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Environmental and health groups call out big polluters for lobbying the Senate to weaken and delay environmental protection bill

Enviromental Defense

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Today, the Senate Energy, Environment and Natural Resources ( ENEV ) Committee completes its review of Bill S-5, a long-awaited government bill to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Meg Sears, meg@preventcancernow.ca , 613-297-6042.

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Guest Commentary: New Italian Constitutional Reform: What it Means for Environmental Protection, Future Generations & Climate Litigation

Law Columbia

3156-B providing environmental protection amendments to Articles 9 and 41 of the Italian Constitution. The reform follows a global trend of increasing recognition of new obligations and rights in the field of environmental protection. By Riccardo Luporini, Matteo Fermeglia, and Maria Antonia Tigre. 179/2019 ).

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MPs must seize the opportunity to strengthen bill to update environmental protection law

Enviromental Defense

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Tomorrow, the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI), will begin a review of Bill S-5, government legislation that modernizes the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

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Economic theory and climate policy

Environment, Law, and History

In the 1990s, the neoclassical notion of weak complementarity between environmental protection and growth dominated debates on sustainable development. Adaptations of Schumpeterian and Keynesian economics identified investment in energy innovation and infrastructure as drivers of growth.

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Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies

PA Environment Daily

The program will also preview new tools in the soon to be released Solar Schools Toolkit, a project funded by the Department of Environmental Protection.

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Widener Law Emeritus Professor John Derbach Receives American Bar Association Distinguished Achievement Award In Environmental Law And Policy

PA Environment Daily

A Widener University Commonwealth Law faculty member who has shaped environmental policy for decades has been honored with one of the highest recognitions in his field. progress on sustainable development since the 1992 Earth Summit. He has also led national projects assessing U.S.

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House of Commons must make passing Bill S-5 a priority

Enviromental Defense

We now call on all MPs to prioritize the passage of these important updates to CEPA, Canada’s cornerstone environmental law.