Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Since 1999, after the Chinese government approved the reactor plans, TVEL, Russia’s nuclear fuel company and a Rosatom subsidiary, worked with the China Institute of Atomic Energy to supply highly enriched uranium fuel (64.4% Transfers of highly enriched uranium happened in July 2004 , March 2014 , and July 2019.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

This week, on March 21 and 22, the federal government is defending its Impact Assessment Act (IAA) (formerly Bill C-69) at the Supreme Court of Canada. Instead, the broken process led to controversy and political gridlock – and a loss of public trust in Canada’s environmental laws and the decisions being made. Remember Bill C-69?

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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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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

A more thorough history would include the settling and colonization of California by the Spanish (1500s) and Mexican (early 1800s) governments, but for brevity, I focus here on the intentional and duplicitous actions of the California state government (established in 1850) and its co-conspirator: the United States federal government.

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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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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

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The issue boils down to the fact that the government is not collecting enough money to pay for cleanup. . A Political Quagmire. In Pizarchik’s experience working for the federal mining office, coal-friendly political pressure is a headwind facing state actors trying to strengthen the programs. Photo © Prairie Rivers Network.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

In 2019, that same company was in the news for purchasing water rights throughout the state and attempting to sell and lease them, prompting an ongoing legislative review of water marketing. In Washington—and elsewhere—there are rules governing the sale of water. For example, water rights must be used, or they are relinquished.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2021

Critics say the Nigerian government’s tepid response has encouraged vigilante justice and fueled ongoing violence. In 2019, the government released its National Livestock Transformation Plan, which proposed a shift from free-roam herding to confined grazing reserves in areas that have experienced the most violence.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Between the discriminatory practice of redlining, which made African-American neighborhoods like Junction ineligible for government-backed mortgage loans through the 1960s, its fair share of white flight, and its industrial workforce in steady decline since the 1970s, money has been fleeing the city for much of the 20th century. .

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Otherwise, too many local governments have not gotten the memo that California’s climate and equity goals require more housing near transit and reduced need for residents to drive vehicles. In the past, powerful anti-housing local governments resisted such a state override. But cities and counties have mostly lost that fight.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2022

Jakarta, Indonesia in 2019. The root of these diverse challenges is, at least in part, political and institutional. Depending on how effectively they are addressed, water issues could slice 7 percent from Indonesia’s GDP in 2045—or boost it by 3 percent. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2021

Reynolds, who recently completed an Emmett Institute Geoengineering Governance Fellowship. First, opponents of solar geoengineering research and governance development prevail, so understanding of methods, their efficacy and risks, and potential means of governance make little progress. It would take just three steps.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In 2019 and 2020, I served as a member of a committee involved in the implementation of California’s Assembly Bill 617. Through this process, residents, alongside industry partners, local government, and community-based organization representatives, gathered to discuss air monitoring and emission reduction strategies.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Zabel In 2019 -- PennLive Guest Essay: If There’s Any Wasteful Government Spending, It’s In The PA Senate, House - By Mark Singel -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Republican Sen. Mastriano, After Big Defeat To End 2022, Climbs Back Onto Political Stage -- WITF: Campaign Lawyer For Republican Sen.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The hunger crisis worsened along with the country’s political deterioration, which culminated in the Taliban takeover in August. Newark began replacing the pipes in 2019, following the discovery of high lead levels in tap water in schools and homes. City leaders had expected the project to take up to 10 years.

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JULY 21, 2023

But to security experts, and students of political science, geoengineering appears as a hybrid, dual-use security technology. But it puts more emphasis on diverse climate responses than on the social and political context. To research advocates, steeped in climate science, it might appear obvious that climate change would be the logic.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2021

(To be fair, some local governments in California–the City of Sacramento, for example–have supported and complied with the new state housing reform laws.). One of the first actions taken by Governor Newsom upon taking office in 2019 was to bring a housing enforcement lawsuit against the City of Huntington Beach.

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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. Find more information on the 12 th Annual Meeting of the GCF Task Force here.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 19, 2022

Action on climate change of all kinds needs to be right at the heart of government policy and programs.” – Doug Parr, policy director at Greenpeace UK. Announcing the report, the government told the Guardian that it is investing £5 billion in new flood defenses, and more than £750m on peat restoration, and woodland creation and management.

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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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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The court found that this would violate the political question doctrine. Not so in the United States. Most recently, in the famous Juliana v.

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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. . of the budget in 2019/20. of the budget in 2019/20. It was 36.7%

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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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MARCH 10, 2022

Neighborhood oil and gas extraction poses serious public health and environmental risks to communities across California – and campaigns by local advocates and political leaders over the last decade have pressed state agencies and local governments, including the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County , to better protect those at risk.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 15, 2024

The perpetrator of the 2019 Christchurch mosque touted his belief in white genocide and the great replacement theory. But political scientist Scott Strauss found that only five to ten percent of Rwandans were exposed to radio broadcasts and there was no correlation between the initial violence and broadcast coverage.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 27, 2023

And if you want to challenge the power that Brad Corson has you can help us hold Imperial Oil accountable for its recent toxic tailings disaster by clicking here to send a letter to the federal government and government of Alberta. Leaks and Spills 2022 / 2023 (ongoing) — Kearl Lake, AB 5.3

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Two-thirds of the G20’s public finance for energy went to fossil fuels in 2019–2020. In total, 63% of the G20’s public finance for energy went to fossil fuels in 2019–2020. She cautioned that the figures were likely an underestimate since they are based on self-reporting by G20 governments to the OECD. By Catherine Early.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The government had abruptly stopped subsidies, dramatically increasing the price for consumers. These protests, triggered by an issue in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, have rapidly expanded to cities all over the country and have broadened to include political demands and tense standoffs between protesters and the police.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

This is a good opportunity for the government of Ontario to select a more appropriate person to lead the agency, ideally one that supports the much needed transition away from fossil fuels. It’s only the lack of political will and leadership holding us back. All of the alternatives are available now and are cheaper than fossil gas.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

by Pascale Chamberland, Masters of Public Administration Candidate 2021, University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance From a massive social media campaign to plant 20 million trees to businesses planting a tree for each product sold, people seem eager to fight climate change using natural climate solutions (NCS).

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

The co-author of a new report explains how most governments are overlooking a principal route to cutting emissions. The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. It gives governments and other actors a toolkit to drive such food systems reform. .

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2022

In 2019, we called on Governor Wolf to halt fracking activities and take the time to study the impacts of shale gas development on young people after the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an investigative series on a spike in rare cancers in four rural counties. This is a moral outrage. You can’t make fracking safe.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

The EU is facing a key challenge in climate and energy governance. Deploying renewable energy technologies is a key way to reduce emissions, but the EU’s own Environment Agency warned in late 2019 that current policy efforts are insufficient to reach the 2030 and the 2050 (net zero) emissions targets. Knodt, Michèle (2019).

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