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What They’re Saying Following Release of Climate Preparedness Roadmap | Colorado Governor Jared Polis
DENVER – Today, the Polis administration released the first on-its-kind Climate Preparedness Roadmap that identifies ways Colorado can better understand, prepare for, and adapt to the impacts of climate change, and outlines actions the administration will take to protect Colorado’s future. The report looks at risks facing Colorado specifically and how the impacts of climate…
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Healey Driscoll Administration Announces $25 Million in Funding for Removal of Eight Unsafe Dams Across the State
Pittsfield — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced an investment of $25 million to remove eight aging dams in Central and Western Massachusetts, including the abandoned high-hazard Bel Air Dam in Pittsfield. Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper, Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Commissioner Brian Arrigo, Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Commissioner…
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MDA Response to EPA Nitrate Letter for Southeast Minnesota | Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Information about the petition to EPA’s response In response to a petition filed by the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, on November 3rd, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Minnesota Department of Agriculture to develop a coordinated and comprehensive work plan to reduce…
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Unprecedented drought emergency demands urgent action
The Global Drought Snapshot report, released by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Friday, coinciding with COP 28, paint a grim picture of the scale of lives and livelihoods lost to droughts. Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary, emphasized the urgency of the situation. “Unlike other disasters that attract media attention, droughts happen silently,…
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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s ‘Melodi’ selfie with Indian PM Narendra Modi breaks internet
It appears that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is well-versed with the internet sub-culture as she posted a selfie with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on her official Instagram account on Friday (Dec 1). The 46-year-old Italian leader captured the attention of netizens with her caption and the hashtag, which read #Melodi, a popular play on…
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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s ‘Melodi’ selfie with Indian PM Narendra Modi breaks internet
It appears that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is well-versed with the internet sub-culture as she posted a selfie with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on her official Instagram account on Friday (Dec 1). The 46-year-old Italian leader captured the attention of netizens with her caption and the hashtag, which read #Melodi, a popular play on…
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Brazil proposes global forest conservation fund at COP28
DUBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Brazil on Friday unveiled a proposal at the COP28 climate summit to set up a global fund to finance forest conservation that it hopes can raise $250 billion from sovereign wealth funds and other investors, including the oil industry. The proposal, presented at a panel during the meeting in Dubai,…
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Brazil proposes global forest conservation fund at COP28
DUBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Brazil on Friday unveiled a proposal at the COP28 climate summit to set up a global fund to finance forest conservation that it hopes can raise $250 billion from sovereign wealth funds and other investors, including the oil industry. The proposal, presented at a panel during the meeting in Dubai,…
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America’s Catholics weigh in on Pope Francis’ climate change priorities
Roberts said the Heritage Foundation’s research and advocacy has focused not on high-level, multinational agreements and conferences to tackle the issues posed by climate change but rather on smaller-scale, more community-based efforts. He said this policy position is, in part, due to the historical deference such multinational conglomerates of nations have given to China, the…
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America’s Catholics weigh in on Pope Francis’ climate change priorities
Roberts said the Heritage Foundation’s research and advocacy has focused not on high-level, multinational agreements and conferences to tackle the issues posed by climate change but rather on smaller-scale, more community-based efforts. He said this policy position is, in part, due to the historical deference such multinational conglomerates of nations have given to China, the…