A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

In the first week of December 2021, the US National Academies of Science, Technology and Medicine (NASEM) released a much-awaited report evaluating the feasibility and cost of alternative ocean-based CDR approaches. In comparison, the entire US budget to tackle climate change in 2021 was $22 billion.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the United Kingdom, government leaders are hoping to solve two problems with one effort. The UK government has allocated 4 million pounds for a test run of the concept. government scientists just declared as the hottest on record. The post What’s Up With Water — August 16, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Unfortunately, however, the region is also highly vulnerable to the damaging effects of the climate crisis, despite not being significant emitters of greenhouse gasses. There’s a risk that companies or governments might co-opt academics, and proving and battling corruption is extremely difficult and dangerous.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. million in November 2021 for breaking COVID-19 prevention rules in São Miguel do Guaporé in the state of Paraná in Brazil. regarding the lack of safety measures for its workers.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. million in November 2021 for breaking COVID-19 prevention rules in São Miguel do Guaporé in the state of Paraná in Brazil. regarding the lack of safety measures for its workers.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Year in Water, 2021. Water Crises Take Center Stage By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 9, 2021. Communities rich and poor bore witness to horrific devastation in 2021. Too little. Too polluted. For years these compact phrases, mantra-like in their repetition, have come to define the world’s water problems.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

15 years later, one could say that if success may have been achieved, it’s hard to be triumphant, given how fast our carbon emissions are still rising : However, official pledges to slash greenhouse gases emissions are increasing, and thus, there is hope the world could collectively achieve limiting the temperature rise.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Generating and storing clean energy is a lifeline for the planet’s future; burning coal, oil, and gas fossil fuels causes 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), global lithium consumption increased 33% from 2020 to 2021, due largely to battery demand (for both EVs and the power sector).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Shellenberger Founder and President Environmental Progress 2569 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA 94708 February 25, 2021 Good morning Chairperson Scott, Ranking Member Thompson, and members of the committee. Vegetarianism is not important for protecting the environment or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. and around the world.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Countries pledge to combat deforestation, cut methane emissions, transition away from coal and more. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in September 2021 an endangered species status review for the gray wolf in the western U.S.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Please join ESA in sharing lessons learned from the 2021 United Nations Conference of the Parties Meeting (also known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, and actions we can take going forward as a professional society Jan. Government report on how climate change affects people and places in the United States. 27 at 11:00am eastern.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Maryland State Senate Committee advances a bill to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. The government has been operating under a series of stop-gap measures since October 2021 and Congress has not passed a full-year budget since December 2020. billion, a four percent increase above the fiscal year 2021 level.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

California Governor vetoes tropical deforestation bill. Landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore receives 2021 MacArthur fellowship. by Zack Colman, PoliticoPro, 10/6/2021. by Zack Colman, PoliticoPro, 10/6/2021. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology meets for the first time in the Biden administration.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Shortly after Biden’s veto, a federal judge in North Dakota halted the implementation of Biden’s new Clean Water Act rule in 24 states, writing that a pending Supreme Court case is likely to change the authority of the federal government under the Clean Water Act. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Information System; Number NNH23ZDA009L.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

In 2021, EPSCoR jurisdictions received 12% of the NSF’s total budget. Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) said that is likely that the government will have to operate on a continuing resolution when fiscal year 2023 starts on October 1, 2022. 2021 ) along party lines. billion in FY 2022.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Shortly after Biden’s veto, a federal judge in North Dakota halted the implementation of Biden’s new Clean Water Act rule in 24 states, writing that a pending Supreme Court case is likely to change the authority of the federal government under the Clean Water Act. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Information System; Number NNH23ZDA009L.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

Among other things, the task force will review how to apply the social cost of greenhouse gas to environmental reviews of projects on Interior-managed land, according to the order. A Proclamation on National Park Week, 2021 – The White House. The draft is open for expert review through June 10, 2021. 29 & 30, 2021).

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