Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2025 to-do list: tax hemp, pass 'Anjanette Young ordinance’
The mayor is laying out his priorities for the year. But what's not on the list are solutions to the big fiscal cliffs for ...
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Experts and advocates warn of nickel mining’s risk to precious marine region of Indonesia
One of Earth’s most biodiverse marine regions is threatened by the expansion of nickel mining projects in Indonesia, according to a new report. Satellite analysis ...
Fiber Hub Research Center to Explore Microfibers’ Eco Impact, Skeptics Aside
The Microfibre Consortium and Northumbria University's research hub will explore the extent and environmental impact of microfiber loss from textiles.
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Nigeria’s new coastal highway runs over communities & biodiversity hotspots
On Apr. 30, 2024, as the sun rose over Lagos, bulldozers rolled in to the Oniru waterfront, a popular leisure hub, where they ...
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New ASTM Standard Aims to Facilitate Assessing Climate Risk and Resilience Considerations
Owners, lenders and investors in real property have long relied on ASTM E 1527-21, a product of ASTM International, in ...
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'World’s largest undeveloped gold mine' faces legal challenges from Canada and Alaska tribal nations
The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission says the outcome of the Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell project, if it ...
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As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
In the final days of the Biden administration, agency officials began the process of soliciting public opinion on future oil ...
Here’s what the latest global climate assessment means for Maine
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released a new global assessment ...
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President Trump’s Day-One Executive Orders: Energy and Environment
President Trump issued several Executive Orders and memoranda (the “EOs”) signaling a significant policy shift favoring ...
Environmental assessment system to be replaced amid development drive – Reeves
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Environmental Impact Assessments would be replaced by Environmental Outcome Reports as she turns to “avenues that others have shied away from” to “kick-start” the economy ...
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Calculating the “Social Cost of Carbon” with the GIVE Model: An EPA Model Not Ready for Prime Time
When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, one of his main goals had been to rein in carbon-dioxide (CO₂) emissions in order to curb climate change.