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Bulgarian Coal-Fired Power Plant May be Under-Reporting Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Investigation Finds

DeSmogBlog

More than a dozen — including Brikel, Bobov Dol and others checked by GMI Verify — were privatized between 2003 and 2008 at low prices and through controversial tender processes. Three years later, Bulgaria passed new laws restricting offshore ownership. The ownership histories of several of the other plants are unclear. and Cyprus.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Tofurky Trots offer alternative Thanksgiving races for vegetarians

AGreenLiving

Founded in 2003, it is based in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. She’d just graduated from law school, and she, a few of her classmates and Tofurky founder Seth Tibbott put the race together. So it was Tofurky’s event with Northwest VEG organizing. It was an 8K with only six participants and four finishers.

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A model for sustainable tourism in the San Juan Islands

AGreenLiving

Visit San Juan Islands was one of the first visitors bureaus to focus on sustainability almost from its inception in 2003. Partnerships It takes multiple organizations working together to successfully steward the land. One early campaign called “Leave Only Footsteps” aligned itself with Leave No Trace principles. “We

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Why We’re Excited about Synthetic Biology

Better Ventures

Thanks to the precipitous drop in the cost of sequencing DNA, scientists now have access to the genomes of countless organisms, providing them with an extensive library of reaction pathways needed for desired molecular outcomes. in 2003 (cumulatively) to under $1,000 today, a reduction far outpacing Moore’s Law.

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Environmental Literacy: Altering Humanity’s Course

Green Technology

He served on the California State Board of Education’s Curriculum Commission and then founded Ten Strands as a nonprofit organization to support California’s efforts to achieve statewide penetration of high-quality environment-based education into schools. What made you decide to move from the private sector to teaching?

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Exxon’s models predicting climate change were spot on — 40 years ago

Grist

Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Potsdam in Germany found that Exxon’s estimates from 1977 to 2003 proved to be just as precise as those from independent academics and government scientists. The judge who ruled in Exxon’s favor said at the time that the case was “a securities fraud case, not a climate change case.”.