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Blurring the Lines Between Art and Activism ????

Circle of Blue

Greg Mort painting “Circle of Blue” in 2007. In 2007, the Morts founded the Art of Stewardship Foundation, a nonprofit that encourages artists to work with environmental groups to make environmental responsibility a “subconscious” effort. Photo © Greg and Nadine Mort. Find out more here.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Primarily, these have focused on the 2007 EPA regulations, which were the first step in the phase-in of diesel engine standards meant to cut particulate emissions by more than 80 percent and smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NO X ) emissions by 90 percent. Industry can’t even agree with itself about this effect. Source: ERM 2022 ).

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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

In 2013 he organized a fundraising dinner at Calgary’s Petroleum Club to help raise political donations to former BC Premier Christy Clark’s re-election campaign. After an $ 11 million donation to the University of Saskatchewan in 2007 , the business school was named after him. But Edward’s is not just an owner, he’s a giver.

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What is a Just Land Transition?

Union of Concerned Scientists

She explained how new prisons light the night sky along the Central Valleys prison alleythe result of the confluence of political and economic forces embedded in, and built on, the historical power of agriculture and resource extraction in the state ( Gilmore 2007 ).

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The Winding Path of Australian Climate Policy

Legal Planet

As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. From 2007 to 2016, control of the Australian House and Senate were generally in the hands of different parties, and the two parties almost never agreed on climate issues. As in the U.S.,

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The Stream, October 19, 2022: California City Approaches Water Supply Peril in Next Two Months

Circle of Blue

It is Syria’s first outbreak of the waterborne pathogen since 2007. Social and political circumstances in Syria may have aided the outbreak. That is the number of cholera cases recorded in Syria from the end of August through the first week of October, in an outbreak that now spans the country.

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

What we heard in plaintiffs’ case was not justiciable controversy, but rather a weeklong hearing of political grievances that properly belongs to the legislature, not a court of law,” said Assistant Attorney General Michael Russell. The admission says a lot about political will. I’m kidding, but only slightly.)