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I’m With Paul

Legal Planet

US emissions went down by around 15% between 2007 and 2019, while GDP per person went up around 25%. He could have added that economic growth and quality of life don’t necessarily go together. The numbers are really clear about the disconnect between the trajectories of GDP and emissions.

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Danger Season in South America: Climate Change Brings Unbelievable Record Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2019, Brazil was the only South American country that made it into the top 20 carbon dioxide emitting countries list , contributing one percent of the emissions that year, as compared with 14 percent by the United States.

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An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America

Environmental News Bits

The group, which was started in 2019 and appears to use strategies honed by other activists in campaigns against the wind industry, has helped local groups fighting solar projects in at … Continue reading An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America Read the full story from NPR.

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Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Maine Climate Council went to work in 2019 because of the significant climate impacts to the people in Maine as well as to the natural resources on which people depend. Local voices forge Maine solutions Science tells us that because of decades of delay we must now simultaneously reduce emissions and adapt to the changing climate.

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Lit Alerts—January 2023

Arnold Porter

Applicant) in 2019. ’” Trademark: PTO Refuses Registration of Mark Without English Translation Alibaba Group Holding Limited applied to register the trademark “ZHIMA” in standard characters for a wide variety of goods and services in November 2015. Later Alibaba assigned the application to Advanced New Technologies Co.,

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ESA Policy News: February 20, 2023

ESA

Executive Branch The Invasive Species Advisory Committee will meet publicly March 6-8, the first time since the committee was disbanded in 2019. In 2019, NISC disbanded the ISAC when the Trump administration cut funding for the council by 50%. Congress House and Senate leadership announce committee leadership positions.

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Fourth District Holds Addendum To 2010 Program EIR For Irvine Business Complex Vision Plan Violated CEQA Because Conclusion That Large Infill Project’s GHG Emissions Would Be Less Than Significant Lacked Substantial Evidence And Project Was Not Exempt

CEQA Developments

In so finding, the City concluded based on a 2019 Traffic Impact Analysis that, with inclusion of its design features, the project would have no adverse impact on the surrounding circulation system.

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