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Analysis: Brazil plans to continue investing in coal-fired power despite global shifts

A Greener Life

Although coal represents less than 5% of Brazil’s energy mix, the federal government plans to invest 20 billion reais (US$3.7 The Bolsonaro government’s new coal plans face barriers to funding and worsen the country’s already worn-out image at COP26. billion) in the world’s most polluting energy source.

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A Billion Dollar Development Threatens the Niagara Escarpment – One of Ontario’s Natural Wonders

Enviromental Defense

UNESCO defines biosphere reserves as “learning places for sustainable development.” Together, we can build an interconnected system of natural spaces to support conservation in the area and create a protected and sustainable multi-seasonal, multi-use trail system for all to enjoy for decades to come.

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How we Conceptualize Security will Shape our Response to Environmental Challenges

HumanNature

Interestingly, this sense of urgency has compelled various scholars, governments, development practitioners, and activists to turn toward the language of security to convey the increasingly dire need to confront widespread ecological change.

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Sumudu Atapattu .

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Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma

Vermont Law

Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma By Suhana Roy The principle of sustainable development is a principle of international law that reconciles the right to development with the need to protect the environment.-

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. 27] US Global Change Research Program, US Government, “Fourth National climate Assessment, Chapter 10: Agriculture and Rural Communities,” 2017. [28] MacCracken, P.R.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.