Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In First, Earth’s Temperature Breached Key Threshold Over a 12 Month Period ” is how the Wall Street Journal put it. Earth Just Experienced 12 Months Of Global Temperatures Above Critical 1.5C degrees Fahrenheit) is a target to limit global-average heating that was adopted by nations in the 2015 Paris Agreement. C threshold?

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Energy & the Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The district court had denied Antero’s request that Kawcak disgorge $12 million in salary and vested stock, reasoning that Antero was made whole with the damage award. From 2011 to 2015 he arranged to hire companies owned by his close friend Robertson to perform post-frac drillout operations. The jury award Antero $11.1

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The four wells that are part of this announcement were list as abandoned by DEP since April 14, 2015.] This well was listed as abandoned by DEP in an inspection report on April 14, 2015 - report not available, but noting ‘no adverse event or action reported.] operates 110 conventional wells.] [The

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2024

From January 4 to 12, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 1,020 inspection entries. The violations were for failure to permanently stabilize the site and protect it from erosion and sedimentation and the Chapter 102 erosion and sedimentation permit had expired on March 31, 2015. [

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

On December 12, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council announced that Thomas Gilbert will serve as the organization’s next President beginning in January. “We Posted: December 12, 2023] PA Environment Digest Tom is the right person to support current work, innovate for new phases, and lead our professional staff going forward.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on draft Stream Evaluation Reports for Aquashicola Creek (Monroe and Carbon counties); Jones Creek (Susquehanna County) and Hosensack Creek (Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties). Comments on due September 11.

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Corp Watch

MAY 12, 2023

Privatización de la seguridad: un negocio de 3.000 millones en el que se cruzan amiguismo y corrupción Voz Pópuli PaulaR Fri, 05/12/2023 - 18:20 Saturday, February 21, 2015 Read more Privatización de la vigilancia y protección de las prisiones , de centros militares sanitarios adscritos a Defensa o de las instalaciones de la Administración General (..)

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Schaffernicht, 2015: Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation. Change, 12(9), 808-813, doi: 10.1038/s41558-022-01. Nature Climate Change, 5, 475–480, doi:10.1038/nclimate2554. 4. NASA Vital Signs, [link]. 5. Box, J.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 13, 2022

Nearly two dozen Iranians were sentenced to prison for taking part in a 2015 protest over water diversions. What’s Up With Water — April 12, 2022 — This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers a recent report from the United nations climate panel and the ripple effect of war in Ukraine. In Recent Water News. water utilities.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

On October 12, U.S. Posted: October 12, 2023] PA Environment Digest Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited the Beechview-Seldom Seen Greenway in Pittsburgh to witness firsthand the work of Landforce , a land stewardship and workforce development organization.

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Environmental Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Wed, 11/02/2022 - 12:48. An EPA administrative law judge ordered a commercial recycling company to pay $16,000 for unlawfully exporting spent lead acid batteries to China and South Korea in 2015. In re Caribbean All Metal Recyclers Corp. hjones@eli.org. 07/25/2017. Case Number. RCRA-02-2016-7103. 47 ELR 47908.

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MGKF Law

APRIL 27, 2023

5, 2015 , No. 12, 2023) (“ In Re Gold Mine ”), the Court held that CERCLA limited the Navajo Nation’s use of NRDs but also that CERCLA did not preempt state tort claims seeking restorative damages. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

percent between 2015 and 2021-- from 14.3 million tons in 2015 to 8.59 million tons in 2015 to 3.22 percent between 2015 to 2021-- 21.4 million tons in 2015 to 3.22 percent between 2015 to 2021-- 21.4 The meeting will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building starting at 12:30 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million in across-the-board cuts to help fill gaps caused by reduced federal Medicaid appropriations-- $2.4 million; DCNR: $1.5

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 8, 2022

Belan Ruia makes every drop of water count as she washes dishes in April 2015 in her East Porterville, California, home. Department of Defense revealed high levels of PFAS contamination near at least 12 military bases. Like her neighbors, her well went dry during the state’s historic drought. Photo & copy; J.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster BBC PaulaR Wed, 01/31/2024 - 13:57 Saturday, January 27, 2024 Read more Peter Hoskins A federal judge in Brazil has ordered mining giants BHP, Vale and their Samarco iron ore joint venture to pay 47.6bn reais ($9.67bn) in damages over a deadly dam burst in 2015. Corporation Vale S.A.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 20, 2022

Although total pollution incidents declined, the EA wrote that trends had not improved since 2015 and compliance with permits to discharge wastewater had worsened since 2020. As of July 12, nearly 45 percent of the U.S. Flash floods in western China have killed at least 12 people and forced thousands to evacuate.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 24 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its determination that 57 major industrial facilities across the state meet Air Quality RACT II and RACT III requirements and the 2015 national ozone pollution standard.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

According to the Communication, buildings and power generation can make the largest and most cost-efficient emissions reductions, in the order of 60% and more compared to 2015, to reach the 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target (p.8). At least 30 % of the EU´s multiannual budget shall be dedicated to `climate relevant spending´ (p.4),

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Under construction since 2015, the 3,400-acre project is spending $350 million for a closed-loop water supply system that collects, treats, and recycles wastewater for over 12,500 residences that are planned, plus commercial and retail spaces. They no longer feature big lakes, irrigated lawns, golf courses, and open drainage canals.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

There were 2 violations in 2017; -- Howard Drilling : There was 1 violation in 2015; These companies also reported road spreading their oil and gas well wastewater. These companies also reported road spreading their oil and gas well wastewater. Read more here.] For much more information, visit DEP’s Office Of Oil & Gas Management webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

According to a new national report on schools’ adoption of solar published last week by nonprofit Generation180 , Pennsylvania ranked 11th in the nation for the amount of solar installed by its K-12 schools, climbing up from 13th place two years ago. Solar energy offsets electricity at nearly 1 in 10 (9%) K-12 schools in the United States.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2023

In 2017, the 12-year-old was walking home when he slipped into a deep pit abandoned by Metallicon S.A Mongabay reports that between 2015 and 2022, more than 200 people have died from drownings, cave-ins, and landslides. Of all the deaths recorded at abandoned mining sites, the most striking is that of Samba.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JANUARY 4, 2022

In my 2015 paper, I discuss the broad issue. 12(1), pages 25-30, August. Second, I love this intellectual tension that posits that behavioral economics can explain under-investment in resilience. Kahn Matthew E., My main point is to discuss the role of the insurance industry here.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 29, 2021

This “one-in-1,000-year flooding event” swept the Carolinas in October 2015. It was followed by a second “one-in-1,000” 12 months later, and a third the year after that. Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, October 2015 @Gideon Mendel.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Bureau of Reclamation’s 24-month study, in the simplest terms, projects water levels for the next two years at 12 federal reservoirs in the Colorado River basin, including Lakes Mead and Powell, the countries largest reservoirs. The problem: there are more wet years in the 1981 to 2015 period than dry ones.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

The collapse of the Fundão dam at the Germano iron ore mine in November 2015 killed 19 while the collapse of the Brumadinho dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine in January 2019 killed 270. The Fundão disaster led to an initial R$20 billion ($4.8 The companies face preliminary fines of 250m Brazilian reais (£43.6m; $66.3m).

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A Greener Life

MARCH 10, 2022

The 2022 list found that the world’s most under-reported humanitarian crisis of the last 12 months was Zambia , where drought led to 1.2 I wrote about it in 2020 and in 2021 , and some themes emerge – Africa dominates, and so does climate change and conflict. Some situations blend all three. million people experiencing hunger.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

House Bill 5093 , introduced in 2015, would have required water and sewer utilities to report annually on water rates, average monthly bills, and the number of water shutoffs by ZIP code and census tract. In the last 12 months federal lawmakers approved more than $1.1 It did not pass out of committee.

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Physics World

JUNE 5, 2021

First mooted in 2015, the GRAND project aims to detect ultra-high energy neutrinos originating from deep space using 200 000 antennas spread across mountainous regions around the world. The full-scale experiment is estimated to have annual emissions of 13385 CO 2 e – a 12-fold jump.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Coldstream B well pad radiological screening found results within the wastewater pit there ranged from 7 to 14 microroentgens per hour and the mean and maximum background radiological levels were 10 and 12 microroentgens per hour, according to a consultant’s report included with the consent order. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

The work was initiated by Alexander Hristov , distinguished professor of dairy nutrition, in 2015 when he was the chair of the Feed and Nutrition Network of the 35-country Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. degrees Fahrenheit.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

MAY 13, 2021

12(1), pages 25-30, August. Kahn, 2015. " Rhode, 2012. Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century ," American Economic Review , American Economic Association, vol. 102(3), pages 238-244, May. Kahn Matthew E., 53(3), pages 654-666, September.

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MAY 31, 2023

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast , released on May 25, calls for similar numbers: 12 to 17 total named storms, of which 5 to 9 could become hurricanes, with 1 to 4 being major. NOAA has a 70% confidence in these ranges (but see more about uncertainty below).

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 17, 2021

When this photo was taken, in April 2015, the well at their nearby home had been dry for 18 months and they visited the depot twice a week for water. A state database for household water supply issues received 38 dry well reports in the first 12 days of June, the most for any month since October 2016. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Bay Area Air Quality Management District (2015) 62 Cal.4th My December 18, 2015 post on the case can be found here. City of Berkeley (2015) 60 Cal.4th My March 3, 2015 post on the case can be found here. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (2015) 62 Cal.4th Baseline basics are clarified.

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CEQA Developments

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Costco proposed the project – a 16-pump (32-fuel position) gas station with related facilities and an adjacent 56-space surface parking lot – next to an existing Costco warehouse within an already built 12-acre shopping center located along a major commercial thoroughfare and adjacent to an auto center and another large retail center.

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