Circle of Blue

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A similar measure stalled earlier this year due to opposition from conservatives on the state’s Natural Resources Board. One in 20 tests performed by the city’s water department detected the toxic metal at concentrations exceeding government limits for drinking water. Evers restarted the process after new guidance from the U.S.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Australia has had a change of government. The Liberal Party — conservative in everything but name — lost control of the federal government to Labor. So the change in government is more than welcome. Despite the obstacles, however, at least Australia now seems to be heading in the right direction politically.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2023

Digitalization is reshaping environmental governance in profound ways. To explore the intersection of digitalization and environmental governance and the power dynamics that are at play, I interviewed three social scientists on the matter. SMART is a digital platform for data collection, storage, and analysis within conservation.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Act hands over energy planning to the Minister, marginalizing energy experts at the Independent Energy System Operator (IESO) and Ontario Energy Board (OEB)—whose mandate is to ensure decisions are based on evidence, not politics. The government’s choice to enshrine in law a prioritization of nuclear power is also troubling.

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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.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

In that case, Our Children’s Trust represented a group of Oregon youths who sued the federal government, seeking redress for what the children claimed was the government’s failure to protect them from the environmental, health and economic damage wreaked by climate change. United States. The August 14th Held v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2025

A just land transition defines Meaningful Benefits for communities Californias Department of Conservation (DOC) has a head start in this area. Throughout various land use transitions in California, the state government has been a complicit partner in enriching certain groups to the detriment of others.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The deal does not incorporate Inflation Reduction Act conservation investments into the farm bill extension. For the hundreds of thousands of farmers and ranchers whose livelihood depends on building the productivity, sustainability, and resilience of their operation through conservation, todays deal is a colossal setback.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 23, 2021

Across waterways and mangrove expanses, rolling mudflats and ample fishing spots, the Mah Meri’s centuries-long relationship with the ecosystem has been one of mutual care and conservation. . Having built over 30 houses in the past few decades, the notices said, the Mah Meri had illegally infringed upon government land.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Kober This profile was first published on the PA Conservation Heritage website-- Paul O. In the late 1970s, he worked as a partner in a small business (Conservation Concepts, Inc.) Career In Conservation Begins Pauls conservation career included working at the local, state and regional levels. By Wayne W. Hershey Jr./Sr.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

CNRL is a member of the Pathways Alliance – a tar sands lobby group that is trying to rebrand this polluting industry as a clean one while pushing back against government climate action behind closed doors. In 2017 he shared his yacht with the interim leader of the Conservative Party, Rona Ambrose, for her vacation around the Caribbean.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Despite assurances that the legislation is a government priority, it has not yet been scheduled for a third reading. It’s time for the government to fulfill its 2019 promise. Members of Parliament must put politics aside and pass this important legislation.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2023

Their sticky fingers are evident in state legislatures across the country in a fossil fuel industry-led effort to end an investment practice called environmental, social, and governance or ESG investing. That’s why we must take a pause and ensure that these wonky policies are not purely politically motivated and at the expense of taxpayers.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Last year, the California Legislature enacted SB 9 , which required local governments to allow duplexes (and with ADUs, sometimes triplexes and quadraplexes) in single-family zones. As former Secretary of State George Shultz said of American politics: It’s Never Over. Duplex: The NIMBY’s Nightmare. Trench warfare continues.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

They have weathered various changes to the funding, political, regulatory, and public interest landscapes and remain dedicated to being part of the solution. Unprecedented cooperation between nonprofits, academics, industry, and regulatory agencies at all levels of government became the structure around CWO AMR work in the early 2000s.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2023

County of Monterey –a major case involving the authority of California local governments to limit oil and gas development within their borders. County of Monterey case raises important and difficult questions for both the justices and the Executive Branch of California state government.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 8, 2024

In a string of really problematic decisions, the US Supreme Court’s ultra-conservative majority has ensured that the hard job of regulatory agencies in protecting the public interest will get even harder, if not impossible in many instances. As far as I can see, Congress can barely agree to fund the government and pay already incurred bills!

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Legal Planet

MARCH 19, 2023

Remarkably, however, and despite the fact that the federal government negotiated two important 19th century treaties with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. government has never seen fit to expressly provide federal water rights to the Nation to make its expansive reservation fully habitable. Navajo Nation and U.S. Navajo Nation.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

That doesn’t seem to be politically feasible at the national level, at present. Moreover, EPA will have to trim its sails to avoid having its regulations sunk by the conservative Supreme Court. Those states often have conservative governments that won’t be interested in providing this kind of incentive.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

NOAA is a science-based agency of the federal government that was created by the executive branch in 1970, bringing together science-based commissions, bureaus and offices the country relied on for years, including what was known as the Weather Bureau, the Fisheries Commission, and the Survey of the Coast office. In 1977, Rep.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen A coalition of Danish political parties and the three parties making up the coalition government have had their Green Tripartite adopted by the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). The deal is so large and significant that the Danish government has created a new Ministry toll implement the pact.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Emmer’s scores from the League of Conservation Voters are about par for a House Republican: 5% for both the 2022 scores and the lifetime score. When government starts mandating, it creates an imbalance in the marketplace.” He successfully ran to replace Michele Bachman. However, his average before 2019 was more like 1%.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 7, 2021

If the government of Ontario hoped that abolishing the Environment Commissioner, and transferring the position’s responsibilities to the Auditor General would free it from accountability on climate change, wilderness conservation, pollution and species at risk protection, it must surely be disappointed. . ENDANGERED SPECIES.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2025

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Water, Peace, and Security Partnership includes Dutch researchers and international conservation groups. The Taliban must also tread delicately in international politics, managing river systems that cross into Iran and the countries of Central Asia. Farmers will pump more groundwater and some will be paid to conserve water.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2022

As we told you last month, Ontario’s government is poised to lock in 30 years of highway-and-sprawl-driven land use. In particular, Environmental Defence has asked all of the major political parties to commit to: . Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC) Response: . To see the full answers visit: greenprosperity.ca/election.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

If governments bypass or undermine science and public comments in policy making, our health could be in jeopardy from increased pollution, cases of foodborne illnesses, politically-driven medicine approvals or disapprovals, and more. This is a major federal law that governs if a chemical will be regulated, limited, or even banned.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2023

In basic terms, the narrative is a counterproposal: cities have enough water as long as they conserve, reuse, stamp out leaks, and align their policies and cultures to the environmental contours of the drylands. Years ago, metro areas approached the conservation challenge with financial inducements. Housing policy is climate policy.”

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like natural gas]. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room 8E-B East Wing.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2024

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. House Floor. House Floor.

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Law Columbia

MAY 6, 2025

These pressures are further compounded by social tensions , as Indigenous communities are frequently excluded from decision-making processes, raising concerns about environmental justice and the equitable governance of natural resources. Initially, this restriction was based on lithiums potential use in nuclear energy.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like natural gas]. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room 8E-B East Wing.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- PA State Conservation Commission Wins Natural Resource Education Champion Award [PaEN] -- Dept. Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2025

May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like natural gas]. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room 8E-B East Wing. Ohio- $3.02

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This summer in Oregon the federal government shut off access to water in the Klamath River due to a historic drought, prompting some farmers and activists to threaten to take the water by force. In Washington—and elsewhere—there are rules governing the sale of water. Political drivers. This is known as water banking.

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