Circle of Blue

MARCH 23, 2022

Unsafe Yield – Severe drought, dead well, and political division push Arizona steadily closer to water supply peril. What’s Up With Water – March 22, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers a major settlement for Canada’s Indigenous communities and persisting drought in the Horn of Africa. In Recent Water News.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 8, 2022

May 18, 2022, 9 am CDT (In-person in Washington DC and online)Register here. The transition to a sustainable future continues to gain momentum, after decades of delay on climate action, and has risen to the top of the agenda across government, politics and business.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 7, 2022

“There is no end in sight to the Vaal sewage pollution crisis, just a long trail of broken promises, lack of political will and lack of funding for the repairs to the Emfuleni wastewater treatment system.” – Save the Vaal Environment (SAVE) chair Maureen Stewart.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2022

In an attempt to alleviate decades worth of environmental harms, the Finnish government has begun efforts to restore parts of the country’s forests and waterways, the Guardian reports. What’s Up With Water—January 24, 2022 – This week’s episode covers a strategically important dam in Syria that was the target of a U.S.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2022

Dry: A Weekly Western Drought Digest — August 2, 2022 — As of July 26, over 43 percent of the U.S. A government report last year found that the current strategy of replacing pipes on an “ad hoc” basis will not be sufficient to meet public health goals. The post The Stream, August 3, 2022: Millions At Risk Of Lead Exposure in the U.K.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 24, 2022

What’s Up With Water–August 23, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers a potential catastrophic winter storm in California and new research that revealed what may be causing high case numbers of pediatric cancer in Pennsylvania. An Arizona agricultural coalition proposes the federal government pay farmers to conserve water.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 5, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Last month, the Danish government set aside funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, through an agreement reaching cross-party support across the political spectrum. Over a period of 15 years, the government will inject 26.8 Aalborg Portland is Denmark’s largest CO2 emitter.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

SB 1145 requires CARB to create and maintain an online dashboard providing the public with information about the state’s progress on meeting its climate change goals, increasing government accountability. The end of the 2021-2022 Legislative Session saw notable legislation on climate, heat, clean energy, water, and land use become law.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. So the change in government was more than welcome. As in the U.S.,

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 6, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his government are intensifying their support for the fossil fuel industry, and they have thus distanced themselves further from climate action previously pursued by successive UK governments. Photo credit: 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via FLICKR.

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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% The initial core loading of fuel, likely containing around 30% U-235 or less, was supplied by TVEL in 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2023

billion global carbon dioxide emissions in 2022 came from fossil fuel use. Governments, including COP28 host the United Arab Emirates, acknowledge this fact. What’s lacking is political will. Fossil fuels are the problem It’s pretty simple: the burning of fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

But it’s rare indeed when such water rights violations are prosecuted criminally, especially by the United States government. That’s true for two reasons: first, the federal government plays only a modest role when it comes to administering and enforcing water rights laws. That’s because across the U.S.,

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Circle of Blue

MAY 23, 2022

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — May 23, 2022. Residents of Pir Koh staged several protests last week, demanding that the government declare a national emergency and fix the town’s ailing infrastructure. “We Climate change and mismanagement sowed the seeds of a cholera outbreak. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Improving the communication networks between science, government, and the public needs creative and effective strategies at multiple levels, and engagement from all participants. We have done this at the state level for the 2022 NY state elections , and at the local level for current NY City Hall elections.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2022

And “visceral political distrust,” particularly between leaders of majority-black cities and majority-white suburbs, further complicates consolidation, Teodoro said. Some water advocates have called for more financial help from state and federal governments. That’s declined to about $3 billion a year. That’s great for big systems.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It is noteworthy not because it contains anything new (it doesn’t), but because despite clearly violating the established standards of good scientific practice, it was published by a government agency. But the effect of greenhouse gases is not even investigated in the paper – which suggests the title is politically motivated.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 18, 2024

Green , and James Bee On 15 March 2024, EU Member States endorsed the Belgian Presidency’s political deal on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), despite Germany abstaining from the vote. Davies , Michael D. For more information on the original proposal, refer to this Latham blog post.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For the first eight months of the year, the rate of deforestation is 48 percent lower than the same period in 2022. The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. Q: The Brazilian government knows about these gains thanks to satellite data from Brazil’s space research agency.

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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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Circle of Blue

APRIL 20, 2022

Photo © UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – April 20, 2022. Continued high food prices could produce a “tsunami effect” of famine, political destabilization, and mass migration. The Kenyan government estimates about 1.5 A global food price index reached a record high in March.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 15, 2022

Nearly a decade ago, the Danish political drama Borgen gained international fame and recognition, depicting the life and travails of Denmark’s first female Prime Minister. Borgen is back in 2022, albeit with a slightly different title: Borgen: Power and Glory. Prior to his political career, he co-founded the green think-tank Concito.

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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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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Data from the agency shows that requests have accelerated since 2022 when a decree was issued regulating the transfer of marine areas from the government to the sector. The bill for this framework was set to be voted on this August by the Senate, although political impasses are hindering its progress.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

October 4, 2022. One in 20 tests performed by the city’s water department detected the toxic metal at concentrations exceeding government limits for drinking water. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register. October 18, 2022: EPA’s Debra Shore at the Great Lakes Conference — register.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

By Adam Barnett DeSmog catalogues how oil and gas firms have forged ties with the highest levels of government, the media, and influential think tanks. Jolyon Maugham, director of the Good Law Project, told DeSmog: “Abraham Lincoln spoke of government ‘of the people, by the people and for the people.’ Graph credit: DeSmog.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The industry has told governments that it is not big enough to deliver green energy goals, and requires better policy support to get back on track, especially for manufacturers in Europe. Recently an offshore wind auction in the UK failed to attract any bids.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Environment Members -- Katie Blume , Political & Legislative Director, Conservation Voters of PA. -- Romulo Diaz , Ret. Posted: December 2, 2022] PA Environment Digest Roth, Ph.D. Principal, Entropia LLC; Former State Director, Clean Power PA Coalition -- James M.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

The tar sands currently (2022) emit 87 MT of carbon each year, so a $16 billion investment of taxpayer money would net a reduction of 3.4 Instead, it requires ingenuity, creativity and entrepreneurship; something that Albertans have in spades, but that our political leaders and legacy energy companies have conveniently forgotten.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2023

On November 4, 2022, the province announced it was changing Hamilton’s Official Plan by stripping out provisions designed to deliver desperately needed housing in existing neighbourhoods. Instead, the province forced a 2,200 hectare outward expansion of the city’s boundary into farmland and wild spaces.

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Frontiers

JULY 15, 2022

Accepting the declaration of a climate emergency by governments and institutions, the climate crisis is recognized as a dangerous and serious issue that needs fast(er) actions, as soon as possible. Perhaps a new political and legal tool is needed. Dr Jordi Mazon. A state of climatic alarm. The Covid-19 pandemic taught us many things.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas Was Lost So Far] [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Continues Effort To Kill Leaking Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Well [Leak Started Nov. 6] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec. What’s Your Community Doing? Other States/National/International -- AP: U.N.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

McDonnell has just completed his term as President of the Environmental Council of States, an organization that represents the collective voice of state environmental agencies with the federal government. McDonnell will assume his responsibilities as President & CEO of PennFuture on October 15, 2022.

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

Germany has recently experienced fatal and apocalyptic climate- fuelled floods , after which the country’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, promised the government would do more to tackle climate change. Photo credit: CnndrBrbr via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen. They could of course enter discussions to buy more clean energy from their neighbours.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection will be accepting applications for Clean Diesel Grants under the Driving PA Forward Program until January 7, 2022. formal notice ) The Department is seeking applications for projects that will replace or retrofit diesel-powered highway and nonroad fleet vehicles, engines and equipment.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 28, 2022

On March 30, 2022, the Brazilian Supreme Court, the most important judicial body in the country, will hear seven cases, and all of them are environmental cases. The PPCDAm represents a package of measures and financial directives by the Federal Government to combat deforestation and degradation in the Amazon.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Old Navy, which has more than 1,000 retail locations, has announced that as it did for the 2020 election, it will pay store employees who serve as poll workers in 2022 elections (. This is tenet of Eighteenth century liberalism meets 2022 American political silos.

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