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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Approximately twenty years after the publication of UNESCO’s Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations, the need to protect the earth for the future generations has finally received a significant consideration in the field of ethics. 3. Application of Ethics.

Ethics 247
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Report: It’s time for the U.S. to research solar geoengineering

Grist

But for the past two years, a committee of 16 people with various expertise in the physical sciences, economics, policy, law, and ethics have been sitting with that discomfort as they met regularly to develop an American research agenda for this nascent and highly controversial field of science. Between 2008 and 2018, U.S.

Ethics 135
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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.

Law 99
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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

The rules are so strict, that some cheeses that we have been eating for centuries would have been banned under these laws. Genetically enhancing animals is a lot harder than plants however, and comes with ethical problems on its own. Manufacturers have to prove that the food they produce is safe to consume. What is the issue with GMO?