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Planetary Boundaries, Food and Humanity

Unsustainable

The main drivers of change are the demand for food, water, and natural resources, in the face of severe biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services. Further, the United Nations former secretary-general Ban Ki-moon endorsed the concept of planetary boundaries on 16 March 2012.

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How the recycling symbol lost its meaning

Grist

It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special , letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled statistics about deforestation and the hole in the ozone layer. “It’s crazy what we’re doing. The bartender, Kevin Costner, says he used to be scared, too — until he started doing something about it. I recycle these.”

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

1] Looking ahead, SCAG estimates that total demand for warehouse space in its region in 2040 will be between 1.514 billion square feet and 1.809 billion square feet. [2]. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012. In 2015, a total volume of 598.3 billion in 2015. [4].

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

1] Looking ahead, SCAG estimates that total demand for warehouse space in its region in 2040 will be between 1.514 billion square feet and 1.809 billion square feet. [2]. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012. In 2015, a total volume of 598.3 billion in 2015. [4].

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

The coalition demanded that TNC stop “promoting false climate solutions” that “center the financial interests of large lumber, pulp/paper, biomass/wood-pellet and other corporations.”. has grown from around $250 million in 2012 to over $1 billion in 2021. The value of exported pellets in the U.S.

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New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 

DeSmogBlog

With the existing documents in hand, and perhaps many more yet to be discovered, prosecutors, litigators and campaign groups can ground their demands for Shell to be held accountable in even more detailed fact and documentation.” . “You have to ‘crack the shell,'” Hüzeir told DeSmog.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

As the global demand for plastics has grown, Texas also has become a hub for the petrochemical industry, which uses benzene in its production processes. The visits were usually brief, according to four TCEQ reports filed between March 2011 and October 2012. On June 13, 2012, two investigators spent 15 minutes outside K-Solv.