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Economic theory and climate policy

Environment, Law, and History

Drawing on a new dataset of policy reports, we show how economic ideas influenced climate policy advice by major international organizations, including the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank, from 1990 to 2017.

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The Stream, May 28, 2021: Australian Coal Mine’s Water Withdrawals Need Deeper Analysis, Court Says

Circle of Blue

Gulf States Newsroom reports that Black Bayou took over Reynolds’ former water provider in 2017. Black Bayou Water Association is a water utility that has been acquiring small systems in Mississippi and improving their operations. The utility was founded in 1988 with 350 customers and now has about 2,700.

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STATEMENT: Big Oil’s testimony on emissions reduction misses the big picture 

Enviromental Defense

Statement by Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – At today’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI), Members of Parliament grilled the fossil fuel industry about their climate pollution.

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IUPAP: uniting physicists for the last 100 years

Physics World

I volunteered to create a new working group on astroparticle physics and was chair of it from 2014 to 2017. In 2017 I was approached by Bruce McKellar who at the time was IUPAP president. In 2017 I was approached by Bruce McKellar who at the time was IUPAP president. How did you become president of IUPAP? .

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Supplement to: THE TOXIC DIVIDE: INTERNATIONAL WASTE DUMPING AND THE FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY

Vermont Law

5] Some argue that Haitis current poor environmental management results from a lack of sufficiently developed environmental policy and responsible government institutions that fail to enact meaningful change.[6] million people.[3] 3] Reports estimate 220,000 individuals died, 300,000 homes were destroyed, and over 1.5 million were displaced.[4]

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Environmental and health groups call out big polluters for lobbying the Senate to weaken and delay environmental protection bill

Enviromental Defense

In 2017, the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development recommended strengthening CEPA, leading the government to introduce Bill S-5. More information: Industry letter to the Senate Speaker can be found here. . Consideration of these recommendations has now spanned three sessions of Parliament. .

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Climate Villains Called to Testify on Parliament Hill: 5 Things we Learned from MPs questioning Big Oil

Enviromental Defense

Executives from Suncor, Enbridge, Cenovus, Shell, and Imperial Oil were questioned by MPs on the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee. All the CEOs tried to evade this fact and the CEO of Cenovus even denied it, falsely claiming emissions peaked in 2017. Jun 6, 2024. Together, we can make a difference!