Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A movement in the UK to stop the release of raw sewage into waterways has gained steam lately after a recent report found that water companies released raw sewage into rivers more than 400,000 times in 2020. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. says the gap between current spending and needed funding is enormous, and widening.

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 19, 2022

billion raised in 2020. The post Total Corporate Funding in Solar Sector Soared 91% in 2021, a 10-Year High appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Total corporate funding across the globe in the solar sector, including venture capital and private equity (VC), debt financing, and public market financing, came to $27.8

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As we head into 2020, the upcoming presidential election in the United States looms large. The Top 10 Environmental Watch List is not about politics on its face, but as any 1L taking Constitutional Law can tell you, law and politics are fruit of the same tree. 2020 will prove a test in more ways than one. judicial appointments.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 24, 2023

Between 2020 and 2025, the percentage of respondents planning to increase sustainability spending by 10% or more nearly doubled, rising from 26% to 51%.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 10, 2021

r Cymru Welsh Water’s own figures found that raw sewage was dumped into rivers more than 100,000 times in 2020. The post The Stream, August 10, 2021: Greenland Lost Billions of Tons of Ice Last Month appeared first on Circle of Blue. Although the Welsh government has spent millions on river clean up, water utility D?r

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2021

million pounds of nitrogen reductions in 2020, accounting for nearly half of the 10 million pounds attributed to the entire watershed, according to Bay Program computer models. The nitrogen reduction credited to Pennsylvania for 2020 was more than the state had accomplished in the entire previous decade, according to model estimates.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 6, 2023

Six fossil fuel companies funneled more than $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010 to 2020, according to a new study.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reported State Park visitation so far in 2021 has not quite kept pace with the records broken in 2020 during the beginning of the COVID pandemic, but it's still 3.9 But, from January to April 2021, State Park visitation was actually ahead of the 2020 pace. million fewer.

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NAEP Leadership Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

On March 10, 2020, NAEP submitted comments to the Council on Environmental Quality on CEQ’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking revising its regulations for implementing the procedural requirements of NEPA. The proposed rulemaking was published in the Federal Register on January 10, 2020, and the comment period closed on March 10.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

The last DEP drought declaration began on August 21, 2020 which expanded to 33 counties in drought watch and three in drought warning in October, 2020 and ended in February 2021. A few counties have experienced very dry conditions over the summer, and a number of others have inched into increasingly dry conditions in recent weeks.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership has awarded its Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Awards to Kiasha Huling of Philadelphia and Shauna Yorty of Lancaster. CBF launched the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership in 2018, focused on Pennsylvania’s Clean Water Blueprint and with a goal of planting 10 million trees for Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Nancy Kline (2017) Chautauqua Energy (2017) CNX Gas (2016) Cobra Resources 2019; 2021) D & M Energy (2019; 2020) Dannic Energy Corp (2016; 021) Deitz Gas & Oil (2017) Dev Well, Inc (2017) Diversified Oil & Gas (2017; 2018; 2019) Diversified Prod (2018; 2020; 2021) Donald D. 2016; 2017) IA Const Corp (2020) John H.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Solar: 10%. Generated Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. They’ve reached this interim goal in 2020, with a 52% reduction of GHG emissions from 2007 levels. (4) Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Energy Mix (2020-21): [link] (pdf). 10) PG&E. Coal: 2.5%.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 28, 2022

Although carbon emissions dropped sharply in 2020 amid the COVID pandemic, a subsequent surge wiped out any time the decrease may have bought, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. Read the full story at The Hill.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2020

Under Governor Northam’s direction, Virginia’s Energy Policy shifted quite dramatically from when he first took office in January 2018 to what we have at the end of the 2020 Legislative Session. The new decade has been a busy start for Virginians as the General Assembly started its 2020 session on January 8. By Antonia Douglas.

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Yale E360

JULY 23, 2021

power sector emissions dropped 10 percent between 2019 and 2020, owing to greater energy efficiency, less reliance on coal, and the coronavirus pandemic suppressing demand for electricity, according to a new report.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

10 Abandoned Well NOVs DEP issued 10 new notices of violation to conventional well operators for failure to plug a well upon abandoning it last week-- Stedman Energy, Inc. (4 4 in Erie County); Timberline Energy, Inc. (4 Beech Creek Twp. - Le Boeuf Twp. Le Boeuf Twp. Le Boeuf Twp. Waterford Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Shapiro’s office supporting “key recommendations” in a 2020 Grand Jury Report that concluded DEP’s oil and gas regulatory program failed to protect public health and the environment. On April 26 Inside Climate News published a comprehensive article by Stacey Burling on issues surrounding the disposal of 2.6 Read more here. 27 Released 1.1

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Despite that many of us would be happy to forget the entire year that was 2020, we recall George Santayana’s admonishment, “[t]hose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Congress accuses Modi government of ‘favouring’ Adani group in ₹45,000 crore submarine project The Hindu PaulaR Thu, 02/15/2024 - 23:45 Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Read more The party alleged that the government was promoting 'crony capitalists' by violating laid down rules and regulations January 15, 2020 10:24 pm | Updated January 16, 2020 10:33 (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2022

The predictions this year have a confidence level of 70 percent: 14 to 21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), with 3 to 6 of those becoming major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). Can we expect more seasons like 2020 and 2021?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

This fall, the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership members will be digging success and improving local stream health by planting roughly 65,500 native trees. Landowners interested in having trees for spring should contact a local partner or CBF at Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership website by mid-November so a site visit can be arranged.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

From November 4 to 10, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 476 inspection entries. DEP inspection report ] Major erosion and sedimentation violations were first issued to EQT Chap LLC for this site on October 29, 2020 [ DEP inspection report ] and continue to the present day.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In 2020, another trial is set to be held in St. While 2020 may see a global Roundup settlement, it is highly unlikely that undocumented farmers will receive their just compensation. 10 billion. The world will be watching as Roundup trials and settlement negotiations proceed in 2020. Currently, about 18,000 U.S.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

I used the same basic methodology as Leiter, and these are citations from 2016-2020, inclusive. Thanks to Jonathan Adler at Case Western, who did much of the initial legwork on compiling cite counts, though I filled in some gaps and take responsibility for any errors. Faculty First Name. Faculty Last Name. Cite count. Case Western.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

The Physicians for Social Responsibility PA are hosting a May 10 Webinar on Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. This presentation will be a comprehensive Natural Gas 101. Related Articles - Latest Health Impacts: -- Inside Climate News: Gov. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The House Tourism & Recreational Development Committee is scheduled to meet on November 10 to consider House Resolution 74 (Daley-D-Montgomery) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study of wildlife conservation corridors. Click Here to watch online.

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Real Climate

JUNE 25, 2022

These additional cost factors (~10000) for climate models can be expressed in the resolution, since each doubling of resolution leads to about a factor of 10 increase in cost (2 horizontal dimensions, half the timestep, and a not-quite proportionate increase in vertical resolution and/or complexity). 3653-3680, 2020. 7591-7617, 2020.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A team of scientists has developed a free, open-access VR program that allows anyone to interact with single-cell datasets using a headset costing less than $10. Preprint here [link] pic.twitter.com/kRmHVhqNOK — Luca Pinello (@lucapinello) July 31, 2020. Image: SciePro/Shutterstock. How to access it. “We

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Arnold Porter

JULY 26, 2021

Arnold & Porter was again named a top-10 firm on The American Lawyer’s “Pro Bono Scorecard” for both national and international pro bono work. In 2020, firm lawyers provided more than 121,000 hours of pro bono service.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Then came a crescendo: Solar and wind generated more than 5 percent of monthly electricity for the first time in 2013, passed the 10 percent point in 2017, and soared past 15 percent in 2021. Wind is now the leading source of renewable electricity, accounting for fully 10 percent of all US electricity generated in 2023.

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Global Green

APRIL 15, 2021

For the Spring 2020 semester, CBE chose to take on Global Green as their pro-bono client. The post CBE and Global Green Tackles Formulating a 10-Year Sustainability Proposal and Long-Term Strategic Recommendations appeared first on Global Green.

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Global Green

APRIL 15, 2021

For the Spring 2020 semester, CBE chose to take on Global Green as their pro-bono client. The post CBE and Global Green Tackles Formulating a 10-Year Sustainability Proposal and Long-Term Strategic Recommendations appeared first on Global Green.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 3, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2020 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows that environmental releases of TRI chemicals by facilities covered by the program declined by 10% between 2019 and 2020. More than… Read more →

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The deadline to apply is May 10. Municipalities who received a Section 902 only grant award in 2023 are not eligible to apply for funding during this solicitation period, unless they are a newly mandated municipality based on the 2020 decennial census. Click Here for DEP priorities in funding.

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Acoel

JULY 12, 2021

Under the Amendments, between June 2020 and January 2021, EPA finalized the first 10 existing chemical risk assessments. In the final 10 risk evaluations, EPA found over 256 chemical conditions of use posed “unreasonable risk” – those findings are now the subject of EPA risk management rulemakings.

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Inside Climate News

JUNE 11, 2021

By Bob Berwyn The Pine Island Glacier, sometimes called the “soft underbelly” of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, suddenly started moving about 10 to 12 percent faster between 2017 and 2020, as about 20 percent of its floating ice shelf broke apart in a series of large iceberg calving events.

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