Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At a time when we are experiencing increased reliance on and benefits from advancements in science, alongside the need to regulate emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence , we need STEM students and professionals to be politically engaged.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Their omnipresent influence on national politics and international negotiations has trapped consumers in a fossil fuel-dependent system and threatens to delay climate action even further, with the most severe consequences for those already in the most vulnerable situations.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Last year, the California Legislature enacted SB 9 , which required local governments to allow duplexes (and with ADUs, sometimes triplexes and quadraplexes) in single-family zones. Photograph by Eli Pousson, 2018 April 24. As former Secretary of State George Shultz said of American politics: It’s Never Over. Download as PDF.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2023

It gained traction in California in 2018, although that particular effort fell short. This is especially useful when dealing with transmission across state lines that can often face political and financial obstacles. Governance would expand beyond state borders. It’s not a new concept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It galvanized the environmental movement and it pushed the federal government and Congress to carry out scientific research on pesticide contamination and to act on that research. Carson also explicitly called out the hypocrisy inherent in government agencies at the time. These concerns are still alive today.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. At least 3,641 lives were lost to the crisis between 2016 and 2018, according to Amnesty International , with over half of the fatalities recorded in 2018 alone. We want the government to help us. Photo by Murtala Abdullahi.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

State and local governments must at the same time implement policies that reduce heat trapping emissions, thereby helping to slow the pace of climate change, and implement policies– to which we are already committed –that prepare us for the impacts of a changing climate. Source: UCS, Toward Climate Resilience, 2016.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The common denominators that have hampered Puerto Rico’s capacity to face these issues are the colonial status as a US territory, and the associated lack of self-determination, self-governance, and sovereignty. The debt, though recently restructured from $63 billion to $28.6

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

The story illustrates the critical importance of the role science plays in government decisions and the harsh reality of what can happen without it. In a 2018 deposition conducted as part of a class-action lawsuit in US District Court, Dr. Wright left his post with the FDA, he was offered and accepted a job at Purdue Pharma.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. My foray into Germany climate policy left me with unanswered questions: What was the politics behind Germany’s history of climate action?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

In the 19 th century, both freed and escaped slaves ( cimarrones ) settled in Loíza because they could easily remain hidden in the complex mangrove environment, and these geographic conditions had political implications. They have built their support network—the one that the government does not provide—and they have built it themselves.

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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. The dead zone in 2023 was smaller than average, but really, what does that even mean anymore?

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The issue boils down to the fact that the government is not collecting enough money to pay for cleanup. . Illinois keeps about $8,000 per acre in bonding, according to 2018 data published by Climate Home News, and Indiana and Kentucky had only about $4,000 per acre. . A Political Quagmire. Photo © Prairie Rivers Network.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. In our government, it will be a priority to avoid this destruction and to have development that is compatible with the environment.”. By Francisco Parra Galaz

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A 2018 deal showed the tremendous speculative value of land/water deals in the Columbia River Basin. Northwest Natural Holding Company— formed in 2018 as the parent company of longtime Portland-based NW Natural Gas Company—has recently expanded into public water utility ownership. Department of Agriculture 2018 report .

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Just as with climate change, local, state, provincial, and national governments in Canada and the United States have collaborated with science agencies, universities, and non-profit groups to develop effective responses, especially for Lake Erie. What have all the spending and committee meetings wrought?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

For more than a century, the United States has recognized this, and maintaining roads and bridges has been a core function of federal, state, and local governments. The federal government embraced a role in supporting transit in the 1970s, but this was cut back for the past 40 years and didn’t rebound until the pandemic.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

But Michigan’s experience shows how political conflicts and logistical challenges can complicate the math. Water experts and government regulators are increasingly pushing for consolidation as many Michigan water treatment facilities age beyond their intended lifespan, forcing decisions about whether to spend millions on a rebuild.

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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. Negotiations over Article 6 were highly technical and contentious in COP24 (2018) and COP25 (2019) but were then finally agreed at the last moment of COP26.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2022

Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades As some rural towns lose population and government funds shrink, some drinking water systems are one failure away from crisis. There is a general lack of political will, certainly. Can’t afford government loans. water systems are aging. Marvin Hasso, Jr.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 27, 2023

In 2018, while a Senior Fellow for the University of Pennsylvania Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, she wrote a report, Beyond Bankruptcy the Outlook for Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Refinery , which accurately predicted that the refinery was headed back into bankruptcy again.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The two industry-funded studies ( NERA 2008 and ACT Research 2022 ) claim much higher impact on sales than either the academic (RZW 2018) or government ( EPA 2021 ) studies. Four studies purporting to examine whether a pre-buy effect occurred on heavy-duty truck sales can’t agree on the magnitude or timing of any such effect.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2022

In 2018, the GCF Task Force endorsed Guiding Principles for Collaboration and Partnership Between Subnational Governments, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. A key element of the actions that GCF Task Force states and provinces are taking to reverse these trends is close partnership with Indigenous peoples and local communities.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Postdoctoral researcher at GCELS and City Council member for GroenLinks On 17 March 2021 the people of the Netherlands will elect a new House of Representatives ( Tweede Kamer) , which also kickstarts the formation process for a new government ( regering). This blog consists of three parts.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2023

Digitalization is reshaping environmental governance in profound ways. To explore the intersection of digitalization and environmental governance and the power dynamics that are at play, I interviewed three social scientists on the matter. The Belizean government is another strong proponent of SMART, Stinson claims.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 26, 2024

For this finding, the Court interpreted ECHR rights dynamically in line with international climate goals and commitments, relying on the scientific and political consensus about climate change and its negative impacts. For example, in September 2018, the Dutch Supreme Court in Urgenda v. 8 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

State Agency Closure Notice: State Government Offices Under Governors Jurisdiction Closed Monday, January 6 In These Locations - Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Jan. House Floor. March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission. House Floor.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It’s the lowest level for the month of August since 2018 and it continues a downward trend. Q: The Brazilian government knows about these gains thanks to satellite data from Brazil’s space research agency. But in 2023 the script has been flipped and the good news keeps on coming. percent compared to last August. Gray: Yes, for sure.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2024

Even Premier Ford has voiced opposition against this quarry, emphasizing its rejection during public meetings and through statements by local political representatives. Despite this, pursuit of this environmentally and socially disruptive project continues, squandering taxpayer money and government resources. Ask them to send it on.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 25, 2021

They are slow to begin but can last indefinitely, some “megadroughts” upending social and political stability over several decades. Al Jazeera reports that although the funds were already approved by Congress, the Idaho Republican used procedures under a 2018 U.S. Drought, like a fearsome boxer, has a long reach. 145 PERCENT .

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 17, 2025

Social, political, economic, and supply chain instability. While water has defied becoming a priority political and investment issue, at the World Economic Forums annual meeting held in Davos, Switzerland in January, water was high on the agenda. What kind of opportunities should we be seizing in this changing political landscape?

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Physics World

DECEMBER 3, 2021

One was to observe nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll as one of the two representatives from the Chinese Nationalist government. Zhao could have stayed in the US or followed the Nationalist government to Taiwan, but his allegiance lay with the land of his birth and its people. The China that Zhao left had been a major US ally. Read more.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2023

Those sentiments are echoed at the highest levels of state government. Lennar is also the largest builder in Sterling Ranch, an eco-conscious development about 20 miles south of Denver that opened in 2018 and incorporates state-of-the-art water recycling, leak detection, and landscape design. Housing policy is climate policy.”

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

trillion American food and fiber production sector that counts powerful allies in marketing, equipment, chemical, energy industries, and politics. . The first is the administrative collaboration among two nations, eight states, local governments, academia, and nonprofit groups to raise public awareness and momentum for solutions.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 18, 2024

Since 2018 especially, something has been hinky in Ontario. Emails, ERO input, mass protests, appeals to the federal government to intervene – it was all or nothing for the Greenbelt and democracy. First, hundreds of clean energy contracts were cancelled with the stroke of a pen. You know when you can feel it in your gut, right?

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 9, 2021

Bridge Michigan and Circle of Blue interviewed experts in agriculture, water policy, climate adaptation, local government and business, asking them to envision what a climate-prepared Michigan might look like, and what it will take to get there. In December 2018, Pew Research Center asked 2,500 adults about their views of America in 2050. .

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