Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. River and marsh bottoms typically have low oxygen levels, which slows the decomposition of organic material that collects there. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Finley, who is based in Dorset, UK, but has been the Cook Islands’ ambassador to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 2006, has been praised for his contributions to the agency by its Secretary-General. ‘Full Confidence’ of Cook Islands.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Since 2004, tornadoes have caused roughly $90 million in property damage in Pennsylvania alone. The laws of physics that govern atmospheric motions are agnostic about county, state and country,” he said. “If For organizations concerned with collective risk, like government agencies and insurance companies, these changes matter. “As

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 7, 2015

For Cotter, this means when Luminalt has an entry-level position to fill, she first goes looking for new hires at community-based organizations, like Asian Neighborhood Design , an architecture and planning nonprofit that provides work training to help disadvantaged individuals become self-sufficient.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond],” says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. “But at the same time, when you look at the reality of it, it is sad.” California has done exactly that.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Today K-Solv is legally allowed to release almost 20 times more volatile organic compounds — a class of chemicals that includes benzene — into the air each year than it did back then. Its main facility, opened in 2004, now occupies about 8 acres along the San Jacinto River in Channelview.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It claims the power company funded trade organizations and climate skeptic scientists who created doubts about the greenhouse effect and obstructed policy and public action on climate change. In 2004, electric companies faced federal litigation brought by eight U.S. It’s already harming so many across this state.”

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 29, 2019

Blame Bolsonaro Opposition politicians, student activists, and Indigenous organizations have called for a congressional investigation into the cause of the fires. This includes changing environmental rules, defunding government oversight, failing to enforce existing laws and dissolving the Amazon fund's committees.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ Organize a screening of Earth Day related films.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ Organize a screening of Earth Day related films.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

From 1975 to 1987, average fuel economy rose quickly — but then it declined between 1988 and 2004, as the Energy Department reported last year. But efficiency advocates noted those numbers actually fell short of federal targets, faulting loopholes in the law that they say promote larger vehicles. Credit: Sicnag ( CC BY 2.0 ).

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

All four have been roundly panned by government agencies, environmental groups, tribal governments, Native American organizations and the public at large. By the time the public comment period ended in September 2020, people and organizations had sent BLM and BIA more than 35,000 comments and suggestions on the proposed plan revisions.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2023

One of the best examples of this early support is a 2004 presentation by the Association of American Railroads in which it was arguing for regulators to allow the transport of nuclear waste by rail. We therefore are not the right organization to take on the task of performing the testing.”

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

Elsewhere in the state, removing 96 percent of black bears in 2003 and 2004, reducing hunting, and killing wolves boosted the number of moose. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal agencies have ultimate authority over state laws in refuges; last year, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case. In 2022, the 9th U.S.

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Grist

JANUARY 29, 2020

Confinement elevates the risk of detonation, as does contamination by organic material such as dirt, grain, or oil. The rollback prompted lawsuits from the public-interest law firm Earthjustice and the United Steelworkers. “At Ammonium nitrate can be destabilized by an exceptionally hot fire, causing the pellets to melt.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scott Olson / Getty Images Already, the Trump administration has frozen billions of dollars from two major initiatives passed under former president Joe Biden: the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law. The GLRI was preceded by a 2004 executive order from former president George W.

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