Circle of Blue
MAY 25, 2023
In Iowa, a Tale of Politics, Power, and Contaminated Water Lawmakers silence Chris Jones, a prominent University of Iowa water quality researcher. The political pressure came with a personal connection: Sen. Within days of the push from the lawmakers, university administrators shut down Jones’ blog and he resigned.
Enviromental Defense
DECEMBER 3, 2024
The Act hands over energy planning to the Minister, marginalizing energy experts at the Independent Energy System Operator (IESO) and Ontario Energy Board (OEB)—whose mandate is to ensure decisions are based on evidence, not politics. Now, the Minister can simply “consult” with whoever they feel is appropriate.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 6, 2023
The increasing threat is influencing South Korean domestic politics, with President Yoon publicly declaring South Korea may consider the option to build its own nuclear weapons. A history of North Korean nuclear tests North Korea conducted six explosive nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
While the operation of the CEFR and supply of highly enriched uranium to the reactor attracted less attention from foreign media, the construction of the two China Fast Reactor (CFR)-600 reactors in Xiapu, China, in 2017 sparked widespread discussion. energy and weapons) capabilities.
Real Climate
APRIL 19, 2022
There was a conference last week (#DisInfo2022) on the role that disinformation is playing in our political discourse and had a lot of discussions on what it is and what should be done. van der Linden et al (2017) or [2] ). 1600008, 2017. e0175799, 2017. Most pushback is however, reactive. Lewandowsky, and U.K.H.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Elsewhere , I documented how these and subsequent US public policy actions set the stage for Puerto Rico’s contemporary social vulnerabilities that have come full circle in disastrous social, economic, and climatic consequences for the archipelago after Hurricane María in 2017. The risk of landslides is also high.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 25, 2024
Even an average dead zone—a vast expanse of low-oxygen ocean water that annually reaches the size of a small US state such as Rhode Island (as in 2020 ), Delaware ( 2018 ) or New Jersey (the largest ever recorded in 2017 )—is not okay. A 2021 UCS analysis put a price tag on that damage: up to $2.4 billion every year since 1980.
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