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Pipeline Politics Hits Multipolar Realities: Nord Stream 2 and the Ukraine Crisis

DeSmogBlog

Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, asserted (January 27), “If Russia invades Ukraine one way or another … we will work with Germany to ensure it (the pipeline) does not move forward.” Soon after pipeline construction began in 2018, the United States passed a law threatening sanctions on the Swiss ship laying the pipe.

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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. The post Defend Our Future Testifies Against Trump Administration’s Attempt to Undermine Yet Another Bedrock Environmental Law appeared first on Defend Our Future. Connect with us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram.

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How Businesses Can Manage the Barriers Preventing a Renewable Energy Transition

Green Business Bureau

Political, market, and infrastructural barriers remain, dragging progress toward a clean economy — but your business has the power to mitigate these constraints. We explain how your business can support a political, market, and infrastructural reform to support renewable energy technologies and clean energy.

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Climate Change and Affordable Housing

Green Business Bureau

organizations working to build greener, more affordable communities for all. While environmental laws often improve the design and planning of communities, they also pose new hurdles that can both delay and increase costs of new developments and thus, the availability of affordable housing.

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

Political Shifts: Earth Day Gains Momentum Despite Political Turbulence. During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. This was no doubt a political win for Earth Day. struggled under these political constraints.

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Michael Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict In Defamation Trial

DeSmogBlog

In a unanimous decision, jurors agreed that both Simberg and Steyn defamed Mann in blog posts that compared Mann to convicted sex offender Jerry Sandusky, former assistant coach of football at Penn State University. They announced that Simberg will pay $1,000 in punitive damages and Steyn will pay the larger $1 million.

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Meet the Shadowy Network Vilifying Climate Protestors

DeSmogBlog

Yet Schläffler has continued to call Last Generation terrorists in one way or another; Schläffler also began describing the group as a “criminal organization,” and publicly calling for it to be investigated for organized crime. Hayek told Fisher to forget about getting into politics and to engage instead in a “war of ideas.”