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…In Which I Attempt To Read My Water Bill

Legal Planet

If we had price information for each individual food item, then we could shop in a more intelligent way, buying only what we need, wasting less, and prioritizing the more affordable items. We cannot afford to waste that water. You can’t argue for pricing utilities unless people get the price signal, but that is what we do.

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California Must Not Abandon its Climate Leadership

Legal Planet

The program has been so successful in replacing high carbon petroleum-based fuels with lower emissions vehicle fuels that interest groups from all sides of the political spectrum have come forward to demand radical changes that they argue will fix problems.

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Fossil Fuels Must Go: Re-inventing US Transportation

Union of Concerned Scientists

Together with other modes of transportation, our vehicles emit the most heat-trapping gases in the US economy: 28 percent, followed closely by the electricity sector. In our study, by 2035 all new vehicles sold are either battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) or fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

The petitioners who brought this case include state-level political officials and coal companies who are single-mindedly determined to block climate action and perpetuate fossil fuel dependence to serve their narrow political or business interests. There is no time to waste.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

“There were families who did not know about it, because they were living without electricity, so they didn’t hear the story,” Smith recalls. And special measures to dispose of the toxic waste product costs $220 million, though not all of those costs are strictly related to algae. And political power with it.

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What’s Up With Water – December 13, 2021

Circle of Blue

One of Iraq’s leading environmentalists says the legal threat is a distraction from Iraq’s own political mismanagement of water. He said Iraq should focus its efforts on mending antiquated irrigation systems and preventing water waste. Countries whose electricity relies largely on hydropower can face shortages when rains fail.

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A Busy Legislative Season in California Adds Up to a More Climate Proof Future

Union of Concerned Scientists

Also like a sine graph, Union of Concerned Scientists will keep moving forward no matter what (and backward technically, but I am political science major and way out of my depth here, so let’s pretend they only move forward, give me kudos for an awesome simile, and get to the recap!). that need to be mined for new batteries.