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HotSpots H2O: Report Spotlights Funding Gap in Canada’s First Nations Water Crisis

Circle of Blue

The report, published last week, found that the government has allocated more than enough funding to build the necessary water infrastructure. The findings come in the aftermath of a critical missed deadline by the federal government. Since the March 31 deadline, the Canadian government has pledged nearly $1.5 A 2004 U.N.

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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

The two industry-funded studies ( NERA 2008 and ACT Research 2022 ) claim much higher impact on sales than either the academic (RZW 2018) or government ( EPA 2021 ) studies. Four studies purporting to examine whether a pre-buy effect occurred on heavy-duty truck sales can’t agree on the magnitude or timing of any such effect.

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How Forest Management Can Build Healthy Wildfire Cycles in Western North America

Union of Concerned Scientists

More continuous and densely arranged trees in such forests can easily carry and spread fire, and increase the risk of insect outbreaks like mountain pine beetle, which impacted nearly 40 million acres of forest in British Columbia during an outbreak that peaked in 2004. Image from Government of British Columbia.

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'Doomsday' shipwreck exposed by New Scientist finally being tackled

New Scientist

In 2004, my investigation into the bomb-laden wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery revealed the danger to people living nearby. Almost 20 years later, the UK government has finally agreed to do something about it

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Federal Water Tap, September 27: New Projections Show High Risks for Colorado River Reservoirs

Circle of Blue

The Government Accountability Office says that Congress needs to come up with a permanent solution , since the Yucca Mountain storage site has been taken off the table. Some scholars argue that the stress test is not stressful enough for depicting a worst-case scenario of several extremely dry years, like those that occurred in 2000 to 2004.

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What’s the Role of the Land Carbon Sink in Achieving US Climate Goals?

Union of Concerned Scientists

In North America, the land carbon sink between 2004 and 2013 offset roughly 39% of fossil fuel emissions , but varied substantially year to year. This carbon absorption occurs through photosynthesis, where plants use water, light, and the nitrogen-rich enzyme RuBisCo to turn CO 2 into sugars and other carbon compounds.

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Environmental Defence Experts React to the 2024 Ontario Budget

Enviromental Defense

Keith Brooks, Programs Director: This budget once again shows that the Ontario government doesn’t take climate change seriously and is uninterested in being truthful when it comes to the costs of climate change and climate policies. billion on average per year to double public transit ridership by 2035.

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