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New Allegheny County Sustainability Report Provides Overview Of Efforts Since 2009

PA Environment Daily

The expanded report also provides a historical overview of efforts since 2009 when the first Sustainability Manager was hired. When I first took office, our efforts around sustainability consisted of one person in the manager’s office. tons of food waste -- Recycled 86.6

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DOE Recognizes Allegheny College For Energy Savings As A Better Buildings Challenge Partner

PA Environment Daily

The College’s top ranked environmental science and sustainability major engages students in interdisciplinary research and ignites their passions for making the world more equitable, just and sustainable.

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Statement on Imperial Oil CEO Brad Corson’s Refusal to Accept Accountability for Massive Toxic Tailings Leak

Enviromental Defense

Since 2009, Imperial Oil has reported 10 significant incidents of spills, leaks, and uncontrolled flaring events of tailings, gas, contaminated wastewater, hydrogen sulphide gas, and other toxic chemicals.

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At COP 27, Developing Countries Fight to Define a Global Goal on Adaptation

Law Columbia

of the Paris Agreement establishes a “Global Goal on Adaptation” (GGA), committing Parties to the tasks of “enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequate response in the context of the temperature goal.”

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Nobel Prize winners inspire young minds in new scientific articles for kids 

Frontiers

The Ribosome – The Factory for Protein Production According to the Genetic Code , written by Ada Yonath , awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009. The Nobel initiative is part of Frontiers’ commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Goal 4 – Quality Education, in particular.

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Nobel Prize winners publish new scientific articles just for kids 

Frontiers

Telomere Power: How to live longer and heathier, written by Elizabeth Blackburn , awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009. The Nobel initiative is part of Frontiers’ commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Goal 4 – Quality Education in particular.

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Recognizing the Rights of a River: Challenges and Opportunities from Colombia to Colorado

HumanNature

The notion that nature has legal rights was not new—it had already been enshrined in the 2008 Ecuadorian and 2009 Bolivian Constitutions and has had impacts in other parts of the world (such as New Zealand and Colorado). Photo from Colombia’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.

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