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Republican Attack on Science Targets Water Research that Benefits All

Circle of Blue

The GOPs move against the National Science Foundation is part of a broader Republican rejection of federally funded climate and environmental science that does not align with the partys political and cultural aims. His appointees to run Cabinet-level agencies have acted in concert.

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MAGA vs NOAA, Executive Orders, and Growing IRA Support

Legal Planet

Michelle Lujan Grisham last Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 48, the Community Benefit Fund, which contains $210 million for communities to use for a series of projects to mitigate climate change impacts.

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164 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Kate Harper (R) and Fmr Cong.

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RFK Jr. Joins the War on Climate Scientists

Legal Planet

In another podcast, “Planet Panic,” Bigtree defends the continued burning of coal, questions the reliability of renewable energy, and points to shadowy ulterior motives behind federal climate policies. He adds, “That’s what I’m starting to wonder what is really going on, as they try to tell us we’re creating it.

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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

However, it’s a disappointment to the initiative’s proponents and to a larger group of environmental advocates who seek to promote California’s quick transition from reliance on heavily-polluting and climate-damaging fossil fuels to renewable energy resources.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Today, he is a Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Napoleon Nelson with the Champion of the Environment Award for his commitment to environmental justice and green technologies in Philadelphia and across the state.

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Greening a home — and the next generation — in Wisconsin

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Energy News Network. A group of Wisconsin high school students recently received first-hand experience helping to reduce a home’s carbon footprint as part of a project for their AP Environmental Science course.