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We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy

PA Environment Daily

We all remember where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001, but the employees of the Department of Environmental Protection remember better than most because they played a key role in responding to the Somerset County crash site of Flight 93. Related Articles: -- We Remember Sept.

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We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy

PA Environment Daily

By David Hess, Former Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection We all remember where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001, but the employees of the Department of Environmental Protection remember better than most because they played a key role in responding to the Somerset County crash site of Flight 93.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

Circle of Blue

Our analysis looked at drought responses within the upper Klamath Basin—an 8,000-square-mile ecological region that encompasses most of Klamath County and parts of northern California—and drew from interviews from dozens of sources, including scientists, agricultural groups, tribal representatives, conservation experts, and government officials.

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How Tobacco Companies Created the Disinformation Playbook

Union of Concerned Scientists

See in particular Doll and Hill’s famous 1954 paper on the British Doctors’ Study , a long-term prospective cohort study that lasted from 1951 to 2001. In 1998, the US government won a famous lawsuit against the tobacco companies.

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MAS publishes Code of Conduct for ESG Rating and Data Product Providers

Clean Energy Law

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a Code of Conduct for Providers of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Rating and Data Products (Code), and an accompanying compliance checklist for providers (Checklist), following a public consultation conducted from June to August 2023.

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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2001, the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity affirmed that “cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible, and interdependent….” What’s next for climate and cultural rights? It’s to be expected (and hoped) that we will soon see many more of these types of cases.

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Olympic heat

A Greener Life

For instance in Tokyo and Seoul, the first hot day of the year (30°C or higher) arrived on average 11 days earlier during the period 2001-2020 compared to the previous two decades. Dangerous temperatures will only become more frequent unless governments switch from polluting fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, including wind and solar.”.

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