contentious issue fraught with political and social dynamics that have largely doomed previous attempts. To address this looming problem, FERC issued a draft rule in April 2022 that would require a much more forward-looking, comprehensive approach to transmission system planning.

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MARCH 11, 2024

Freedom House lowered the United States’s score by nearly 10 points between 2015 and 2023. “The State Democracy Index” , created by political scientist Jacob Grumbach, draws upon more than 50 indicators to assess the quality of state democracies.

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MAY 16, 2024

743 (2015) (Justice Scalia ). 2587 (2022) (Chief Justice Roberts). The Court ruled, however, that clearer authorization would have been needed to authorize a regulation of “vast political and economic significance.” Since Obama, EPA has used this authority to regulation carbon emissions from vehicles and power plants.

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OSTP Economic Analysis Report to Congress: 08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Congressional-Report.pdf (whitehouse.gov). The surprising political shifts that led to the climate bill’s passage – The Washington Post. Piloting Natural Capital Accounts for the United States (March 11, 2022). 2, 2022). New York Times : [link].

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Under construction since 2015, the 3,400-acre project is spending $350 million for a closed-loop water supply system that collects, treats, and recycles wastewater for over 12,500 residences that are planned, plus commercial and retail spaces. A version of t his article was published by The New York Times on December 27, 2022.

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MAY 25, 2023

A lot must be done to change the water rights system in California, yet, even communities that have been “systematically marginalized” by the system share an interest in improving its enforcement, including stopping water theft, as outlined in the 2022 California Curtailment Cases Amicus Brief. How can you help?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

degrees Fahrenheit) is a target to limit global-average heating that was adopted by nations in the 2015 Paris Agreement. C is a political target, not a scientifically determined limit. So, I asked him what we should make of this alarming but confusing development in the study of global temperatures. Q: What exactly is the 1.5

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JANUARY 10, 2023

He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Wagner College, where he was a consensus football all-American and served as captain of the 1987 National Championship football team. Both are widely supported on both sides of the political aisle and have served the Commonwealth with integrity and innovative ideas.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For the first eight months of the year, the rate of deforestation is 48 percent lower than the same period in 2022. The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. It’s the lowest level for the month of August since 2018 and it continues a downward trend. Gray: That’s right.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

2015 Paris Agreement adopted with strong U.S. 2022 EPA issues tough new standards for carbon emissions from new vehicles. EPA approves waiver for California to regulate CO2 from new cars. 2011 Supreme Court decides AEP case, barring lawsuits against carbon emitters using the federal common law of nuisance.

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MARCH 1, 2023

For instance, at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, 72 percent (140 respondents) said they felt they had been adequately trained on scientific integrity policies, an increase of 16 percent compared to our 2018 results (56 percent, 189 respondents), and an increase of 40 percent compared to results from 2015 (32 percent, 250 respondents).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Guest Post by Julia Branstrator , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. We watched, consumed, and internalized conflict as the pandemic layered social, political, economic, and climate crises. Terms such as “ doomscrolling ” (Hernández, 2022) became commonplace in conversations sharing about the day. music, art).

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APRIL 13, 2023

The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. The most emblematic decision came from the Federal Supreme Court, the highest Court in the Brazilian legal system, which ruled in July 2022 that the Paris Agreement is a human rights treaty. And somehow historical.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

On August 7, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 won passage in the Senate along party lines, 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding vote. Nevertheless, given the steep political obstacles along the way, the final bill is imperfect. The overall bill is a big win for climate, jobs, and justice.

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

The country’s struggle to reduce its reliance on coal was significantly helped by the purely ideological and populist decision to phase out all its nuclear power stations by 2022 (initially following the Fukushima accident in 2011 in Japan) .

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.

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JUNE 14, 2023

Meanwhile, between 2012 and 2022, installed wind and solar power more than tripled , according to American Clean Power. percent the three renewables generated in 2022 exceeded coal’s output— 19.5 EPA Supreme Court decision in 2022. Last year, wind generated 10.2 percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC The following article first appeared on LinkedIn November 19, 2022 -- On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf quietly signed into law resurrecting the prospect of liquified natural gas ("LNG") export facilities at the Port of Philadelphia. Williams, Esq.,

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2022

Unsafe Yield Severe drought, dead wells, political division push Arizona steadily closer to water supply peril. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – March 21, 2022. Nobody who knows Peggy Judd would mistake her for a political progressive. The Biggest Dry: Arizona, second of three reports. Read the first report here.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Remove Coca-Cola as sponsors of COP27 Georgia Elliott-Smith | Change.org | September 30, 2022 Coca-Cola spends millions of dollars greenwashing their brand, making us believe that they are solving the problem. References: Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

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JUNE 7, 2023

in bribes BBC PaulaR Wed, 06/07/2023 - 10:06 Thursday, April 14, 2022 Read more Prosecutors say Noel Corry created a "corrupt procurement culture" A former Coca-Cola Enterprises manager has admitted taking more than £1.5m UK: Coca-Cola Enterprises boss admits taking £1.5m References: Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For two or three weeks, climate politics gets intense worldwide news coverage. This year’s meeting was also “CMP16” (the 16 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997), and CMA3 (the 3 rd meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Paris Agreement of 2015). Then things move on.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science Union of Concerned Scientists PaulaR Thu, 06/08/2023 - 03:44 Friday, August 14, 2015 Read more Deborah Bailin Almost 130 years ago, Coca-Cola first quenched Americans’ thirst and splashed its irresistible blend of sugar and, yes, cocaine , across our taste buds and brains.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

See this 2015 paper set in the United States. Read our 2022 NBER paper. As the social cost of this distortion rises, economic theory predicts that political reform will take place. An example would be government price supports for agriculture that create a moral hazard effect. How Does a “Climate “Crisis” Emerge?

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JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2015, under the Obama administration, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers expanded the definition of WOTUS so that more wetlands and smaller streams that can carry pollution into larger waterways were protected under the Clean Water Act. In 2022, the EPA and Army under President Biden vacated the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

September 8, 2022 . Michigan’s work to improve its oversight of CAFOs, including a proposal to update manure spreading practices with a new permitting system, has been impeded by politically influential agricultural groups led by the Michigan Farm Bureau and supported by conservative state lawmakers. . Photographs by J.

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APRIL 20, 2023

The Supreme Court clipped the agency’s wings in its 2022 West Virginia v. In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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MAY 11, 2022

The work was initiated by Alexander Hristov , distinguished professor of dairy nutrition, in 2015 when he was the chair of the Feed and Nutrition Network of the 35-country Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. Posted: May 11, 2022] PA Environment Digest degrees Fahrenheit. degrees Fahrenheit.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

18, 2022, by the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee. He served as vice chairman of the Commission from 2011 to 2015, and from October 2021 through September 2022. 20, 2022, and subsequently confirmed. 20, 2022, and subsequently confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate. Coleman Jr.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, John Schwartz | The New York Times | September 28, 2015 Volkswagen’s diesel deception unleashed tons of extra pollutants in the United States, pollutants that can harm human health.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, John Schwartz | The New York Times | September 28, 2015 Volkswagen’s diesel deception unleashed tons of extra pollutants in the United States, pollutants that can harm human health.

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