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Scott Pruitt says there's no proof that carbon dioxide pollution is causing the Earth to heat up. Well-established science — and a scientist who's a fellow Republican — says that's flat-out wrong.
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This...is...simply...deranged.
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Update on 'Inauguration Day live updates: 'American carnage stops' here and now, Trump says'
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It begins...
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Environmentalism is not elitist. Too many of us in the environmental community, however, are.
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While there is a fair amount of editorializing, particularly at the end, this is a nice in-depth piece on how various legal and corporate thinkers have used "free speech" to try to move to a more libertarian/laissez-faire regulatory world here in the United States. One wherein Exxon is equal to you and considered equal under the eyes of the law. It is a bizarre, rabbit hole-type tale. But one that we must deal with if we are to have effect regulation/a just social contract.
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Decades from now, we could look back on this as one of Donald Trump’s most consequential Cabinet picks.
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A great piece that jives with almost most of my colleague's (and my own) concerns with this anti-fact, anti-science, pro-pollution administrator just appointed to head the EPA last week. The only key area left out is the impact on the culture of the agency: his appointment is likely to drive more effective, objective public servants from the system via frustration and inaction/inability to meet their public mandates.
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Are environmental and social problems such as global warming and poverty the result of inadequate governmental regulations or does the burden fall on our failure as consumers to make better consumption choices? According to a new study, responsible consumption shifts the burden for solving global problems from governments to consumers and ultimately benefits corporations more than society.
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Very interesting thesis. Another example of the need for strong, effective democratic systems with accountability to citizens, not necessarily consumers.
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New package of proposals seeks to water down regulations governing coal ash and other forms of harmful waste
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Effective pushed towards sustainability are hindered when we remove the "stick." I very much support and favor the "carrot," but with hard rules/regulation in certain areas we get thing like much of the state of W Virginia unable to drink their tap water.
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Jakarta Globe Via EcoVadis
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March 6, 2013 3:53 PM
The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) since March 3rd imposes responsibilities to develop a risk management system for E.U. traders' who place timber and timber products on the EU market. The Regulation is legally binding on all 27 EU Member States. |
