PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

On November 18, the Public Utility Commission approved a settlement related to a massive pipeline failure and fire in Beaver County in 2018 involving the “Revolution Pipeline” – resulting in nearly $2 million in civil penalties and additional preventative measures required by the pipeline operator. Early on the morning of Sept.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 30, 2021

What’s Up With Water – June 28, 2021 – This week’s episode covers the body of Indigenous activist Tomás Rojo Valencia that was recovered last week in Mexico and drought and toxic algal blooms in Iowa that are putting drinking water supplies for more than 500,000 people at risk. ON THE RADAR.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

counties have experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021, with some having as many as 12 disasters during that time. In 2021 alone, the U.S. Pennsylvania From 2011 to 2021 Pennsylvania had 9 climate disaster declarations with six counties having fire or more disasters. PEMA estimated that in 2018 alone $101.5

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 21, 2022

The 2021 Governors’ Climate Resilience Playbook outlines 12 foundational steps to set and achieve an effective state-level climate resilience agenda. This Playbook updates the 2018 U.S. Download the document. Climate Alliance (USCA) New Governors’ Climate Resilience Playbook based on U.S.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

Maryland is on the cusp of being the first state in the country to authorize use of the new 2021 edition of the International Green Construction Code for public and private building. 46 days after publication allowing for a comment period, the Department will be free to adopt the 2021 IgCC by regulation. . The backstory is important.

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ESA

JANUARY 14, 2022

As you may recall, ESA formally made the latest in a series of changes to our Bylaws, as recommended by the Governing Board and adopted by the ESA Council last August. The new Council Structure provides a greater voice of the membership to strategic directions of ESA and enhanced exchange with the ESA Governing Board and staff.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. As in the United States, state governments made some effort to pick up the slack.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Hindustan Times reports that government officials in the Indian state of Karnataka has proposed a project to supply treated water from the Vrishabhavathi river in Bengaluru to water-deprived regions. Driven by increases in heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, the global average temperaturehas increased roughly 1 degree Celsius (1.8

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Government funding for research and deployment of CDR is increasing. Yet, key issues around definitions, guidance, and climate governance remain.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2021

FDA’s decision to issue this investigator-specific guidance follows publication of a draft sponsor-specific safety reporting guidance in June 2021, and is part of an effort to ultimately replace the older guidance documents with role-specific guidance. 2021) (RWE Draft Guidance). A summary of these documents follows below.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

When they converge on Glasgow this fall to rekindle pivotal global climate negotiations that were dampened during the pandemic, diplomats and government ministers will confront a world much changed since their last convention. Environmental activist deaths rose from four in 2018 to 14 in 2019.

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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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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A look back at significant decisions in climate litigation in 2021. 2021 was a significant year for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. Perhaps the most significant decision in climate litigation in 2021 came from the Netherlands.

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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. 15, 2021, incident that harmed Mikaila and another farmer is just one in a larger pattern of growing hostilities between herders and farmers in this region. By Kunle Adebajo and Murtala Abdullahi, CCIJ — April 14, 2022.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2023

This year, many on the far-right are attempting to rebrand Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing as “woke capitalism.” While ExxonMobil left ALEC in 2018 , Chevron includes ALEC on its most recent list of trade association memberships , and the company has even sponsored the organization’s annual meetings.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. The government has also pledged that a third of new cars will be electric or hydrogen by 2030. and Australia.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Law 1931 of 2018 on climate change action. Resolution 40807 of 2018 of the Ministry of Mines and Energy on the Climate Change Management Plan for the Energy Sector. Law 2169 of 2021 on carbon neutrality and climate resilience. Decree 298 of 2016 on the National Climate Change System. Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement.

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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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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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Law and Environment

JULY 10, 2023

Covered buildings will be required to gradually reduce emissions, relative to a 2018–2019 baseline, over compliance periods starting in 2026 and 2030. It remains to be seen whether the BEUDO amendment signals a broader trend among local governments to push for ambitious emissions building reductions.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It’s the lowest level for the month of August since 2018 and it continues a downward trend. The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. Q: The Brazilian government knows about these gains thanks to satellite data from Brazil’s space research agency. Gray: That’s right.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 4, 2023

The Ontario government is running roughshod over Ontario’s environmental and planning rules. The federal government has a responsibility to ensure nation-wide laws are followed to protect Ontario’s future. Review of its impacts and a decision on whether or not to permit its construction is fully within federal responsibility.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 13, 2021

Arnold & Porter International Trade senior associate Leslie Bailey and Environmental partner Zachary Fayne were named to Law360’s 2021 list of “Rising Stars.” ” She joined the Arnold & Porter client team on the long-running dispute in 2018.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

By Eli Francovich, Columbia Insight — December 7, 2021. A 2018 deal showed the tremendous speculative value of land/water deals in the Columbia River Basin. If climate change forecasts prove accurate, the summer of 2021 was a dress rehearsal for the future. Ghost cattle—200,000 made-up heifers. World of scarcity’.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy. Above, a VinFast vehicle charges in Quang Ninh, Vietnam, in 2021. Launched in December 2021, the USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program (SPP) aims to mobilize $2 billion for clean energy projects across the region.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron is analyzed to have dedicated only 0.2% The fossil fuel industry is propped up in part by government subsidies , which help preserve an unsustainable industry that could not compete with renewables if it took into account its true costs to society. trillion or 6.8%

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

State water managers and the federal government say they will include tribes in upcoming Colorado River policymaking negotiations for the first time. Like any government in the southwest, tribal nations see water as a cornerstone of growing their communities and local economies while supporting the livelihoods and well-being of their members.

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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. 2021) 74 Cal.App.5th City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 5, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 5, 2021. Government ministries from Albania, Morocco, and Peru also signed on. By championing skills development, data exchanges, systematic approaches, research and development, governance, and financing, the Paris Pact, in its intent, helped set the course for the climb.

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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. In 2018, Toyota was ordered to pay out $21.9 It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S. China fines Toyota 87.6

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The energy research firm Wood Mackenzie estimates that the number of blades using PET as their core material instead of balsa will increase from 20% in 2018 to 55% in 2023. In 2021 in the US, 8,000 blades —which each average about 200 feet—were retired. Can wind turbine blades be recycled?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“On December 2, 2022, Glen Riddle Station LP filed a formal complaint alleging that Sunoco Pipeline LP’s construction of Mariner East 2 and Mariner East 2X pipelines across and adjacent to its buildings, which house 124 residential apartments, caused severe disruption to its residents sufficient to constitute unreasonable service by the utility.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 16, 2021

On the back of the dark and sombre Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cli mate report released last week, the US government agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed that this July was the warmest month ever experienced on Earth. Photo credit: NOAA NCEI. Record-breaker.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

The suit, in which the Allegheny County Health Department intervened as a co-plaintiff, was filed in response to 102 consecutive days of massive, illegal emissions of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide after a catastrophic fire at the Clairton Coke Works on Christmas Eve in 2018. million pounds of toxics to the county’s air in 2021.

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