Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Thus, the reasons must relate to psychology or political science, not philosophy. This research is suggestive, but my impression is that there is a lot we still don’t know about political psychology. The combination of authoritarianism, extreme conservative ideology, and anti-environmentalism is common globally, not just in U.S.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What’s needed is “systemic adaptation” that fundamentally changes our economy, our politics, and our priorities in ways that put community and the planet first. Adapting to climate change does not address the societal systems and values that spawned the current crisis. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As scientists rapidly improve their ability to decipher past climate upheaval through ice cores and other "proxies,” historians are re-examining previous political and social turmoil and linking it to volcanic eruptions, prolonged droughts, and other disturbances in the natural world. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There are real-world consequences for this political gameplaying – including for science and scientists.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ahead of a high-profile UN conference, political forecasters issue water warnings. The World Economic Forum acknowledged once again that ecological shocks such as these reverberate mightily in politics and society. Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy, recently published its risk watch-list for 2023. Water still matters.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2022

First, the article very briefly glosses over the politics of carbon pricing – as the article puts it, “the political reality that taxes are a hard sell.” I think these political constraints are a key reason economists focused so long – too long – on carbon pricing. Politics is central in policy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2021

The John Lewis Voting Rights advancement act must be passed to protect the universal right to vote and keep it free from political influence.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2025

In a series of posts (beginning here , and ending here ) last month, I outlined an approach to climate policy that emphasizes the role of subsidies in building political support and technological progress for climate policy. In doing so, I drew heavily on existing political science research and case studies from North America and Europe.

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The challenges are daunting, but the politics will change when the economic benefits are widely felt. The key to shifting away from fossil fuels is for consumers to begin replacing their home appliances, heating systems, and cars with electric versions powered by clean electricity. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Florida is a state notorious in recent years for politicizing science-based decisions on Covid-19 and other matters in favor of positions that resonate with an anti-science political base. So, what do we do to protect science-based government decisionmaking processes from political interference at the state level?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A new UCS report found that the oil and gas industry has spent massive amounts of money in Colorado to buy political influence and block public health and environmental safeguards.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

On November 9, 30 volunteers organized by 2nd Century Alliance and Litter Lifters of West Vincent collected 168 bags of litter, 5 dumped TVs, 6 bikes, a baby stroller, a lawnmower, and over 300 political campaign and business yard signs in Coatesville, Chester County.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A year of financial and political crises have left Pakistan’s economy on a knife-edge. Pakistan, which is already facing political and economic turmoil, has been thrown into the front line of the human-induced climate crisis,” a U.N. statement read earlier this week. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Political leaders in Florida and Missouri are opting to censor scientists and bury COVID-19 data rather than use that data to protect people in their states.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 20, 2023

Despite economic and political distractions, consumers remain focused on sustainability and are willing to pay a premium for products that align with their values.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2024

But for the first time since the Cold War ended, those numbers are starting to rise, and some political forces in the United States are using fears about China to justify a major expansion of the US nuclear arsenal. In prior wars, peace meant a return to normal. The war machine, having fulfilled its purpose, was dismantled.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Climate change wasn’t a central issue in the campaign, but resistance to climate action no longer provided a political advantage. Despite the obstacles, however, at least Australia now seems to be heading in the right direction politically. Polling showed broad public support for more aggressive cuts in carbon emissions.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 18, 2022

One option, a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, gets the most attention but seems politically impossible. If a carbon tax were politically feasible, there would be a lot to be said in its favor. The problem is that a carbon tax seems out of the question politically. It could be designed to avoid regressive impacts on the poor.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The political momentum for water law reform continued apace in 2023, as evidenced by the Legislature’s passage of SB 389. But it’s not the end of the road to water reform; rather, it’s a key step in a larger and longer water reform movement–one that has considerable political momentum behind it.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2024

Perhaps more importantly there is also a massive imbalance of power and resources between climate justice activists and the political and commercial interests resisting transformative climate action. Climate justice activism has been met with continued political resistance, and in several countries, by moves to suppress and criminalize it.

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Legal Planet

MAY 18, 2022

Food prices are hitting all-time highs, pushing hundreds of millions of people deeper into poverty and food insecurity and threatening political stability in regions around the world. Price Shocks, Political Stability, and Food Protectionism. For starters, food price shocks are a political nightmare for weak governments.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

Bernal was politically-minded from a young age. But what galvanized her political consciousness were the Standing Rock protests, a sustained resistance movement of Native American communities against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, beginning in 2016.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At a time when we are experiencing increased reliance on and benefits from advancements in science, alongside the need to regulate emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence , we need STEM students and professionals to be politically engaged. Scientists have held US political office from national to local levels.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 20, 2022

Second, there are political and legal problems with equity weighting. The political problem is that equity weighting is progressive and therefore is likely to get a hostile reaction from conservatives (including conservative judges).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 20, 2023

We hear a lot of encouraging rhetoric from our political leaders about wanting to preserve an existing international order based on the rule of law. If our governments are currently incapable of doing this, then civil society must step into the breach and take on an essential responsibility our political leaders are neglecting.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2022

From the point of view of the regime, immigration could be economically useful, but having tens of millions of people move into Russia from Asia or Africa could have unpredictable social and political consequences. An authoritarian regime may find the possible social upheaval too much of a risk.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But the effect of greenhouse gases is not even investigated in the paper – which suggests the title is politically motivated. Is it sheer incompetence or is it politically motivated? Let’s hope it was not political on the part of that institution, but just a bad mistake. It is a scandal.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Climate action is limited by political will (not technology) In this pivotal moment of history, where the imperative to avert the worst impacts of climate change is clear, the world stands at the cusp of a transformative shift toward a renewable energy paradigm. What’s lacking is political will.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

” Assiduously nonpartisan and apolitical, the Little Hoover Commission has garnered widespread respect and praise over its 61-year history from across the political spectrum. new housing legal and political battles: last year, Berkeley residents relied on CEQA to successfully oppose U.C.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The political dynamics of decarbonization that Ive sketched out are very specific to time, space, and economic sector. Different political, technological, and economic challenges await decarbonizing other sectors, such as transportation, industry, or housing. Again, the specifics will depend on the technology, politics, and economics.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2024

How can we ensure a long-term commitment to decarbonization in the face of possible retrenchment, and the inevitability of changes in who is in power politically? The result can be renewable lock-in in which renewable and other carbon-free energy sources become dominant both economically and politically. There is a risk here though.

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Legal Planet

JULY 11, 2022

Q: When does an issue have “major political significance”? . A: “Political significance” seems to have a narrow meaning. . Roberts mentions only one thing that bears on political significance: Congress had repeatedly considered but not passed legislation to create a carbon trading market.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

degrees goal is threatened by political inaction. degrees C is scientifically possible; the reason the world might blow past it is political. The lies, distractions and delays promoted by fossil fuel producers and their political allies aren’t just factually wrong, they’re putting the future of the entire planet in danger.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 24, 2021

There is a lot of variation across countries and regions and migration has not only environmental roots, but political and social ones as well. The distinction between a climate migrant and a migrant is often quite blurry. This really cautions against making any sweeping conclusions,” Zaveri said.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

That was his way as a political leader: working tirelessly and proactively to make connections and fight to ensure everyone had the right to a safe and healthy environment. According to scholar and advocate Dr. Passing the EJ for All Act would mark a major step forward in alleviating a legacy of environmental harm and systemic racism.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 23, 2022

Rehman urged political leaders to act on the issue, advocating for technology upgrades, ecosystem restoration in the Indus River Valley, and enforcing a 1991 accord that governs the distribution of water between Pakistan’s provinces.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Third, enacting policy is necessarily a political process. Thus, what is politically feasible is an essential component to climate policy. All five of these goals emissions reductions, economic efficiency, technological innovation, political economy, and equity are important. But they will also involve choices.

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