Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

4) Drought Is Political. A relatively recent development is the political muscle of the region’s Indian tribes. A collective of respected Colorado River scholars argued in a 2018 paper that language change was necessary and could possibly induce behavioral change on the scale required to meet the challenge. “A Clunky, perhaps.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

California Governor Jerry Brown in Bonn for the 2018 climate summit. They are often left to deal with climate effects on the ground, from wildfires to sea level rise to drought, and they can provide a political bulwark of sorts even as U.S. Photo credit Alexandra Gay, member of the UCLA Law delegation that year. Download as PDF.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 2, 2025

Cara Daggett, an associate professor of political science at Virginia Tech University, coined the term petro-masculinty in a paper she published in 2018. Read the full story at The 19th.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Photograph by Eli Pousson, 2018 April 24. As former Secretary of State George Shultz said of American politics: It’s Never Over. The law reads in relevant part: [A] local agency may impose objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design review standards that do not conflict with this section. (2)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

Their research shows that, in just over three decades (1985-2018), fossil fuel producers made $30 trillion in profit while a partial accounting of damages linked to their products was $20 trillion. The question remains, does the political will exist to bridge these issues?

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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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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As part of Environmental Defences mission to inform voters about crucial environmental issues, weve put together a list of seven things that we believe all political parties should put in their election platforms to strengthen clean transportation options in Ontario. Ontarios provincial election is on February 27.

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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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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In our 2018 survey , for instance, a number of scientists at the Fish and Wildlife Service expressed alarm at how science was sidelined or politicized for issues like endangered or threatened species protection. These concerns are still alive today.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Faced with a generational opportunity to improve the futures of farm families nationwide, this deal instead prioritizes politics. The deal does not incorporate Inflation Reduction Act conservation investments into the farm bill extension.

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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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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

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. While admitting he owned one of the contracted companies, he said he stepped down as its chairman before accepting his political appointment. Photo by Kunle Adebajo.

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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. Before 2017 ended we had trained them and in February 2018 we launched a funded program.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2021

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. However, if the market is structured badly, it could trigger pollution-shifting from one place to another and frustrate the achievement of Paris goals.

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APRIL 13, 2023

The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al. The fund was set up in 2009 as part of Brazil’s national climate policy plan and became inoperative in 2019 when President Bolsonaro stopped preparing annual plans and disbursing resources to support the mitigation projects. In Future Generations v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

In a 2018 deposition conducted as part of a class-action lawsuit in US District Court, Dr. Wright said that, at first, he had concerns about the scientific basis for the claims that Purdue Pharma made in OxyContin’s application. Curtis Wright.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 11, 2021

As one of the most extreme examples of science denial, McIntyre starts his book, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason , by describing his visit to the 2018 Flat Earth International Conference in Denver, US.

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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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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2022

There is a general lack of political will, certainly. Shutting off access to drinking water and basic sanitation to families is becoming a greater political concern, let alone a humanitarian concern. There’s a fair amount of enthusiasm lately among cities about money to fix some of Michigan’s water problems. The U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 21, 2022

This Playbook updates the 2018 U.S. Climate Alliance member feedback and seeks to account for changing climate and political developments and… Read more → The 2021 Governors’ Climate Resilience Playbook outlines 12 foundational steps to set and achieve an effective state-level climate resilience agenda.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 13, 2022

The same political power that caused the problem is the same political power that is continuing to over-pump groundwater,” said Jennifer Clary, the California Director of Clean Water Action, a nonprofit advocacy group. In 2018, a state proposal would have funded $750 million in repairs along the Madera and Friant Kern Canals.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Why it matters: In 2018, a World Economic Forum survey found that private sector executives in Egypt, Iran, Namibia, and Pakistan ranked “water crises” as the top business risk in their countries. Circle of Blue reported that fluctuations in the availability of fresh water are even more apparent the deeper one looks at the report.

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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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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 2018, in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. (Judgments and English summaries are found in the Sabin Center’s Climate Change Litigation Database.).

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Of course, climate politics is never as straightforward as it appears. Political targets. The models underpinning these figures often contain purely political targets for coal use and they assume India will follow the exact same development pathway as China. Right now coal, oil and natural gas account for 75% of energy use.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It gradually became more frequent until the overflow became permanent in late 2018, with sewage engulfing their yards. of the 2019/20 budget and more than half – 52.5% – in the 2018/19 financial year. Johan said the sewer line started to get blocked on a regular basis from 2009. Her friends don’t visit anymore.”. It was 36.7%

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

The limited degree of interest and engagement from senior political leaders, without which no meaningful progress will be made. But the design of these initiatives is reflecting current US domestic political priorities – meaning the huge expenditures are linked to a protectionist agenda.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Without a formal organization, Cache County and the river that flows through it might have been at the mercy of stronger, better endowed political forces outside the basin — behemoth water districts to the south like Jordan Valley and Weber Basin that serve some of the state’s biggest urban areas and are also granted Bear River water.

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

These insights will help make conservation efforts more effective by taking into account the land use, politics and socioeconomics on a local level. Past research has shown that peace times often correlate with increased deforestation, but the specific driving forces and impacts are not well understood. Read original article ?

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 18, 2024

Since 2018 especially, something has been hinky in Ontario. We protested outside MPP offices, keeping the faith that the increasing amount of beeping horns, people showing up, and media and political attention would mean a reversal. First, hundreds of clean energy contracts were cancelled with the stroke of a pen. The land was safe.

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Frontiers

JUNE 21, 2022

In 2018, an influential group of research funders, recognizing the superior value proposition of OA publishing, came together under the banner of cOAlition S. They are driving efforts to meet the political and societal need for truly open science.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2023

Steel Reaches Tentative Settlement Over Air Pollution Following 2018 Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Plant [No Specifics Yet] -- WHYY: Philly Officials Say Water Is Safe After Bucks County Chemical Spill, How Do We Know That? -- NextPittsburgh: DEP Awards $3.7

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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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Circle of Blue

JUNE 9, 2021

In December 2018, Pew Research Center asked 2,500 adults about their views of America in 2050. . Majorities predict a weaker economy, a growing income divide, a degraded environment and a broken political system,” the survey’s authors wrote. Are we as capable of pulling that off as we were in the 20 th century?

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Fuller Acres’ water has consistently tested at around 15 parts per trillion since 2018, when the state began requiring water companies to monitor for the chemical. It’s one of almost 400 public water systems in California with 1,2,3-TCP levels above the legal limit. But the deadline came and went, and the water is still contaminated.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2023

It became the official monitoring system for terrestrial and marine protected areas in Belize in 2018. Stinson points out that we live in a political climate where “efforts to think about and debate the underlying causes of these things have become much less politically acceptable.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 10, 2022

To predict plastic accumulation zones in Mediterranean marine conservation areas, the researchers conducted a three-year simulation (between 2016 and 2018) of the distribution of plastic particles in the Mediterranean Sea using a so-called basin-scale particle drift model. Where do plastics accumulate?

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