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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

CNRL is a member of the Pathways Alliance – a tar sands lobby group that is trying to rebrand this polluting industry as a clean one while pushing back against government climate action behind closed doors. He spent years giving encouragement for the federal government to approve and build the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project.

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2021 Election Preview: New York Considers Right to Clean Water

Circle of Blue

In the same decade that the federal government created the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and passed landmark environmental laws to protect air, land, and water, state governments began to secure in their constitutions those same rights for individuals. Rhode Island followed in 1987, and was the last state to do so.

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What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021

Circle of Blue

In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. In that decade, the federal government created the U.S. And state governments began to secure those same rights for individuals in their constitutions.

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[Act] of all trades, litigable to none: A Critical Examination of Malaysia’s Proposed Climate Change Bill

Law Columbia

Between 1970 and 2013, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak experienced surface mean temperature increases of 0.14C0.25C per decade. While no provision prohibits litigation related to the Act, it does create obstacles to using litigation as a means of government accountability.

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There are no coincidences in climate science

Enviromental Defense

TAKE ACTION: Tell the Alberta government it’s time to turn the power back on for Alberta’s clean energy future! The Alberta government is opposing any meaningful policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that the federal government is attempting to implement. So, let’s take a crack at connecting these dots.

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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

This methodology is similar to my own work combining climate science, political science, and history to reconstruct how UN climate negotiations have played out and what that implies for climate justice. The new paper in Science summarizes key statements by ExxonMobil executives between 2000 and 2013 that cast doubt on the science.

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TV review: Borgen is back and its key focus is the climate crisis?

A Greener Life

Nearly a decade ago, the Danish political drama Borgen gained international fame and recognition, depicting the life and travails of Denmark’s first female Prime Minister. Prior to his political career, he co-founded the green think-tank Concito. But as we know, political directions can shift fast given enough incentive. .