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FRESH, April 5, 2022: U.S. Lawmakers Propose Great Lakes Federal Agency

Circle of Blue

lawmakers are pushing to create a new agency dedicated to sustainable development in the Great Lakes region. RENEWABLE ENERGY: A legal battle is brewing off the shores of Lake Erie, where two Cleveland residents are challenging a proposed wind farm over its potential harm to birds and bats, WKSU reports.

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What today’s students think about climate change

Legal Planet

–Sean Post, JD 2022. –Kelsey Manes, JD 2022. What makes me most optimistic are the recent technological innovations and falling costs for renewable energy generation, battery storage and alternative fuel vehicles. –Richard Diaz, Master of Public Policy candidate, 2022.

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Canada joins historic commitment to end international fossil fuel finance by end of 2022

Enviromental Defense

Glasgow — Today at COP26, Canada, US, Mali, UK, and 20 other countries and institutions from both developed and developing countries launched a joint statement committing to end direct international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022 and prioritize clean energy finance. This was 2.5

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Allegheny College To Host Fifth World Symposium on Sustainable Development At Universities June 16-17

PA Environment Daily

Allegheny College in Crawford County will host the Fifth World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2022), June 16–17, 2022. This year's symposium focuses on "Educating the Sustainability Leaders of the Future" and will contribute to development of this fast-growing field.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7 ” Energy Policy 140 (2020): 111428.

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Investment in renewables reached record highs in 2022

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen The world invested a record-high amount in renewables in 2022, a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has found. It revealed that the global investments in renewable energy as well as energy efficiency reached $ 1.3 trillion in 2022, another record-high.

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Canada delivers on climate promise, takes significant step towards ending public fossil finance 

Enviromental Defense

The International Energy Agency is clear that investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy are the solution to the current energy crisis, not investments in new oil and gas. Vanessa Corkal, Senior Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development.