2018 Law Politics 
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.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Coal mine cleanup law is still built for the industry’s roaring ’70s. So in August of 1977, when the nation’s coal mine cleanup law went into effect, it reflected the market’s optimism. To enforce cleanup, the law allowed states to revoke mining permits, a prized commodity. . A Political Quagmire. Photo © U.S.
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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Among the targets of the critics is the work of William Nordhaus, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2018 for advancing economic analysis of climate change, and for his steadfast advocacy of a carbon tax. I think these political constraints are a key reason economists focused so long – too long – on carbon pricing.
Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2023
As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. Little wonder that scholars in 2018 described Australian climate policy has a “festival of misadventure. This March, Australia adopted a follow-up law to implement these targets. As in the U.S.,
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 14, 2023
These tactics include regulations on actions directly connected to voting and attempts to limit freedom of speech and academic life on public campuses, both of which can disengage students from the political process. Yet among these positive benefits for students resides a threat to student civic engagement.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 28, 2023
For a healthy democracy made up of educated and active voters, it would help to better understand the connection between educational attainment and political engagement, and ways to overcome this contradiction. Another shared attribute was the occurrence of more political action on campus.
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. What role does science play in climate advisory opinions?
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