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An Open Letter to President Obama

Vermont Law

March 7, 2014 Dear Mr. President, I am writing you this letter to ask you one simple question, will you please oppose TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline? Read more »The post An Open Letter to President Obama appeared first on Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. I am not a list of nine Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.

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An Open Letter to President Obama

Vermont Law

Dear Mr. President, I am writing you this letter to ask you one simple question, will you please oppose TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline? This is your first step, Mr. President. As only myself, Mr. President, I am asking you to stand up against the Keystone XL pipeline. An Open Letter to President Obama.

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Environmental Groups Call on Government to Renew the Greener Homes Grant Program

Enviromental Defense

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Sixteen environmental groups sent an open letter to Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, calling for the continuation of the very successful Greener Homes Grant Program.

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The Stream, November 16, 2022: UN Climate Summit Hosts First ‘Water Day’ at COP27

Circle of Blue

Brazil’s new president reiterates pledge to protect the Amazon and enact climate policy. The increase coincided with the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, a business-first politician who lost his re-election bid last month. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the newly elected president, pledged to revive environmental protection.

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Ukraine crisis: updates on the response from the physics and astronomy community

Physics World

Over 2500 graduates, staff and students from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have signed an open letter opposing the war in Ukraine. Now is just such a moment,” says the letter. “There is no rational justification for this war,” the letter adds. ” ? .”

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: the chilling impact on science

Physics World

Under president Vladimir Putin, Russia had already invaded the country in 2014 – annexing the Crimean peninsula – and supported Russian separatist forces in the Donbass region. Letters of opposition were released , including one signed by more than 200 Nobel prize winners calling for Putin to recall his armed forces.

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Why Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Still Resonates Today

Union of Concerned Scientists

In a swift response to Silent Spring, then-President John F. At that time, the Science Advisory Committee provided scientific advice to the president, similar to the current President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.