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Delayed environment laws spark calls for urgent government action on water and fracking

The Guardian: Energy

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said last year she planned to introduce legislation in 2023 to reform the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act after major reviews found the law was failing and Australian nature was in poor and deteriorating health.

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Defend Our Future Testifies Against Trump Administration’s Attempt to Undermine Yet Another Bedrock Environmental Law

Defend Our Future

Defend Our Future Testifies Against Trump Administration’s Attempt to Undermine Yet Another Bedrock Environmental Law. Removing this requirement would not only be a bad idea for public health and our environment, but it will ultimately cost taxpayers more for projects that are not build to be resilient.”.

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Politics and You !

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Key players in California energy politics. Successes that have inspired women to get involved in politics. Mary Hughes , a longtime political strategist, is president of Hughes & Co., a strategic communications and political consulting firm in Palo Alto. The post Politics and You ! REGISTER. ?

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Climate Change and Affordable Housing

Green Business Bureau

Financial and housing stability supports better health and educational opportunities for children compared to children coping with overcrowded homes, disadvantaged neighborhoods and disruptive moves brought on by high rent prices or eviction. Fixing the current housing crisis is not just a pressing issue for today, however.

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Montana Is Paying a Climate Denier to Give Expert Testimony in Upcoming Trial

DeSmogBlog

Olson is the executive director of the nonprofit law firm Our Children’s Trust, which has spearheaded youth climate change lawsuits across the United States. A decade later — in 2017, the year she retired from Georgia Tech — Curry blogged that “we don’t know how much of recent warming can be attributed to humans.”

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In D.C. Defamation Trial, Climatologist Michael Mann Confronts the Climate Deniers Who Maligned His Work

DeSmogBlog

Weatherford, a lawyer from the corporate law firm Baker Hostetler, stated in opening arguments that Mann was so disliked that “even his own family won’t come to court to defend him.” and “Merchants of Doubt,” is a leading authority on the origins of disinformation about science and public health. On Monday, former Minnesota GOP Rep.

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EPA Grants Louisiana Class VI Primacy

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

This blog post summarizes the latest developments in Class VI primacy, focusing on Louisiana’s experience, and the broader legal and commercial implications on liability transfers and environmental attributes. This blog was prepared with the assistance of Gina Kwon. 2, 2024). [2] 2] Memorandum from Michael S.

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