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31 Dec 2009, 11:03 pm
Let us do the work and worrying for you if you’ve been hurt in Colton and environs. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 7:40 am
Foreign Policy lists five such catastrophes: Nigerian oil spills, Chinese coal seam fires, Haitian deforestation, desiccation of the Aral Sea, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. [read post]
17 May 2023, 7:51 am
Climate change is a looming threat that includes rising sea levels, unpredictable storms, and the destruction of seaports.[1] Island nations are at risk of economic collapse since they rely on ports for almost all their trade.[2] When Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas in 2019, the severe storms damaged ports causing a loss of approximately $3.4 billion.[3] Additionally, natural hazards are the costliest for ports in the Philippines, Guinea-Bissau, Dominica, the Northern Mariana Islands, and… [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 5:10 am
Pacific(Special Start Time)For coastal areas of the United States, offshore renewable energy projects including wind, wave and hydro may provide the best opportunity for renewable energy generation. [read post]
14 Jul 2021, 9:05 pm
Because AMR involves food, humans, animals and the environment, it would be time-consuming and confusing to create new legislation on an issue covering so many different areas so adapting existing regulation is suggested. [read post]
25 Sep 2013, 7:30 am
Publications: "Brazil: Human Rights and Environmental Refugees," International Law: Revista Colombiana de Derecho Internacional, no. 22 (2013) [full-text] Coalition Member Guest Post: Environmental Justice Foundation (UKCCMC, Sept. 2013) [text] Environmental Change and Migration: What We Know, Policy Brief, no. 2 (MPI, Sept. 2013) [text] Erosion littorale et migrations forcées de réfugiés environnementaux: L'exemple de Cotonou, Bénin, Paper presented at 8th IAG… [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 10:05 pm
Pacific / 3:01 a.m. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 7:30 am
AlaskaThe quiet world : saving Alaska's wilderness kingdom, 1879-1960 / Douglas BrinkleyClimate ChangeClimate change and small island states : power, knowledge, and the South Pacific / Jon Barnett and John CampbellClimate change : litigation, regulation and riskFacing catastrophe : environmental action for a post-Katrina world / Robert R.M. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 4:15 am
Japan's big, bad neighbor to the west seems a little miffed about all the radioactivity spilling into the Pacific from the triple meltdown site at Fukushima. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 8:18 am
Negotiators have made encouraging progress, including on provisions addressing customs duties in the digital environment, authentication of electronic transactions, and consumer protection. [read post]
9 Jan 2015, 2:58 pm
Circuit’s concerns on either issue, we expect that Pacific Lutheran will not be the final word for the higher education community. [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 2:10 pm
Please be assured that I will oppose the TPP as it is currently written or any deal that attempts to separate commerce from the environment and will work to ensure that our nation's trade policies include increased transparency, more consultation, and stronger protections to create jobs, strengthen human rights, and preserve the environment. [read post]
15 May 2012, 4:10 am
It’s not as simple as you might think, and changes to the regulatory environment are complicating matters. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 9:44 am
Neal's FELA complaint accuses Union Pacific of negligence, including failure to provide him with a safe working environment, failure to warn him about job risks, having him perform tasks that required excessive use of his body parts (for example, using his hands repeatedly without giving him the proper equipment), and giving him unsafe equipment and tools to do his job. [read post]
8 Jul 2016, 9:14 am
The participants at the press conference, who covered a wide range of other impacted sectors aside from those represented by EFF, presented a petition to Leader Pelosi with an incredible 210,000 signatures that we had collected together, stating: The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an unprecedented threat to many of the goals we share and for which we appreciate your leadership: good jobs, higher wages, strong climate policies and a livable environment, affordable medicines, safe… [read post]
16 Feb 2015, 12:01 pm
All of us look forward to traveling to Shanghai in March as they host the 2015 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting. [read post]
7 Jun 2020, 6:46 pm
Local communities and civil society organizations in the South Pacific have called for outright bans on the activity, fearing grave and unpredictable harms to the marine environments with which they have vital economic and societal relationships. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 6:34 am
Lead on Climate Change and Displacement (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]Pacific Islands Countries Lauded for Endorsing Regional Framework on Climate Mobility (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text]Reports & journal articles:"Climate Migration 101: An Explainer," Migration Information Source, 16 Nov. 2023 [text]"Climate Crisis Induced Migration: A Global Framework to Minimize and Manage Large-Scale Climate Refugees and Migrants," Journal of Science Policy &… [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 12:45 pm
., Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]"Climate Mobility and Development Cooperation," Population and Environment, Latest Articles, 17 July 2021 [open access]"Deciphering Impacts and Human Responses to a Changing Climate in East Africa," Frontiers in Climate, 3 Aug. 2021 [open access]- See also related press release and Twitter thread that comments on the article's findings.In the Same Canoe: Building the Case for a Regional Harmonisation of Approaches to… [read post]
27 Nov 2023, 8:25 am
The recently-concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit, originally designed to address economic challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, found itself overshadowed by the unfolding drama of the US-China relationship. [read post]
