Category «Environmental Law»

UN Adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Conference of the Parties Twenty-first session Paris, 30 November to 11 December 2015.FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1. 12 December 2015. “Welcoming the adoption of United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/1, “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in particular its goal 13, and the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the third International Conference on …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

GAO Reports – Army Corps of Engineers, Defense Transportation, Environmental Satellites, Government Efficiency and Effectiveness, Nuclear Weapons Sustainment

Army Corps of Engineers: Actions Needed to Improve Cost Sharing for Dam Safety Repairs, GAO-16-106: Published: Dec 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2015. Defense Transportation: DOD Needs to Improve the Evaluation of Safety and Performance Information for Carriers Transporting Security-Sensitive Materials, GAO-16-82: Published: Dec 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2015. Environmental Satellites: Launch …

Subjects: Defense, Environmental Law, Transportation

Center for Health, Environment and Justice – Superfund: Polluters Pay So Children Can Play

“Today CHEJ released a new report on the mismanagement of the Superfund program and the need to reinstate polluter pays fees. Superfund: Polluters Pay So Children Can Play 35th Anniversary Report is released as part of a National Day of Action where groups across the country are participating in different ways to deliver the message: …

Subjects: Congress, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

JSTOR Sustainability Beta

“JSTOR Sustainability is a digital library of academic research covering issues of environmental stress and its challenges for human society…We are currently testing the JSTOR Sustainability beta site with researchers and instructors in advance of launching it next year. We invite you to learn more about JSTOR Sustainability and participate in our beta testing to …

Subjects: Digital Rights, Environmental Law, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

Mainstreaming Climate Action within Financial Institutions

The World Bank: “An unprecedented number of the world’s leading financial institutions from across the globe have joined the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks in signing onto new principles to integrate climate change into their financing and operations. All together 26 financial institutions from developing and developed countries with combined balance sheets …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System

Energy use by federal agencies continues to decline

EIA – “According to the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), energy consumption by the U.S. federal government fell to 0.94 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in fiscal year (FY) 2014, the lowest level since data collection began in FY 1975. Declines in jet fuel consumption by the U.S. Department of Defense accounted for most of …

Subjects: Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

The Global Carbon Atlas

“The Global Carbon Atlas is a platform to explore and visualize the most up-to-date data on carbon fluxes resulting from human activities and natural processes. Human impacts on the carbon cycle are the most important cause of climate change. The graphics and data sources are made available in the belief that their wide dissemination will …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Yes We Have No Bananas – Fungus threatens future of world’s favorite fruit

Ordonez N, Seidl MF, Waalwijk C, Drenth A, Kilian A, Thomma BPHJ, et al. (2015) Worse Comes to Worst: Bananas and Panama Disease—When Plant and Pathogen Clones Meet. PLoS Pathog 11(11): e1005197. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005197 “The banana is the most popular fruit in the world and ranks among the top ten food commodities for Southeast Asia, Africa, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition

Wiley Online Library – New Free Open Source Journal on Global Challenges

Global Challenges: An innovative journal for tackling humanity’s major challenges: “Climate change, energy poverty and security, health security and disease, food and nutrition security, and ensuring safe access to water and sanitation are some of humanity’s major challenges. They can lead to poverty and inequality within a world population projected to grow to 9 billion by …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

104 Wolves in Yellowstone Park – But Demands Continue For Destruction

Grey wolf recovery: 104, not 10,004 or even 1,004 – the number of wolves in Yellowstone National Park is 104 – after recovering from – Zero.  The guardian reports that despite a slow and critical re-balancing of what many believed was an irrevocably destroyed predator/prey ecosystem but now documented as an environmental achievement, several states …

Subjects: Congress, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Testimony – Federal Government’s Responsibilities and Liabilities Under Nuclear Waste Policy Act

Kim Cawley, Chief of CBO’s Natural and Physical Resources Cost Estimates Unit, testifies on the Nuclear Waste Policy Act before the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives. December 3, 2015. “This testimony provides updated information about the federal government’s responsibilities and liabilities under the Nuclear Waste …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation