Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2022

The hearing also featured testimony from staff at the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) which recently issued a report showing the deficiencies in policies and procedures for ensuring scientific integrity at public health agencies. A history of interference in federal science. “These actions can have enormous consequences.

Politics 245

Politics Government 2004 2005 245

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Government Accountability Office says that Congress needs to come up with a permanent solution , since the Yucca Mountain storage site has been taken off the table. Some scholars argue that the stress test is not stressful enough for depicting a worst-case scenario of several extremely dry years, like those that occurred in 2000 to 2004.

Nuclear Power 147

Nuclear Power Clean Water Act 2004 Regulations 147

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 194

Atmosphere Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels Climate Change 194

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Two decades after the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) redefined the term “scientific integrity,” the White House issued its first-ever scientific integrity policy in May as a model for all government agencies and departments to protect federal scientists from political interference. Are any states particularly good?

Politics 234

Politics Government Law Fossil Fuels 234

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. We need governments to regulate industry. Under Baiton’s leadership, CAPP has lobbied the federal government 74 times in the first 9 months of 2023 – that’s once every 2.5

Fossil Fuels 84

Fossil Fuels 2003 Climate Change 2004 84

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3), upheld the City of Livermore’s (“City”) approval of a 130-unit affordable housing project on a downtown infill site and its accompanying determination that the project was CEQA-exempt under Government Code section 65457 (“Section 65457”). ( Save Livermore Downtown v. City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__ 5th__ (“ SLD” ).)

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Government 2009 2013 2014 90

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The two industry-funded studies ( NERA 2008 and ACT Research 2022 ) claim much higher impact on sales than either the academic (RZW 2018) or government ( EPA 2021 ) studies. Four studies purporting to examine whether a pre-buy effect occurred on heavy-duty truck sales can’t agree on the magnitude or timing of any such effect.

2007 264

2007 Regulations Nitrogen Oxides 2004 264

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 241

Politics 2018 2004 2022 241

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.

Conservation 62

Conservation 2022 2004 2009 62

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. Image from Government of British Columbia.

Climate Change 266

Climate Change Atmosphere 2004 2019 266

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2024

“The KEEP Home Energy Loan is just the first of what we plan to be a robust lineup of financing programs supporting clean and efficient energy improvement projects for residents, businesses, schools, and local governments across PA.” The KEEP Home Energy Loan is the first financing product of the PEDA Energy Accelerator Program (EAP).

Electricity 78

Electricity 2004 Clean Energy Environmental Protection 78

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Supreme Court has agreed to hear and decide an important “regulatory takings” case from California that has major implications for federal, state and local governments nationwide. The case is Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, Docket No. He subsequently sued the county in California state court to pursue his constitutional challenge.

Regulations 130

Regulations Government 2004 2013 130

Circle of Blue

MARCH 14, 2022

Instead it begins with this: A brief on how adept engineering for dams and aqueducts, government subsidy, technological development for pumps and water recycling, surpassing marketing, and an advantageous assemblage of natural resources – sun, warmth, blue sky, and open spaces – produced one of the greatest desert civilizations in human history. .

2004 306

2004 2019 2012 Climate Change 306

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 8, 2022

That research is broad and heavily funded by the federal government, totaling more than $660 million in 2020 grants to the states alone. For ten years—from 1994 to 2004—there was a limited ban on assault weapons. Comprehensive statistics on automobile safety have been collected since the 1960s.

2019 263

2019 2020 2004 2013 263

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The federal permitting process began in 2004. The act allows military veterans, their families, and others who were exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune to sue the federal government for compensation. government water policy. At least one environmental group stated it will challenge the permit in court.

Clean Water Act 130

Clean Water Act 2004 Ocean Government 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2024

In a bit of rhetorical ecstasy, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan proclaimed that the federal government “is finally slamming the door on a chemical so dangerous that it has been banned in over 50 countries.” The legacy of death and disease from disinformation and “disappeared” information haunts us to this day.

2001 237

2001 2004 Regulations Technology 237

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

After clicking around, I found one on a non-government site and reviewed the list of contests and ballot measures. Nationally, since 2004, the evidence shows that the number of over- and undervotes averages about one percent.While that sounds low, a big problem is that certain districts have higher residual vote rates than others.

2008 198

2008 2010 2020 2024 198

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 28, 2023

A study investigating how much education affects voting rates from 1950 to 2004 found that this positive correlation has increased since 1980. It has been well documented for decades that higher educational attainment strongly correlates with a person’s higher likelihood of voting.

Politics 215

Politics 2002 2004 Law 215

Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Hossain recently returned from a trip to Jordan, where he met with Iraqi government ministers to discuss water issues. Pavelsky started even earlier, attending his first SWOT development meeting in 2004, when he was in graduate school. It’s kind of like the internet – it democratizes access to water information,” he said.

Ocean 351

Ocean Politics Atmosphere 2004 351

Law Columbia

MARCH 28, 2022

The PPCDAm represents a package of measures and financial directives by the Federal Government to combat deforestation and degradation in the Amazon. In 2020, the Supreme Court held a preliminary public hearing for the parties to present facts on deforestation in the Amazon and the results achieved by the PPCDAm between 2004 and 2020.

Deforestation 120

Deforestation 2004 2020 Government 120

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 6, 2022

We focused on a 2004 Supreme Court case called Veith v Jubelirer. Even aside from the direct subversion of presidential elections, this radical doctrine contradicts the constitutional separation of powers between state and federal governments. Gerrymandering in the courts.

2004 169

2004 Politics 2016 2018 169

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Mike worked for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1986 and served as Regional Director of the Department of Environmental Protections Northeast Regional Office since 2004. From 1999 to 2004, he was Chief Counsel for the DEP - supervising more than 70 attorneys.

Natural Resources 96

Natural Resources 2004 Environmental Protection Conservation 96

Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

We have direct AMOC measurements only since 2004, a time span too short for this type of study. That is in our hands – or more precisely, that of our governments and powerful corporations. In 2022, the G20 governments alone subsidised fossil fuel use with 1.4 I’ve seen two main arguments there.

Ocean 243

Ocean Fossil Fuels Cooling 2016 243

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Persistent dry conditions are driving up the cost of water and prompting more resistance from government and citizens to new development. Groundwater use will total about 400 million to 500 million gallons annually, and local governments and citizen groups have objected. .

Recycling 299

Recycling 2022 Law 2004 299

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

During his tenure on Council he has served as Chairman from June 2004 through September 2006 and before that as Vice Chair. The sturdy framework of laws, regs and people we rely today on for coal mine reclamation in Pennsylvania was designed and implemented by him and his colleagues in DER and the federal government.

2004 98

2004 2006 Regulations Law 98

The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The policy selected New York law to govern all future disputes arising under the contract. Marine insurance policies are maritime contracts which are governed in the first instance by maritime law. 14, 27 (2004). (“Raiders”) were parties to a marine insurance policy covering Raiders’ vessel. 2 1 348 U.S. 310 (1955).

Law 52

Law 2004 Government 2024 52

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

By working across municipal boundaries and adopting solar power for our local government facilities, we endeavor to bolster our resilience against fluctuating energy prices and environmental uncertainties. Entities that go solar wisely recognize that an investment in renewable energy is also an investment in their local communities.

Renewable Energy 75

Renewable Energy Electricity 2004 Solar Power 75

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This current effort is our tenth survey since 2004 and every iteration has provided a wealth of data and information. In 2020, we presented the results of our 2018 survey to a team at the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigating scientific integrity violations and political interference at public health agencies.

2018 209

2018 Politics 2020 2019 209

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

I saw the importance of government help for recovery, and for alerts and warnings for natural disasters, and we didn’t really have any of that then.” It was a pretty impactful event for me, a lot of people were displaced for a long time, and it caused billions of dollars in damage,” she says. “I

Ocean 92

Ocean Climate Change 2004 2009 92

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. Federal Government (via USA Spending) Toyota contracts with the U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S.

Clean Air Act 52

Clean Air Act 2019 2018 2014 52

The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2021

On April 19, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report (the “Report”) in response to a request from the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources regarding the oversight and decommissioning of pipelines in federal waters, which are mainly located within the Gulf of Mexico.

Regulations 52

Regulations Natural Resources 2004 Law 52

Greenbuilding Law

MAY 30, 2021

While the idea of ESG began in 2004 with a United Nations initiative to influence capital in non Western markets, in 2021 the legal and political institutions in the United States and the EU are demanding those ideas be implementing with due haste. If each country (.

2004 52

2004 Regulations Climate Change Politics 52

Montrose

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The two firms have an established working relationship dating back to 2017, and have executed numerous projects together for the federal government and clients in the private sector. The certification enables the approved JV to bid on federal government contracts that are set aside for small, disadvantaged businesses. Navy, the U.S.

2004 40

2004 2011 2013 Government 40

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

Local governments, schools, businesses, and organizations may apply for AFIG funding. DEP administers the AFIG Program under the Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Act of 2004, originally established under Act 166 of 1992. Click Here for a list of grants awarded.

Nitrogen Oxides 52

Nitrogen Oxides Greenhouse Ground-Level Ozone Carbon Dioxide 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Currently there are programs to reduce energy demand with rebates for electric heat pumps, water heaters, and kitchen appliances, and more opportunities will be available as the federal government finalizes the programs. DEP’s work has been guided, in part, by an Environmental Justice Policy adopted in 2004.

Climate Change 95

Climate Change 2004 2023 Natural Gas 95

Acoel

MARCH 9, 2023

Nevertheless, the federal government has not funded weather modification research and operations since the WDMP program, but states have increasingly become involved in weather modification regulation. Attention on weather modification seems ripe for greater reflection.

Atmosphere 52

Atmosphere 2002 2004 2009 52

Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

government $265 million plus interest for over-billing on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and in 2010 it was ordered to repay the U.S. These payments included $3 million to the Japanese prime minister and $1.1 million to a Dutch prince. In 2007 Lockheed was ordered to repay the U.S. Air Force and the U.S.

Government 52

Government 2018 2016 2020 52