Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you call it updating, modernizing, or reforming, changes to the water rights system have long been considered a political third rail —the electric kind you don’t touch. Earlier this summer, I wrote about three bills that were poised to make long overdue changes to California’s outdated and inequitable water rights system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

From 2014 through 2017, more than half of all EVs sold in the US were purchased in California, but that fraction has now fallen to one third. The higher EV sales volume in Florida and Texas is in part tied to the higher population there, but there are signs that buyers across the political spectrum are interested in EVs.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

About 90% of its farms are considered “family owned,” according to the 2017 US Department of Agriculture farm census. From 2002 to 2017, the most recent USDA farm census, the number of farms in Kings County declined 16.6%. Like its neighbors, Kings is intensively farmed. The data show that’s already happening. No,” he said.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2023

His highly-regarded film Dunkirk (2017) depicts the famous battle of World War II. The second half of the film is preoccupied with the 1954 show trial over Oppenheimer’s security clearance that ended his political career. Christopher Nolan adds to this body of work with his latest film, Oppenheimer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Like many other women-led and community-based organizations in Puerto Rico, Taller Salud has taken up the recovery and resilience development in their communities to face the acute climatic, economic, and social crisis that Puerto Rico is facing after the devastation caused by Hurricane María in 2017.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

When our family participated in the Science March at the Minnesota Capitol in 2017, one of our signs said, “What do we want – Science Based Policy! When do we want it? After Public Comment!” It was not a catchy slogan to write on a cardboard sign, but the message is important to all of our lives.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a government delegate, I have been involved in the UN climate negotiation process since 2017 to uphold Bangladesh’s and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group’s position. By Finlay McWalter at English Wikipedia. – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, [link].

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). filed June 9, 2017).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

Should we expect a political showdown and stormy fight on the floor ? Driven by drought and water quality conditions in the Klamath River, since 2017 the Karuk committed to only harvesting 200 salmon for their ceremonies. Senate Bill 389 (Allen) : Water Board can investigate and verify pre-1914 water rights.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In applying this concept to climate change, we may be able to overcome even harsh political tension, conflict, and opposition, and move towards collaboration, if we can reframe the message in a way that is appealing to everyone. And if we can readjust the messaging, then we will be capable of implementing significant change.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 2, 2022

Jason Gray (far right) is presented with the GCF Task Force Everyday Hero award in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia in 2017. In 2017, Jason was presented with the task force’s “Everyday Hero” award , given to a civil servant who embodies the coalition’s commitment to public service, forest protection, and rural livelihoods.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The manatee was downlisted in 2017 from endangered to threatened, over the objections of scientists, environmentalists and citizens. Nearly 2,000 manatees died in Florida in 2021 and 2022 as water pollution killed the seagrass they feed on. By Amy Green ORLANDO, Fla.—The

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

At least twice between 2015 and 2017, former environment minister Amina Mohammed visited the wetlands in Yobe to study the situation. While admitting he owned one of the contracted companies, he said he stepped down as its chairman before accepting his political appointment. Though a 2017 senate probe revealed that ?530

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HumanNature

MARCH 15, 2024

Therefore, the study and possible solutions of global energy transition should consider biological and natural processes as well as the socio economic and political trade-offs. The political economy of the ‘just transition’. Energy transition is a complex and non-linear process with multiple questions and interdependent factors.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

In 2017, Wiener successfully attempted to achieve that result by preventing California local governments from blocking certain infill, transit-friendly and affordable housing projects under SB 35 , sponsored by Weiner.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

The facts tell the story: according to the National Institutes of Health, annual drug overdose deaths increased more than sevenfold —from 1,960 in 1999 to 15,248 in 2017. The case of Purdue Pharma clearly underscores why such policies and processes are so vitally important.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Energy investments, which accounted for just over 2% of global GDP annually between 2017 and 2021, rise to nearly 4% by 2030. Under this scenario (which the IEA calls the Net Zero Emissions by 2050 or NZE scenario), renewables reach 60% of global electricity generation in 2030 and no new conventional coal plants are needed.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

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.)

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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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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Copyright: World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek From January 16-20, 2023, leaders in politics, business, civil society, media, and academia gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting to discuss some of the world’s most pressing issues. We have plenty of solutions.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

They apparently have not realised that both the UN climate panel and the professional communities in the USA and Europe have written a number of reports to do exactly that ( IPCC AR6 2021 , NCA 2017 , ESOTC2022 ). Hence my friend’s question about COP28.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2017, a hurricane drowned Houston. In Norway, hydropower reservoir supplies have dropped to 25-year lows, causing shortages that have raised energy costs and driven political tensions. That wasn’t the first time Texans failed to prepare for water crises. In 2011, an earlier deep freeze caused blackouts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

Subsequent federal transit funding bills generally followed the status quo, in which highways get a much greater share of funds than transit, and barely keeping pace with inflation and transit industry operational, managerial, and political factors that increase costs even higher.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile are all in complex political, social, and economic situations. However, extreme inflation numbers, among other political problems in Argentina, still make it a highly risky place for western companies to make serious investments.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The model performed a simulation over the period from 2010 to 2017, tracking plastics from land-based sources such as rivers and coastal cities, while taking into account important dispersion processes such as sinking, vertical/horizontal mixing, wind, and currents. But models such as the one from the study can help mitigate this problem.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And we’ve seem successes in other GCF Task Force countries, in particular in Indonesia, which has been a real leader over the last several years in achieving large reductions in deforestation – a 64% reduction from 2020-2022 as compared with 2015-2017.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2024

degree in Multidisciplinary Studies (History, Humanities, and Fine Art-Music), a 2017 B.A. Ohliger just entered his freshman year at Tufts University, with plans to double-major in History and Political Science. He aspires to work in archival preservation or to become a professor of American history or politics.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 25, 2021

Doing the Jefferson Science Scholarship in 2016/2017 was a life-changing experience for me because I went completely out of my comfort zone. Sometimes they’re physical and sometimes they’re geo-political, so this idea is more fluid. What are your biggest achievements in your career or otherwise?

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Civil lawsuits were filed in Sendai in 2017 and Kobe in 2018 by citizens against corporations that planned to build new coal-fired power plants. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v. Judgments and English summaries are found in the Sabin Center’s Climate Change Litigation Database.). Civil law cases.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 24, 2021

His work focuses on the political economy of environment, technology and development. During this research in 2017, Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda and damaged or destroyed almost every building on the island. Our main research expertise is the political economy of environment and development, not disasters, per se.

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Frontiers

MARCH 18, 2022

Debates about how far we’ve missed the chance to improve our social, political, and economic structures to better manage the expected climate-related disasters lead to interesting questions over whether we are sufficiently prepared to cope with challenges that await us as individuals, communities and nations.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

However, political and economic troubles in Venezuela caused oil exports to Cuba to fall by about half, resulting in Cuba increasingly seeking oil imports from Mexico and Russia. The report builds on a previous report published by EDF in 2017. Cuba’s relationships with other countries will be key to realizing the energy transition.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Even though INTERPOL's Constitution prohibits the use of Red Notices to target political opponents or to pursue groundless or improper claims, the procedures by which INTERPOL issues and reviews Red Notices—and the options for challenging them—have not always been clear. I/CONS/GA/1956 (2017). ]]. 16, 2012).]]

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Dump As Mideast Tension Stoke Supply Concerns -- Reuters: US Natural Gas Prices Jump 4% On Forecast For Record Heat -- Reuters: Federal Appeals Court Throws Out FERC Approval Of PA/NJ Transcontinental Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project Saying The Agency Did Not Properly Address Objections Other (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- City & State PA: Norfolk Southern Spent Millions On Lobbying And Political Donations In Harrisburg/Washington, D.C.,

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Litigation by the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), a conservative political party, has been brought against the Lekwa Local Municipality within which Standerton falls, seeking compensation on behalf of the Lotter and Habile families, but so far, nothing has come of it. . Her friends don’t visit anymore.”.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 14, 2021

California began regulating the chemical in 2017, setting the allowable limit for its presence in drinking water at the tiniest, detectable amount, or 5 parts per trillion — a testament to its toxicity. Talk is easy’. Many Fuller Acres residents see the 1,2,3-TCP problem as a symptom of a bigger problem.

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