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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction

Union of Concerned Scientists

At the start of the recent COP 27 climate meeting in Egypt, a United Nations report on the role of financial institutions in controlling climate change said, “There is no room for new investment in fossil fuel supply.”. With COP 27 now concluded, fossil fuel investment remains the elephant in the room.

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Sustainable Development through Model Forests on the Island of Enchantment

Vermont Law

For decades natural resources on the Island of Enchantment have been threatened. The proposed Puerto Rican Model Forest Act attempts to mediate the conflict between humans and nature. _. By focusing on sustainable development, model forests attempt to mediate the coexistence of humans and nature.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

I further argue that, if we continue to develop in these ways, deaths from natural disasters will continue to decline, food surpluses will continue to rise, and global carbon emissions will likely peak and decline soon, preventing temperatures from rising more than three degrees centigrade over pre-industrial levels.

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Big Climate Win Down Under: Australian Court Blocks Coal Mine Citing Negative Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Law Columbia

1) of Australia’s Environmental Planning & Assessment Act (the EPA), obligates the government to consider the public interest as part of its review of a development application. federal courts considering municipal suits against fossil fuel companies for climate-related damages. Section 4.15(1) Four Key Takeaways.

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Waste and Water Woes

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Farmers who wish to implement EQIP conservation practices on their land work with local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff to determine which practice or practices make the most sense. Different regions of the country pose different resource concerns, such as water quality and wildlife habitat. Endnotes: 1.

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Strengthen and pass long-awaited bill to modernize Canada’s environmental protection act, groups urge Senate committee

Enviromental Defense

The Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources will begin its study of the bill today, with the minister of environment and climate change scheduled to appear as the first witness. In 2017, the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development recommended strengthening CEPA.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

ESA

National Committee for the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ESA to Hold Informational US National Nature Assessment Webinar Dec. 5345 ) in the House of Representatives, which passed the House Natural Resources Committee last month. Scientific Community. Federal Register opportunities.

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