Environment, Law, and History

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

H-Environment recently published a review by Samm Newton of Teresa Sabol Spezio's Slick Policy: Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill (U. Pittsburgh Press, 2018). Part 1 describes environmental science and policy before 1969.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Useful Environmental Law Terms. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. Sponsored Content.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 But a major question is whether Manchin, a backer of fossil fuels, will go along with an effort that could eventually lead to less coal production in West Virginia. He has proposed paying for the new breaks by ending fossil fuel subsidies.

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