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Can the New Climate Laws Transform our Transportation Infrastructure?

Legal Planet

This is the last in our series of posts previewing the Emmett Institute’s 2023 Symposium , coming up on April 12. It makes up about 27% of our emissions , beating out both power generation (25%) and industrial manufacturing (24%). Transportation is one of the most complicated and urgent areas of the clean-energy transition.

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FRESH, September 6, 2022: Demand Surges As Detroit Unrolls Water Affordability Plan

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Sign up for Fresh: A Great Lakes Policy Briefing , straight to your inbox, every other Tuesday. A Michigan Air Force base opts to use state standards instead of stricter federal drinking water guidelines when cleaning up PFAS. Several Great Lakes states receive federal dollars to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells.

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New Campaign ‘Names and Shames’ the Key Players Who Are Blocking Action on Climate Change in Canada 

Enviromental Defense

And they’re doing all of this because they are more concerned about their profits and wealth than the future of the planet.” Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today, Environmental Defence released a list of the top seven ‘climate villains’ in Canada. Imperial kept the leak hidden for nine months.

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COP27 Global Methane Pledge Efforts Are Not Enough

Union of Concerned Scientists

To date, more than 130 countries have signed onto the pledge. The planet has already warmed 1.1 The planet has already warmed 1.1 The pledge is a voluntary agreement to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. But its short lifetime in the atmosphere is also a reason for hope. degrees C by 2100.

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Manatees and Baseball: A Match Made in Heaven

Ocean Conservancy

When I was a kid growing up in Merritt Island, Florida, I absolutely loved baseball—but what’s a Florida kid to do when there’s no local team to support? And then, when the franchise ultimately set up a minor league team based in Brevard County, the excitement levels were through the roof for my friends and me. Definitely not.

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3 Questions to Ask After the New IPCC Climate Report

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Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. If we want to save our planet, our coastal communities and our ocean, we must take action now. It is increasingly obvious that stability and security, justice and peace, food and shelter—basic necessities and human rights— are not a given. Never miss an update.

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The Farm Is Not An Algorithm

Legal Planet

This article provides an overview of the second interview in a three-part interview series that explores how digitalization is reshaping environmental governance. I spoke with Oane Visser, an Associate Professor in Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies. Visser earned his Ph.D.