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Ontario Auditor General’s Environment Audits Reveal a Government That’s Abandoned Its Obligation to Protect the Environment

Enviromental Defense

If the government of Ontario hoped that abolishing the Environment Commissioner, and transferring the position’s responsibilities to the Auditor General would free it from accountability on climate change, wilderness conservation, pollution and species at risk protection, it must surely be disappointed. .

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What’s Up With Water – November 8, 2021

Circle of Blue

They are vital for recycling moisture from land to air and back again. Tom Stevens, of the nonprofit group Fauna & Flora International, said that preserving those forests sequesters carbon while also protecting supplies of drinking water and hydropower. Cloud forests are rain forests characterized by frequent low-level cloud cover.

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Analysis: Green jobs take off in China

A Greener Life

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. The bump may be linked to China’s commitment, made in September 2020, to reach carbon neutrality before 2060. But analysis based on wider datasets is more conservative.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Learn more about environmental law degrees. Key Current US Environmental Laws.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.16.24

PA Environment Daily

21 On Rheems Quarry Expansion -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Section 902 Act 101 Local Recycling Implementation Grants [PaEN] -- February 17 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- Agriculture Invests $5.8 Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Building a More Equitable Food and Agriculture System Longstanding structural and institutional racism has excluded Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) from access to land, financial resources, information, political standing, and educational and professional trajectories, which limits their ability to shape the food system.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.27.23

PA Environment Daily

Shapiro: Senate Confirms Nominees For Education, Insurance, Office Of State Fire Commissioner -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Shapiro’s Pick For Election Chief -- Gov.