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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

billion tonnes by 2029-2030. On-the-ground research in states like West Bengal suggests that weak regulation and enforcement mechanisms allow deforestation to continue apace – in contrast to the rosy picture painted by the government. million tonnes, rising to 1.025 billion tonnes by 2031-2032. Is forest cover the panacea?

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In Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color

Circle of Blue

In the early 1970s, Chicago embarked on one of the region’s most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects to date: the Tunnel and Reservoir Project or “Deep Tunnel,” a massive storage system that will be able to hold more than 20 billion gallons of water when it’s finished in 2029. . A Feat of Engineering or “Missed Opportunity”?

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Book review: A grand survey of climate hope

A Greener Life

It is only in the penultimate chapter, on Unilever’s transformation under the leadership of its CEO Paul Polman between 2009 and 2019, that the business case for climate change is really made. The shift will only occur when government regulations hold carbon-emitting companies accountable for emission costs. billion tonnes by 2029-30.

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First District Affirms Judgment Rejecting All CEQA Challenges To Oakland A’s Ballpark Development EIR Except Improper Deferral of Wind Impacts Mitigation

CEQA Developments

The EIR’s analysis of emissions from 50 hours of annual running time – the maximum permitted by California regulations for testing and maintenance – and adoption of a mitigation measure allowing only 20 hours of such use was a reasonable analysis that left a 30-hour “cushion” for emergency operation. City of Richmond (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th

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