Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Among environmentalists, government agencies and logging interests, a war of words is raging over the future of our forests.

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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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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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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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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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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2022

The governor’s top water adviser said that farmers should consider leaving fields unplanted in order to conserve water supplies. That grim forecast comes from the International Organization for Migration, the UN agency that tracks the how people move in response to political and environmental pressures.

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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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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Vulnerability is higher in high-poverty areas, in countries with poor government, and in farming and fishing communities that are more exposed to climate change. There is still time to reduce carbon emissions — though scaling up a low-carbon economy requires marshalling political will, public support, technical expertise, and financing.

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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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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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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2024

UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, & Environment (CLEE) is sponsoring a series of papers evaluating aspects of Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation publication, entitled “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” which has received attention in the Presidential election campaign. Political loyalists would take their place.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In contrast to civil, political, and economic rights, cultural rights have been side-lined and neglected in dialogues about climate policy and human rights. It called for compensation from the government, and for Australia to take more aggressive measures to prevent climate change at the national and international levels.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 1, 2022

After much speculation and pressure from campaigners and opposition parties, the UK government has finally confirmed that they will impose a windfall tax on the oil and gas industry. The fancy wording chosen by the UK government was instead a ‘temporary, targeted energy profits levy’. Surging energy prices.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2022

The root of these diverse challenges is, at least in part, political and institutional. Taken together, the report’s prescriptions could not only neutralize the threat that water insecurity poses to the country, but they could boost the country’s 2045 GDP by 3.2 percent—a goal the report authors hope policymakers will embrace.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With just weeks to go before COP26 kicks off, all eyes are on the British hosts and the Conservative government and its leader Boris Johnson. In addition, the UK government is also supporting a new oil project in the North Sea and considering a new coal mine in Cumbria which could still go ahead. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Persistent dry conditions are driving up the cost of water and prompting more resistance from government and citizens to new development. Groundwater use will total about 400 million to 500 million gallons annually, and local governments and citizen groups have objected. . billion gallons — for its 115,000 residents.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2022

Now the reports driven by these resolutions are beginning to roll in, and while they certainly provide some insight into the fossil fuel industry’s investment in political influence, a sleight of hand is preventing investors from seeing the companies’ full strategy. The company spent $6 million to lobby federal and state governments in 2020.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The big reservoirs on the Colorado River continued to shrink as a warming climate and inadequate conservation dry out the basin. To conserve supplies, the group of health agencies that coordinates global vaccine distribution began administering one shot instead of the typical two doses. A climate shark is fearsome enough for water.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

Here are 48 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

Basing water data on principles of usability and stakeholder engagement requires robust cyberinfrastructure, good governance, and stable funding. This action is particularly important in terms of equity because water pollution disproportionately affects under-resourced communities with low political representation. Water conservation.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Here are 68 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room 8E-A East Wing. Million Fine Is Latest Entry In Clairton Coke ‘Coal’ Plant’s Air Pollution History -- LancasterOnline: DEP Likely To Levy Fines Against Fulton Twp.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

Moreover, analysts generally consider EIA data to be relatively conservative, so the plant closures and associated benefits could potentially be even greater this year, especially now that 99 percent of existing US coal plants are more expensive to run than building new wind and solar generating capacity, according to a recent analysis.

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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. These partnerships are critical for conserving important forested regions of our world. Find more information on the 12 th Annual Meeting of the GCF Task Force here.

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A Greener Life

JULY 18, 2024

In a criticism of the previous Conservative government, they said their plans and policies would not deliver the required action soon enough. The new government has an opportunity to correct the course, but it will need to be done as a matter of urgency to make up for lost time.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Basically, I go back to my freshman year geopolitics class from college and the professor who really got us thinking about political geography, but the layers of geography. Political geography of borders and so on, in a complex interplay. Then there’s politics, civil wars, conflicts and so forth.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

A federal court in Australia ruled that the government had a “duty of care” toward its young people to protect them from climate change. Some other encouraging news stories: Indiana, a deeply conservative state with significant coal mines, now has more solar generators requesting to connect with the grid than California.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

If you’re an anti-regulatory conservative, you’d probably flip these designations. The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals. Let me start with five opinions that help make up the canon.

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Legal Planet

JULY 13, 2021

As a scholar of governance, I see that these new ESIs tend to share some social, political, and ethical challenges: The goal of environmental governance : Are they to restore pre-industrial conditions as much as possible, to help humanity sustainably thrive, to compensate for past wrongs, or something else?

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A recent issue of Perspectives on Politics has a review by Richard Andrews of Kimberly K. Smith's The Conservation Constitution: The Conservation Movement and Constitutional Change, 1870–1930 (University Press of Kansas, 2020).

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