2021 Government Politics Regulations 
Legal Planet
MAY 9, 2022
As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot.
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Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. In that decade, the federal government created the U.S. And state governments began to secure those same rights for individuals in their constitutions.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
No water, no water, that’s the reality.” – Najdet, a Kurdish man who earns $30 per month working for the Syrian government-run electricity board in al-Kasakah. The post The Stream, November 19, 2021: Flooding Devastates British Columbia appeared first on Circle of Blue.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Proposed regulations in California could fine residents for wasting water. Hope for government relief is weaning among Ghanaians displaced by rising sea levels and flooding. “By Residents affected by flooding are asking their government to relocate them, but are skeptical that officials will ever act. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2022
SB 1145 requires CARB to create and maintain an online dashboard providing the public with information about the state’s progress on meeting its climate change goals, increasing government accountability. The end of the 2021-2022 Legislative Session saw notable legislation on climate, heat, clean energy, water, and land use become law.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.
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