PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

On June 20, the Public Utility Commission announced the distribution of a record $278,881,450 in Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee revenue to local governments and a variety of state programs. County and municipal governments directly affected by drilling will receive a total of $157,349,593 for the 2022 reporting year.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2023

Water governance institutions of the past are not well-equipped to respond to the rapidly changing effects of climate change,” said Heikkila, the co-director of the Center for Policy and Democracy at the University of Colorado Denver. The time for more collective action at all scales of governance is here,” she said.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 29, 2022

In 2011, a raccoon found its way into some electrical equipment at the Delaware City Refinery, taking a number of units offline. This study , and a recent report from the Government Accountability Office—the non-partisan congressional watchdog agency—found that roughly a third of RMP facilities are at increased risk from climate impacts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

The House Oversight Committee found that BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell handed out more than $44 billion in stock buybacks and dividends when profits started to rise last year, and those numbers are only going up: in April, ExxonMobil upped its buyback program from $10 billion to $30 billion through 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

Count of extreme events in Yolo and Sacramento counties from Sept 2011 to July 2019. Data: NOAA 2023. Local, regional, and state governments, water managers and decisionmakers all need to concern themselves with how and whether residents perceive climate risks. It has also shaped my career choice. Source: Dobbin et al.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

According to the 2023 Production Gap Report , the quantity of fossil fuels that companies are planning to produce is more than double the amount of oil, gas and coal that can be accommodated while keeping global temperature increase under 1.5 Despite 78 per cent of Canadians wanting action on this , the federal government has failed to act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

Impacted communities and nuclear weapons policy experts know that US government-led testing and production of nuclear weapons in other regions of the United States also affected others, yet those living with the health and environmental impacts are being denied the opportunity to even apply for compensation. Louis area?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Will your story be included in 2023? 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. 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 64

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 13, 2023

The Australian government has issued draft Environmental and Sustainability Guidance describing the obligations under Australian consumer law which businesses must comply with when making environmental and sustainability claims. This undermines effective competition and can create a disincentive for businesses to invest in sustainability.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

The Maryland Department of Labor is expected to publish the Notice of Proposed Action on January 13, 2023. A decade later, in 2011, Maryland was the first state to authorize the use of the IgCC for private and public construction. The backstory is important. the Department [ may ] SHALL: . (1)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

He was the author and lead advocate for the environmental amendment to the state constitution that declares a right to a clean environment by the people and makes the state government the trustee of the public natural resources. constitutional amendment on environmental rights.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Steffy (McGraw-Hill, 2011). Political Influence OpenSecrets.org Profile of BP (British Petroleum) Image Similar Companies Related Gulliver Profiles Repsol SA Royal Dutch Shell Total SA Federal Contractor Misconduct Database Project On Government Oversight's list of U.S. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING).

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

On August 10, 2023 the Sixth District Court of Appeal filed its published opinion in Santa Rita Union School District v. City of Salinas (2023) Cal.App.5th. On September 7, 2023, it filed an Order slightly modifying its opinion without modifying the judgment and denying rehearing. County of Madera (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Two weeks ago, the Zambezi River Authority ordered the operators of Kariba Dam to halt hydropower generation through at least January 2023, worsening electricity shortages in Zimbabwe and Zambia. government ordered the seven states to correct a longstanding misalignment of water supply and demand. Brett Walton.

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Washington Nature

JULY 20, 2023

For comparison, the left is a photo of the Fraser River from 2011, the right was taken on November 17, 2021, showing the floods from space. What started as a vision for better floodplain governance has grown into an ambitious public-private partnership. SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0,

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

billion in latest US trial loss over Roundup weedkiller Reuters PaulaR Mon, 11/27/2023 - 13:42 Monday, November 20, 2023 Read more Tom Hals Nov 19 (Reuters) - A Missouri jury ordered Bayer (BAYGn.DE) to pay $1.56 Government (via USA SPENDING). Government (via SAM). Bayer ordered to pay $1.56 June 2007). Smith (Yes!

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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.” NewsClip: -- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne County Native Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada [Posted: July 25, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. Nevertheless, the Japanese government chose to expand coal-fired power generation, which is a major source of emissions.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors Yahoo News PaulaR Tue, 11/07/2023 - 17:23 Thursday, October 12, 2023 Read more Raphael Satter & Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. charges involving a 2011 pipeline rupture that spilled oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 25, 2023

million in Roundup cancer trial, jury finds Reuters PaulaR Wed, 10/25/2023 - 18:06 Friday, October 20, 2023 Read more Brendan Pierson Oct 20 (Reuters) - Bayer AG must pay $1.25 Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Food You’re Eating by Jeffrey M. June 2007).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Food You’re Eating by Jeffrey M. Government (via USA SPENDING). Government (via SAM). June 2007). Smith (Yes! Books, 2003). Bayer contracts with the U.S.

Biotechnology 52

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Getting this right is important, both for California and to ensure the LCFS remains a workable model for other states and the federal government. Moreover, absent reform, the LCFS is not a replicable model for other states or the federal government. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2023–2025 and Other Changes.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Information unearthed by Environmental Progress points to a gaping oversight in how the figures influencing government net zero policy and investments in solar worldwide are compiled and collated due to the difficulty of collecting accurate information out of China, especially for the purification processes used to create silicon wafers.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

Award Winners -- Meaningful Watershed Education Experience School Of Excellence - Millville Jr/Sr High School Agriculture Department (Columbia County): The Millville Jr/Sr High School Agriculture Department MWEE experience took place during the 2022-2023 school year and continues to occur this school year.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

VJEL Newsroom Announcing VJEL's 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List By VJEL December 18, 2023 The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (VJEL) is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List. Because of this backlog, FERC promulgated Order 2023 – RM22-14-000 to speed up this process.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Guest Post by Marybeth Arcodia , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Many people, such as decision makers, including government officials and local authorities, farmers, shipping companies, energy sectors, and financial markets, rely on accurate subseasonal to seasonal forecasts. 2011): 150-157.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The middle ring is the space of informal, improvised action by diverse actors, including national governments, international organizations, private business and industry, and environmental and other civil-society groups.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The 2023-2028 SHIP was developed in collaboration with the Healthy Pennsylvania Partnership (HPP), with support from Harrisburg University. The other threats include transportation issues leading to social health disparities, escalating costs of medicines necessary to treat chronic diseases. Click Here for a copy of the Plan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

Lisa Johnson Lisa Johnson, Lisa Johnson & Associates, is an attorney representing citizens and local governments in a number of cases appealing DEP actions and inactions. It is extremely disturbing for residents to interact with government officials who are supposed to be protecting them, who disrespect them and mock them.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Radiation 95

Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] It went into effect in January 2023 and will be phased in over the next five years.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 8, 2024

2023) Cal.App.5th 2011) 202 Cal.App.4th Department of General Services (2023) 87 Cal.App.5th The amendments extended the contracts, which were originally entered into in the 1960s for 75-year terms, so as to end in the year 2085, and made other amendments to their financial provisions. C096304, C096316, C096384).

Law 52

Law Conservation 2014 2018 52

Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2022

Then once again in 2011, the state stepped in with an emergency manager when Flint faced a $19.1 Now, Flint residents are back on Detroit water and nearly all of the city’s lead pipes have been removed with the assistance of funding from the state and federal government. million deficit by 2012. A 2016 report from the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

From 2011 to 2016, DEP’s Air Quality Program only required oil and gas operators to maintain records of how frequently they conducted pigging operations. DEP only requires the applicant for these general permits to notify the local government where the facility is to be located that it is applying for coverage under these general permits.

Natural Gas 97

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

2016) The topic of deconstruction concerns various stakeholders including the general contractors, the recycling or deconstruction subcontractors and the government, both local and federal, who develop standards that are in place for recycling and re-use of materials. Copyright 2023 Perks Deconstruction. (Paruszkiewicz et al.,

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

For fiscal year 2023, Michigan utilities indicated interest in $1.1 A report from the University of Michigan and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center examined SRF distributions by state between 2011 and 2020. The supply-demand problem is not disappearing, either. billion from both the drinking water fund and $1.7 Brett Walton.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 23, 2023

Guest Post by Jackie Billotte , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. 14 18–24 Preprint at [link] (2011). Conservation Biology 25 , 9–20 (2011). Values, trust, and cultural backlash in conservation governance: The case of wildlife management in the United States. Animal Conservation vol. Roberge, J.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 6, 2023

government’s announcement of new enforcement actions “. Effective August 2, 2023, goods produced by Camel Group Co., The federal government began enforcing the UFLPA in June 2022. The increasing number of businesses concerned about modern slavery in their supply chain are paying attention to the U.S.

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