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What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

Coal began to really plunge in 2012, three years before Obama’s Clean Power Plan was issued. In 2010, U.S. Employment in the East (basically Appalachia) fell before 2000, ticked up until 2012, and then resumed falling. By 2012 about half of 1980 employment had already been lost, nearly all in Appalachia.

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Dell Technology’s Path to Reducing Energy Intensity and Carbon Emissions

Environmental Leader

Dell Technologies committed to reducing emissions from assets it owned and controlled by 40% by 2020 from a 2010 baseline. And, it promised to cut its energy intensity by 80% by 2020 from a 2012 baseline. It also sought to cut indirect emissions from the energy it purchased by the same amount. The results?

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Oregon Takes a Big Step Forward

Legal Planet

The cuts are measured from a 2010-2012 baseline. Here are a few details about the four bills: House Bill 2021 creates the emission reduction mandate. It’s a complex piece of legislation, and I’ll only mention some of the provisions.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million cut from the DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2010-11 budget; -- $180 million diverted from the DCNR Oil and Gas Fund to General Fund in proposed FY 2010-11 budget; -- $5.5 million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million from DEP, $1.5

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Vacuum technology for mimicking cosmic-dust formation in dying stars

Physics World

Jose A Martín Gago , research professor at ICMM-CSIC from 2012, obtained a PhD in physics funded by ESRF, Grenoble. From 2010, he has been the Spanish representative in the executive council of the International union of vacuum science and technique and applications (IUVSTA). Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience.

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The world just experienced its warmest month ever

A Greener Life

degrees C above average – this surpassed the previous record set in 2012. Asia had its hottest July on record, beating the previous record set in 2010. Europe had its second-hottest July on record, tied with July 2010, and only trailing July 2018.

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The Ongoing Tension over Stormwater Discharges in Los Angeles

Legal Planet

The 2012 MS4 Permit in a Nutshell. The MS4 permit currently in effect was issued in 2012 and re-adopted the receiving water limitations—or the maximum amount of a pollutant that may be added to a specified water body—from the earlier permit established in 2001. Taking the 2012 MS4 Permit to Court. The Proposed 2021 MS4 Permit.

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