Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Military emissions were 85 million tons in 2004, so the trend is in the right direction. It’s not easy to find complete figures, but the best estimate is that the military is responsible for about 60 million tons of emissions a year, about the same as the state of Massachusetts.

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Sea Level 2004 Climate Change Clean Energy 264

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Since 2004, the program has been supported by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The course is designed for lay people and experts alike. Become one of the Tree Tenders® restoring and tending your part of the forest. Since 1993 PHS has trained over 4,500 Tree Tenders in 150 Pennsylvania neighborhoods.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Since its establishment in 2004, the award has honored both conservation professionals and volunteers for their commitment to and leadership in conservation. The deadline for nominations is January 4. Click Here for the nomination form. Questions should be directed to: Carol Grayshaw at cgrayshaw@weconservepa.org.

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Conservation 2004 2024 2023 80

Corp Watch

JULY 27, 2023

GAO finds Pentagon violated law by hiring Halliburton for pre-war planning work HalliburtonWatch PaulaR Thu, 07/27/2023 - 16:56 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 Read more WASHINGTON, June 15, 2004 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The auditing arm of Congress issued a report today confirming that the Pentagon had violated procurement law by issuing a "task order" to (..)

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2004 Law 2023 40

Successful Green

APRIL 8, 2021

A group of scientists has shown that for plants and insects the applied pesticide toxicity in agriculture has substantially increased between 2004 and 2016. In a paper published in the current issue of Science,... The post Increasing applied pesticide toxicity threatens plants and insects appeared first on successful GREEN.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2023

Since 2004, Independence Conservancy has properly disposed of over 60,000 tires through this program, reinvesting all proceeds into clean water and open green space. The Independence Conservancy is a nonprofit land conservation and environmental stewardship organization active in Beaver, Washington and Allegheny Counties.

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Waste Conservation 2004 Recycling 111

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 26, 2024

The dedicated public transit fund continues to be eroded as its funding hasn’t been adjusted for inflation since its introduction in 2004—twenty years ago. As demonstrated by Environmental Defence’s latest report, Putting Wheels on the Bus , Ontario must increase direct funding for local transit service by at least $1.8

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2024 Climate Change 2004 Government 138

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 3, 2022

He has lived in southwest Florida for nearly 19 years, had experienced Hurricanes Charley in 2004 and Irma in 2017 and saw what stronger storms could do to the coast. Anthony Grande moved away from Fort Myers three years ago in large part because of the hurricane risk.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2023

Apparently Congress did not relish the task of periodically resetting the standards itself The 1990 Amendments authorized EPA to set standards for 2004 and beyond. These are called Tier 1 standards.

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Ground-Level Ozone Pollution Control Clean Air Act Ozone 246

Corp Watch

JULY 27, 2023

Halliburton won 60 percent of Iraq's reconstruction funds HalliburtonWatch PaulaR Thu, 07/27/2023 - 16:55 Thursday, September 30, 2004 Read more WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The U.S.

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Corp Watch

JULY 27, 2023

Payback: 99 percent of political donations from Halliburton's board of directors go to Republicans HalliburtonWatch PaulaR Thu, 07/27/2023 - 16:52 Tuesday, August 3, 2004 Read more WASHINGTON, Aug.

Politics 40

Politics 2004 2023 40

Environmental News Bits

MAY 18, 2022

In 2004, Emeryville, an industrial suburb of San Francisco, sent an environmental remediation crew to inject 15,000 gallons of cottage cheese into groundwater below an abandoned factory. Read the full story at Slate. … Continue reading How a suburb of San Francisco used cottage cheese to un-poison poisoned land.

2004 75

2004 75

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2024

In North America, the land carbon sink between 2004 and 2013 offset roughly 39% of fossil fuel emissions , but varied substantially year to year. This carbon absorption occurs through photosynthesis, where plants use water, light, and the nitrogen-rich enzyme RuBisCo to turn CO 2 into sugars and other carbon compounds.

Atmosphere 184

Atmosphere Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels Climate Change 184

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Based on this wealth of data and analysis, ERM came to a clear conclusion: The results of this study demonstrate that there is no material impact of the 2004, 2010, 2007, and 2014 HDV emission regulations on industry employment. <mic drop> So, is industry just full of it?

2007 258

2007 Nitrogen Oxides Regulations 2004 258

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This successful program has worked to reforest and revegetate former mine sites since 2004. Attendees will learn more about the history of ARRI's partnerships and the science behind the Forestry Reclamation Approach with speakers from Green Forests Work, the United States Forest Service, and Appalachian Voices.

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Physics World

JULY 30, 2021

Satoshi Hamaguchi has been Professor of Engineering at the Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, since 2004. His interest also includes plasma medicine, nuclear fusion, and AI and machine learning applications in plasma science and technologies.

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2004 Technology Technology Greenhouse 106

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

He returned to the Commonwealth as an Assistant Counsel with the Department of Environmental Protection in February 2004. After graduating law school, Braymer was also an associate for the Quinn Law Firm, in Erie, PA, where he represented individuals and companies in a wide range of environmental and oil and gas matters.

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2001 2002 Environmental Protection 2004 76

Corp Watch

JULY 25, 2023

Blackwater Mercenaries Take Risks for Right Price The New York Times PaulaR Tue, 07/25/2023 - 16:01 Friday, April 2, 2004 Read more James Dao, Eric Schmitt, and John F.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Since June 2004, PA Environment Digest has printed or linked to over 6,290 articles about environmental stewards from all walks of life and all ages. Take some time to read through at least the headlines to see how people just like you are helping to make Pennsylvania a better place!

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Conservation 2022 2004 2009 64

Corp Watch

JULY 27, 2023

Pentagon admits political appointee had role in awarding no-bid contract to Halliburton HalliburtonWatch PaulaR Thu, 07/27/2023 - 16:52 Monday, June 14, 2004 Read more WASHINGTON, June 14 (HalliburtonWatch.org) - The Pentagon admitted that a $7 billion no-bid contract to extinguish oil fires in Iraq was awarded to Halliburton after a "political appointee" (..)

Politics 40

Politics 2004 2023 40

Corp Watch

JULY 27, 2023

E-mail 'links Cheney to Halliburton deal' The Independent PaulaR Thu, 07/27/2023 - 16:53 Tuesday, June 1, 2004 Read more Rupert Cornwell The links between Dick Cheney and the Halliburton oil services company were under new scrutiny yesterday with the revelation of a Pentagon memo suggesting that the award to Halliburton of Iraq contracts was "co-ordinated" (..)

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

By 2035, those emissions reductions will be 43-45% below 2004 levels. An article published in Science , a top scientific journal, used nine independent models to estimate the IRA’s effect. The authors found that economy-wide emissions would be 33-40% below 2005 levels with the IRA. These numbers may be a little confusing.

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2005 2030 Electricity 2004 318

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

This is our tenth version of the survey since 2004 and, to our surprise and delight, while challenges remain, the widespread consensus is that scientists in the federal government feel more positive about their workplaces now than they have at any other time we have administered the survey.

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2004 Government Politics Climate Scientist 196

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A 2004 U.N. The minister overseeing the project said in April that he has “no credible excuse” for the vast disparity in access to fresh drinking water. According to federal officials, the Canadian government does not keep data on the incidence of deaths or illnesses due to waterborne diseases.

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2014 2004 Government 2015 279

Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Well, back in 1993 (before the more comprehensive critiques had been published), Hoyt and Schatten put together a long-term estimate of solar activity that relied on the SCL, based on the idea from FCL91 and scaled to a finding about cycling and non-cycling stars that turned out to be wrong too (Wright, 2004). 1273-1278, 2004.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Back in 2004, its discovery was hailed as one of the best-known examples of the evolutionary transition from limbed animals that swam to those that walked on land. From science to pop culture and back again, Tiktaalik is a fish made truly famous.

2004 115

2004 115

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 15, 2022

In 2004, the International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded that formaldehyde is a human carcinogen, and the US Department of Health and Human Services listed it is as a known human carcinogen in 2011. Children’s exposure to formaldehyde in these settings is concerning because they are smaller and their bodies are still developing.

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Toxic Substances Control Act 2004 2011 2010 268

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2024

For more information, visit the Keystone Energy Efficiency Program About PEDA PEDA is an independent public financing authority that was created in 1982 by the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority and Emergency Powers Act and was revitalized through an April 8, 2004, Executive Order.

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Electricity 2004 Clean Energy Environmental Protection 80

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Data has shown, that the mortality rates in England from the severe and unprecedented series of heatwaves impacting the UK this summer are the highest since records began in 2004. This summer’s heat waves in the country also saw temperatures reach all-time highs.

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2004 Cooling Climate Change 98

Endangered Species Law

MAY 19, 2022

In 2004, the Service determined that. The DSL is no stranger to controversy. In 2002, CBD and others petitioned the Service to list the DSL due to alleged threats to the species’ habitat caused by oil and gas production.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Since 2004, Independence Conservancy has properly disposed of over 60,000 tires through this program, reinvesting all proceeds into clean water and open green space. The Independence Conservancy is a nonprofit 501c3 land conservation and environmental stewardship organization active in Beaver, Washington and Allegheny Counties.

Conservation 103

Conservation Waste 2004 2023 103

Physics World

APRIL 5, 2022

Sometime between 1995 and 2004, HD 166620’s starspot cycle simply stopped. The HIRES instrument received an upgrade in 2004, after which the flat activity of HD 166620 became apparent. One star that was surveyed has a cycle lasting less than four years, while another star, HD 166620, had a cycle 17 years long. Note the past tense.

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2004 2003 143

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 3, 2024

Tutman , Waterkeeper, is a grassroots community advocate for clean water in Maryland’s longest and deepest intrastate waterway and holds the title of Patuxent Riverkeeper , an organization that he founded in 2004.

Climate Change 80

Climate Change 2004 Law 2024 80

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2022

Since 2004, Independence Conservancy has properly disposed of over 58,000 tires through this program, reinvesting all proceeds into clean water and open green space. The Independence Conservancy is a nonprofit land conservation and environmental stewardship organization active in Beaver, Washington and Allegheny Counties.

Conservation 92

Conservation Waste 2004 2022 92

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

More continuous and densely arranged trees in such forests can easily carry and spread fire, and increase the risk of insect outbreaks like mountain pine beetle, which impacted nearly 40 million acres of forest in British Columbia during an outbreak that peaked in 2004. Mountain pine beetle killed trees in British Columbia.

Climate Change 257

Climate Change Atmosphere 2004 2019 257

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

According to the results of a new Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) survey released late last month, federal scientists are now working in a more supportive environment than any other time since UCS began administering such surveys back in 2004. Over the next four years, 15,000 more scientists added their names in support.

Politics 233

Politics 2018 2004 2022 233

Environment, Law, and History

AUGUST 27, 2023

Apparently Congress did not relish the task of periodically resetting the standards itself The 1990 Amendments authorized EPA to set standards for 2004 and beyond. ** This has to be considered a successful regulatory program. These are called Tier 1 standards.

Nitrogen Oxides 52

Nitrogen Oxides Clean Air Act Pollution Control 2004 52