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Let’s Talk about Climate Anxiety 

Academy of Natural Sciences

My research focuses on coastal water quality changes over space and time and using environmental data to measure changes in coastal ecosystems. I am interested in using artwork in outreach to teach environmental science topics to students and families. LC : Jeremy and I were excited to work on a collaborative project together.

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The Santa Barbara Oil Spill

Environment, Law, and History

The Santa Barbara spill is often pointed to as one of the foundational moments of modern American environmentalism and environmental regulation, but Spezio seems to flesh out the picture. Part 1 describes environmental science and policy before 1969. Her argument is broken into three sections.

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Campaign Finance: An Unsuitable and Unsustainable Vehicle for Environmental Change

Vermont Law

On the rise on the political front is an effort by some wealthy Americans to fund climate-change ads and invest in politicians willing to support climate-change initiatives. Retired billionaire Tom Steyer is on a mission to pour loads o’ money into political campaigns willing to support climate change initiatives. Summary: .

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Speaking Truth to Corporate Power

Legal Planet

The LA Times detailed some of the research, including a study launched by a scientist named Henry Shaw to use an oil tanker to measure how effectively the ocean was removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Management decided to look into the problem and assembled a team of scientists to investigate. You can’t fairly call these scientists heroic.

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Frontiers is gearing up for COP28 to address the climate emergency 

Frontiers

Private and public sector leaders will discuss the importance of making scientific results openly available in order to boost innovation, increase public consensus, and bolster political will to act.

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Should there be a ‘non-use’ agreement on solar geoengineering?

Legal Planet

Even many researching the science or politics of geoengineering are deeply cautious about whether its deployment could ever be justified. Sadly both sides seem to question the motives of their opponents, rather than seeing these issues as legitimate topics of debate that demand public or political judgements.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Useful Environmental Law Terms. 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. Sponsored Content. Fishing rights are one of these issues.