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Mexico y el Cambio Climático

Legal Planet

The geography is extremely diverse, featuring high mountains, deserts, and rainforest. Recent changes in electricity regulation seem likely to increase the role of fuel oil in electricity production, which produces about 50% more carbon than natural gas. Because of its geography, Mexico is vulnerable to climate impacts.

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The Stream, April 27, 2022: How a Rural Nebraskan Town Is Moving Forward a Year After Toxic Ethanol Plant Closes

Circle of Blue

A year after state regulators closed an ethanol plant after toxic waste was “accidentally spilled and intentionally spread” across farm fields and contaminated water supplies in Mead, Nebraska, residents are torn on the best path to remediation. We don’t have water to drink and we wonder if we have a government,” he said. 500 PEOPLE.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. Bolsonaro ).

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Earth Overshoot Day: we have just exceeded what Earth can regenerate in a year

A Greener Life

Global Footprint Network believes that the pandemic showed that governments demonstrated they can act swiftly, both in terms of regulations and spending, when they put human lives above all else. Let’s put our planet first.”.

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Governors Launch Action Plan to Reduce Deforestation and Improve Lives in Forested Regions

Legal Planet

Partnerships are needed to help assess new market regulations for major exports, certification and traceability requirements and systems, and new creative, locally based solutions to improve value chains and ensure market access for sustainable, forest-based products. Photo credit: Daniel Melling.

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On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Environmental Progress

I became an environmentalist at 16 when I threw a fundraiser for Rainforest Action Network. a lifelong progressive Democrat and environmentalist who testified in favor of carbon regulations. In my early 20s I lived in the semi-Amazon doing research with small farmers fighting land invasions. Why did they do that?

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Opinion: The Green Claims Code to counter greenwash

A Greener Life

Common ones include Soil Association, FSC wood, Rainforest Alliance, MSC fish, etc. There are similar regulators in many other countries, and groups like Greenpeace or Futerra have worked on the problem of Greenwash. They also offer some simple advice for consumers , which is worth sharing: Beware of slogans and vague language.