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Climate Change Advisory Group Reassembles to Issue Report on the Need to Localize Climate Change Strategies and Research

04/06/2019 Don Wallace

A U.S. government climate change advisory group, scrapped by President Trump, has reassembled independently, issued a report that calls for…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Local Policy, National Policy, Public Opinion

Fight Against Climate Change and Poverty Needs Overhaul of Global Financial System, Says Major UN-Led Report

04/05/2019 Don Wallace

A major new UN report, the 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report, involving more than 60 international organizations, warns that…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, Sustainable Development

Climate Change Impacts Border Crisis—In Guatemala the Question Is Not Whether But When Someone Will Leave for U.S.

04/04/2019 Don Wallace

In denying the damaging and catastrophic effects of climate change, U.S. Administration policy is overlooking a significant factor that is…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Border Security, National Policy

U.S. House Effort to Require Trump to Return the U.S. to Paris Climate Agreement

04/03/2019 Don Wallace

Following the Senate’s inaction on the Green New Deal (where it failed a procedural motion), U.S. House Speaker Pelosi announced…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Green New Deal, National Policy, Paris

Some States, Localities, Private Sector Entities Making Efforts on Climate Change

04/02/2019 Don Wallace

There is political pressure growing on elected officials to do something.  With the federal government moving in the opposite direction…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Local Policy, National Policy

Alaska Federal District Court Judge Rules Illegal President’s Attempt to Open Arctic and Atlantic Oceans to Fossil Fuel Exploitation

03/31/2019 Don Wallace

U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason ruled on Friday, March 29, that Trump’s April 2017 executive order revoking the Obama administration’s ban…

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Posted in: Energy, Policy Filed under: Litigation, National Policy

Federal District Court Judge Blocks Oil and Gas Drilling on 300,000 Acres in Wyoming Pending Government Assessment of Climate Impacts

Don Wallace

A U.S. federal district court judge temporarily blocked oil and gas drilling on 300,000 acres of federal leases in Wyoming.…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy, Policy Filed under: Fracking, Litigation, National Policy

Keystone XL Pipeline Given Presidential Permit to Circumvent Federal Court Ruling

Don Wallace

President Trump on March 29 signed a presidential permit to renew construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline with a facility in Montana, in…

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Posted in: Energy, Policy Filed under: Keystone XL, Litigation, National Policy

KCMO Ordinance To Provide for Purchase of Electricity from 100% Renewables

03/29/2019 Don Wallace

The City of KCMO staff has come to an agreement with KCP&L and will be asking the City Council to…

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Posted in: Energy, Policy Filed under: Local Policy, Renewables

Another UN Global Climate Report, ‘Another Strong Wake-Up Call’ Over Global Warming

03/28/2019 Don Wallace

The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a major UN report released on Thursday,…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, Science

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