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The Winding Path of Australian Climate Policy

Legal Planet

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. More is needed, but hopefully the tide has turned.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. The court cited Healey’s participation in the AGs United for Clean Power Press Conference in March 2016 and her attendance at a pre-press conference closed-door meeting with a climate change activist and a lawyer with a “well-known global warming litigation practice.” 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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Opinion: COP26: Can Boris Johnson and the Conservatives be trusted to act on climate change?

A Greener Life

With just weeks to go before COP26 kicks off, all eyes are on the British hosts and the Conservative government and its leader Boris Johnson. And the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson , when Mayor of London (2008-2016) used his Telegraph column to air doubts about whether climate change was real. Photo credit: UN Photo / Cia Pak.

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HotSpots H2O: Trouble Areas Emerge as Summer Looms

Circle of Blue

Travel east in the Mediterranean and Tunisia is cutting urban water service at night to conserve supplies amid a harsh, multi-year drought. Tunisia Now in its fourth year of severe drought, Tunisia has taken dramatic steps to conserve water. Political violence in the region restricts humanitarian access to refugee camps.

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Environmental Law Again Front-and-Center at California Supreme Court

Legal Planet

In 2016 Monterey County voters passed Measure Z, a citizen initiative intended to bar the drilling of new oil and gas wells in the county and ban the use of fracking technology for existing wells in Monterey County. Later this month the justices will hear arguments in Chevron U.S.A. The oil and gas industry, led by Chevron U.S.A.,

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Original Student 'Hellbender Defenders' Celebrate 5-Year Anniversary Of PA's Official State Amphibian And Clean Water Ambassador

PA Environment Daily

Those original “Hellbender Defenders” have been inspired to pursue careers in the fields of conservation, education, and the environment. She was president of the SLC when the hellbender campaign began in 2016. She also graduated with minors in Biology and Political Science. Five years ago, Gov.

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IPCC Climate Report: Six Key Findings for Water

Circle of Blue

Temperatures on this day in July 2016 exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit. There is still time to reduce carbon emissions — though scaling up a low-carbon economy requires marshalling political will, public support, technical expertise, and financing. Scientific body warns of ‘rapidly closing window’ for action.