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. In addition, they offer their followers social stability, which is connected to favoring established industries and technologies.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The legal, political, social, and environmental conditions in an area shape water measurement and reporting practices and whether those practices produce adequate information about water diversion and use to support a water market. ” Here are four key takeaways: 1. Institutional context affects water measurement and reporting.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2024

There are significant political movements aligned around rejecting researching and discussing these interventions, let alone doing them. After all, it is generally not a good idea to bet against extreme progress in technological capabilities, certainly not over decades. In fact, they are barely being researched.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2021

What are the political implications of the fact that climate change will continue after emissions cease, or even potentially grow worse? Does this mean that we don’t need to worry about political backlash? Those kinds of impacts could provoke real political backlash. Some models show a potential for a rise of up to 0.3

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 28, 2024

Many fear that voters are being manipulated by political campaigns that use Facebook ads, TikTok and YouTube videos, but research reveals a more surprising story

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 27, 2022

“Political and Socioeconomic Factors That Determine the Financial Outcome of Successful Green Innovation.” link] Abstract: Green innovation and technology diffusion must be financially and commercially attractive to convince corporate decision makers. Kiesel, F., & Schiereck, D. ” Sustainability 14(6), 3651.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Educators in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) inspire students daily by revealing what we’ve discovered about the world around us and what we can do next with the latest innovations. There are many nonpartisan strategies STEM educators can take to foster political awareness and action in their students.

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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. Now, the Minister can simply “consult” with whoever they feel is appropriate.

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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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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2025

Many options are on the table even a farfetched pipeline carrying desalinated water from Mexico but they require delicate political negotiation, wads of money, or both. Behind all the political maneuvering is one overriding question: How should Arizonas limited water be used?

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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. It wouldn’t require placing bets on what zero carbon technologies will win out. Americans just don’t buy the idea.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

This decision wrongfully precludes the agency’s authority to set robust power plant carbon pollution standards in line with today’s technologies and practices adopted on a sector-wide basis. This deeply concerning precedent could potentially put other important environmental and public health policies at risk too.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Some states, like California, Louisiana, or Alaska may be feeling the impacts more acutely earlier on, but it does not feel like things have become bad enough for political will to be marshalled. But it beats a structure in which political paralysis is so severe that nothing, whether adaptation or mitigation, can be done.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2024

They knew that the US technological lead would be temporary, urging that all US resources be devoted to creating a system of international control over nuclear weapons. Wartime utterly transformed the economic, political, and social fabric of the nation state, harnessing every possible resource to fuel the war effort.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This arrangement was negotiated 25 years ago and is part of a decades-old program of cooperation on nuclear technology, which includes agreements not to use this assistance for military purposes. These agreements often involve the transfer of reactor technology, supply of nuclear fuel, and training of specialists to operate the reactors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Chinese military texts consistently use the term “strategic” to refer to other types of weapons, including conventional missiles, anti-satellite weapons, cyber weapons, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence that Chinese decisionmakers believe may have decisive impacts in a future conflict.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

I don’t mean to imply that technological progress will automatically fix things. The resulting economic growth also helps create a stronger political base for aggressive expansion of clean energy. Fourteen states now have net-zero emissions targets for the economy as a whole, and sixteen have zero-carbon targets for the grid.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 1, 2025

They have neither employers to provide benefits nor political parties to represent their interests. This group of women learns about specific adaptation technologies. They largely work in their crowded homes (sometimes just 8x8), on small plots, or on the street.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about geoengineering – the various scientific theories and governance ideas that could eventually lead to technological interventions to help cool the planet. In fact, the academic sources that this story describes as “supporters” simply support the goal of further studying geoengineering.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Jill Hruby recently described growing international interest in nuclear technology and the weapons it can produce as a “renaissance.” The signs are everywhere. That’s an already large and rapidly expanding list that includes language schools and corn mills.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

What has not been abundant is the political will to enact these reforms, and CARB’s reluctance to initiate a rulemaking reflects this trend. It’s not hard to see why CARB has taken this approach: dairy digesters are a technological intervention that require little change to the operation of industrial dairies.

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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

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Host a webinar series to STEM the Vote In order to bring scientific research and data into discussions on political concerns we organized a STEM the Vote series of webinars focused on the top voter concerns of the 2020 election. The topics included public health, climate change, gun control, education, food security, and immigration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology. Generation from renewable technologies more than covers the increase in electricity demand, also making up for coal and nuclear plant retirements. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022).

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Scientific American

JULY 15, 2021

and China over development of quantum technology has implications for both the future of science and the two countries’ political relations. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com. The competition between the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In the study, we found that political power dynamics shape international negotiations, that the Paris Agreement temperature goal doesn’t fully account for the dangers of sea level rise, and that climate justice requires fully considering diverse views and experiences of climate change.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2023

In 2016 Monterey County voters passed Measure Z, a citizen initiative intended to bar the drilling of new oil and gas wells in the county and ban the use of fracking technology for existing wells in Monterey County. The oil and gas industry, led by Chevron U.S.A.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2024

The past two US administrations defined China as a “strategic competitor,” disparaged scientific cooperation, imposed economic tarrifs, and restricted Chinese access to critical technologies, markets and investments. They also stepped up US military activity on China’s periphery and encourgaed US allies to do the same.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

degrees goal is threatened by political inaction. The technology to keep the planet under 1.5 degrees C is scientifically possible; the reason the world might blow past it is political. The technology to keep the planet under 1.5 degrees C is scientifically possible; the reason the world might blow past it is political.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The bill mandates that the revised rule reflect new data and technology that would improve SCAQMDs oversight of these facilities and help reduce the negative impacts of pollution in adjacent communities. These common-sense measures draw on already available technology and solutions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

But science also tells us that we have most of the technologies and solutions that we need. The biggest barriers to progress are political and psychological. The science and data tell us that if we are to secure a livable planet for the future, we are working on an unforgiving timeline.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program. . – Continual reform to improve ambition, integrity, and buy-in. Most ETS have fallen on the prices-too-low side.

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Inside Climate News

JULY 21, 2023

By Bob Berwyn While hundreds of scientists around the world are urgently advocating for a non-use agreement for atmospheric sun-dimming experiments , the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy may be looking in a different direction.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Boyd is recognized as one of the country’s leading energy and environmental law scholars and has written pathbreaking articles on public utilities, risk regulation, forestry, and the role of science and technology in environmental law. Wang is a leading expert on environmental governance and the law and politics of China.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2021

As the climate crisis grows more urgent, unconventional technological responses are getting increased attention and controversy. We’ve written previously on Legal Planet about these technologies and their promise and risks. Reynolds, who recently completed an Emmett Institute Geoengineering Governance Fellowship.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 2, 2023

“As water has defined whether civilizations thrive or fail, today we have foresight powered by exploration and technology — and the ability to choose between hope and fear,” Ganter said. “As explorers, we must see, share, and inspire.

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