Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

After having phased out coal and successfully decreased pollution between 2005 and 2017, emissions started to rise again in 2018 – when the current government came into power. The current Ontario Government’s record. The government claims it can reduce transportation emissions by shifting to electric vehicle (EV) use.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. In our government, it will be a priority to avoid this destruction and to have development that is compatible with the environment.”. By Francisco Parra Galaz

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Acoel

AUGUST 16, 2021

As discussed in an earlier blog , it was not until 2017 that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court used Section 27 to hold a statute unconstitutional. On July 21, 2021, the state’s Supreme Court reaffirmed and extended its 2017 holding. A once-obscure area of environmental law is gaining in importance.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Tesla sues Swedish government after postal workers allegedly block license plate deliveries CNBC PaulaR Thu, 11/30/2023 - 13:12 Monday, November 27, 2023 Read more Ashley Capoot Tesla filed a lawsuit against the Swedish Transport Agency on Monday that claims it should be able to collect license plates directly instead of receiving them by mail.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It wants government handouts to pay for experimental projects to burn plastic or turn it into fuel. Federal government research forecasted an increase in polyethylene production of nearly 15 per cent (to 4.25 million tonnes) between 2017 and 2021. We need a plan that won’t : 5. Prop up false solutions.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In September 2017, Eric Biber and I published a threat assessment after the first 200 days of the Trump Administration. The 2017 report was organized at the tool that Trump could use, rather than specific policy questions. The 2017 threat assessment. The 2017 threat assessment. The 2017 threat assessment.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

Developing the Pathways Alliance project is currently projected to cost over $16 billion dollars , and Pathways Alliance CEOs like Pourbaix are insisting that governments should cover most of it – even as these companies are making record profits. Both were eventually rejected by governments. Sometimes the industry tells on itself.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

The index measures the performance of companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. On August 3, Pittsburgh-based PPG announced it has been named to the FTSE4Good Index Series for the third consecutive year. To learn more about PPG’s sustainability efforts and progress, visit PPG’s Sustainability webpage.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

We first created this graphic in 2017. In the past few months, while monitoring of the tailings has been halted during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal government, Alberta government, and industry groups have been meeting to talk about clean-up solutions. What are tailings ponds? . times the size of Washington D.C!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2022

These snapshots are, unfortunately, not as comprehensive as they were intended to be, with many Spanish language resources missing from the January 19, 2017, snapshot, for example. EPA’s archive could become a model of web governance that fosters democratic oversight.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 24, 2022

The New York Times reports that a top secret special operations unit in the Defense Department bombed the Tabqa Dam on March 26, 2017. Six months later, in October 2017, Syrian forces regained control of Raqqa. In Syria, a strategically important dam that was supposed to be protected from airstrikes was in fact the target of a U.S.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. 19, 2017); In re Constitution Pipeline Co. , Reorganized Peabody Energy Corp. County of San Mateo (In re Peabody Energy Corp.) , No. 16-42529 (Bankr. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Sierra Club v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). Clean Air Council v.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

The motion asks the company to produce a report examining how Enbridge’s governance systems are functioning. The motion asks the company to produce a report examining how Enbridge’s governance systems are functioning. They have also advocated for this to the US government.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 18, 2024

These are specifically the Atlantic humpback whale UME in 2017, the North Atlantic right whale (NARW) UME in 2017, and the Atlantic minke whale UME in 2018. The UMEs for the humpback and minke whales include deaths in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption.

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Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 30, 2022

By Delaney Dryfoos In San Felipe, a fishing town on the northeast edge of Baja California, the use and transportation of gillnets have been banned by the Mexican government since 2017 as a measure to protect the rare vaquita porpoise. Only around 10 of the porpoises are thought to remain.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mitt Romney issued a press release crowing about all the money he secured for his state in the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that lays out what the government will spend on the US military in the following fiscal year. Cartwright’s coauthor for that 2017 column was William J. Last December, Utah Sen.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The current EEG stems from 2017 and by that time some fundamental changes were made to the system, as discussed on this blog. Now the german government decided to, once again, amend the EEG to accelerate the faltering energy turnaround. The new EEG amendments (so called EEG Novelle 2021 ) shall come into force on 1 January 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

For more than a century, the United States has recognized this, and maintaining roads and bridges has been a core function of federal, state, and local governments. The federal government embraced a role in supporting transit in the 1970s, but this was cut back for the past 40 years and didn’t rebound until the pandemic.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Take action by telling the government to hold the oil and gas sector accountable for its pollution by urgently implementing a cap on emissions. Pierce proudly boasts about “driving government policy at federal and state levels” for the benefit of oil and gas companies. Is that you? million gas cars.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Xi Jinping first used a variation on this phrase in 2014, and its current form (百年未有之大变局) has been a staple of his speeches since 2017. The Law makes it clear that China wants a greater part in shaping the rules of global governance, and to continue to promote its own international initiatives within that system.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

That would be at best a replay of 2017-2019 in terms of environmental policy. Government shutdown. It still seems likely that the Freedom Caucus in the House will force the government into a shutdown. The next election could transform U.S. environmental policy, for better or worse. Will the voters blame Republicans?

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 29, 2024

Similarly, the IESO plans to provide 25 per cent of the electricity we need from burning gas for the next six years, up from just 4 per cent in 2017. The world is going through an energy transition yet the Ontario government is stuck in the past. This is not the work of a fiscally responsible government.

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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

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Environmental Progress

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

and foreign government support for domestic censorship and disinformation, 2016 - 2022 Testimony by Michael Shellenberger to The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government November 30, 2023 Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Plaskett, and members of the Subcommittee thank you for inviting my testimony.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Developing countries have made it very clear that a World Bank-hosted fund is not fit for this purpose and is incompatible with this vision, since it does not allow for shared governance, or speed and direct access requirements. This is preventing progress on a Loss and Damage agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Representatives Scott Peters (D-California) and María Elvira Salazar (R-Florida), the NCARS bill would improve how the federal government prepares and responds to extreme weather and climate-related disasters. Over a decade, from 2007-2017 , the direct costs of extreme weather events to the federal government was $350 billion.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It also calls for involving local communities, including Indigenous peoples and traditional owners, in site governance to help strengthen climate responses locally. Why this latter recommendation is important is clear from the nominations that are up for review this year.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

Electronics Waste Recycling Program Is Broken Local governments, community groups and DEP have all concluded the electronic waste recycling program is broken and needs a major overhaul to work effectively. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

Perhaps most importantly, the federal government has invested billions of dollars in clean energy. 2017 Trump announces U.S. We need the active support of the federal government. Emissions standards for new cars temporarily stalled under Trump but are nonetheless much tighter than they were before Obama. Bush signs and U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On November 24, Queen’s Park Today reported that in response to the Ontario Liberal Party’s campaign proposal to offer electric vehicle incentives, Minister Piccini claimed the Progressive Conservative government policies have already led to “a 210 per cent increase in EV (electric vehicle) sales year over year from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021.”.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Understanding that such investments would not be made by farmers without a guaranteed market, the Indian government also created a minimum support price (MSP) for wheat in 1966-67. A 2019 Indian government report estimated that 74% of the area where wheat is cultivated, and 65% of the area where rice is grown, will face water shortages.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 19, 2022

And as much as I enjoy working with the commissioner, I think it’s better for everyone if the federal government doesn’t make these tough decisions.” — Sen. States that received tens of billions in federal funds to help homeowners rebuild after wildfires and hurricanes in 2017 and 2018 have been slow to distribute the money.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The last time the UN declared a famine was in South Sudan in 2017. This week Circle of Blue reports on the huge water infrastructure investments being made by state and local governments , thanks to billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funds. But warning bells are again ringing. Iberia Parish Sewerage District No.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

This is outrageous, especially given that Ontario successfully phased out coal-fired power plants between 2005 and 2017 and brought down greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 93 per cent. The Ontario government may not care about climate change but the Federal government says it does. What a boondoggle!

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. The government has even tried to retrain some herders to work as ranchers, but there is little known about the progress of this initiative. We want the government to help us. A floundering government response. We grew up here.

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