Law Columbia

MAY 12, 2023

This is a big win for the city, county, and state plaintiffs, after they engaged in a five-year fight to keep the cases in state court. Background on the cases Starting in 2017 with three cases filed in California, cities, counties, and states across the country filed suits against fossil fuel companies.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Green Drop Report for 2022 – an audit of all wastewater treatment works in the country for the period July 2020 to June 2021 – Standerton wastewater treatment works is 164% over capacity, achieving an overall score of just 17%, which puts it into the ‘critical risk category.’

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A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2023

” She started speaking out about her flooding issues in the spring of 2020. Permanently abandoning a community threatened by further disaster is a policy response that makes sense, rationally speaking. A Category 5 hurricane striking, say, the center of the Miami-Dade area would be a shock of a different magnitude.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

And he wasn't just speaking from the position of someone who's paid to pay attention to what China is doing. Only governments — and international collaborations of governments — can afford to engage in these types of ventures. Fri, 09/15/2017 - 04:27. Categories. Isn't the private sector basically doing that for us?

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

This post covers from approximately mid-June, 2017 up to August 31, 2017. Perry sees climate denial as evidence of being ‘intellectually engaged’. Perry sees climate denial as evidence of being ‘intellectually engaged’. July 2017. . Climate Scientist Says He Was Demoted For Speaking Out On Climate Change.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And the lack of activity in the orbitofrontal cortex meant “they weren’t engaging the part of the brain that would say, ‘this is bad.’ spike after attack on Israel, Anti-Defamation League says” Politicians have been quick to speak out and act. 554 incidents of vandalism.’ 1,347 incidents of verbal or written harassment.’

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