Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs? Source: ERM 2022 ).

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Satellite data is one monitoring tool regulators turn to in this very dry year. Photo taken June 15, 2021. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 9, 2021. Though the current irrigation season is nearly over, the emergency regulation extends for one year. Andrew Innerarity / California Department of Water Resources.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 17, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 17, 2021. So many wells went dry in 2014 in the town of East Porterville that Tulare County supplied portable public showers. Counties, not the state, regulate new wells. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. California is not yet to that level of emergency. Graphic by Katie Riles/Circle of Blue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Winter is once again here, bringing great festivities and respite via holidays, but also great worries to energy regulators, grid operators, and communities about dangerous winter storms that can spread across large parts of the United States and negatively affect electric grid reliability. Source: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

The AB 398 changes to Cap-and-Trade Program started to phase-in on January 1, 2021. Today, the Program regulates roughly 450 entities responsible for roughly 85% of the state’s GHG emissions. The Program has been linked with the Cap-and-Trade System of Québec since 2014. Participants are subject to holding limits.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2023

In a presentation to North Carolina regulators, Duke named several specific resources it lost during the storm—all fossil fuel generators—but didn’t provide a detailed breakdown of what types of failures prompted it to begin rolling blackouts on Christmas Eve. Where do we go from here?

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

President & CEO of Cenovus Energy: 2017-2023 TC Energy: 1990-2017 Chief Operating Officer of TC Energy: 2015-2017 VP and President Development of TC Energy Corp: 2006-2014 Villain Career Profile Alex Pourbaix has always gone above and beyond to advocate for pipelines and the oil and gas industry. The spill was impossible to clean up.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

On February 15, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Environmental Quality Board conventional oil and gas drilling companies only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it cost for DEP to regulate that industry in FY 2020-21. The fees were last updated before that in 2014. It was in development for over two and a half years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

While these data have been available since 2014 from the Climate Accountability Institute, the most recent update of this dataset is now easily accessible and explorable on a new platform hosted by InfluenceMap.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Other state regulators are setting an example. In 2014, the Vermont Public Utility Commission approved a process for Green Mountain Power to launch pilots lasting as long as 18 months and costing as much as $5 million each without commission approval. In 2021, it ordered that future proposals have to include objective criteria.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Although the nuclear bailout was repealed and refunded in 2021, some of the law’s other egregious provisions requiring ratepayers across the state to subsidize money-losing coal plants and gutting renewable energy and energy efficiency standards are still in place today. Ohio regulators need to act. But thanks to H.B.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

But instances of noncompliance have cropped up over the past few years, as have accidents that strained the state’s groundwater reserves — including Enbridge Line 3’s puncturing of aquifers in 2021, or farmers overdrawing water during drought that same year. According to NOAA data, average ice coverage this year was 6.2

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Effective September 10, 2021 , the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council revised FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, and related FAR sections to address an inconsistency between that clause and the corresponding Small Business Administration (SBA) regulation at 13 C.F.R. 10, 2021).]] 10, 2021).]]

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

In July 2021, Physicians for Social Responsibility reported PFAS chemicals were used by Chevron in fracking unconventional shale gas wells between 2012 and 2020. Read more here. Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Report noted there is a concern wastewater plant sewage sludge also contains PFAS and policies are needed to properly manage this waste.

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E2 Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

In Massachusetts, conservation commissions have generally regulated work in wetlands since the 1960s under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, Mass. John died in 2006, and Ann, then the sole owner, sold the property to Pesas in 2014. Conservation Comm’n of Norton v. Pesa , SJC-13058 (Mass. The transaction closed nonetheless.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The study included test results for 17 different dust suppressants for dirt roads and winter road treatments, including five different sources of brine water pumped from conventional oil and gas wells-- three conventional well brine waters regulated by DEP and two sources of brine water pumped from played-out conventional wells.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

billion in 2014 to the U.S. Healey Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on Toyota Total Penalties $1,577,928,188 (June 10, 2021) Number of Records 42 Photo Gallery Image Toyota protest for dismissed workers photo Lennon Ying-Dah Wong Read More Image Toyota no.1 It paid out a fine of $1.2 China fines Toyota 87.6

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 13, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposed rule to restore criminal penalties for accidental killing of migratory birds, revoking the January 7, 2021, final regulation that limited the enforcement of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Public comments must be received or postmarked on or before June 7, 2021.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The community action group Detroit Water Brigade delivered water in August 2014 to city residents whose water had been shut off because of late payments. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 2, 2021. A growing number of Michigan households are burdened by high water bills, report finds. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

According to EPA, in 2022 it made available in ChemView more than 25,000 new chemical notice records received under TSCA Section 5, including notices received between 2014 and 2019 that had not been published previously. ” Additionally, EPA will work to identify and publish Section 8(e) notices received before 2019 as resources allow.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Law 1715 of 2014 on non-conventional renewable energy sources. Law 2169 of 2021 on carbon neutrality and climate resilience. Similarly, Law 2169 of 2021 established clear minimum goals and measures to reach carbon neutrality and climate resilience. Decree 298 of 2016 on the National Climate Change System.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

percent deficit-- in FY 2022-23 funding needed to support the Oil and Gas Program that regulates both conventional and unconventional wells. The last update was in 2014. There has been no increase in fees for conventional oil and gas drillers since 2014. million-- 17.6 It was in development for over two and a half years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

There were two rotating outages during a heatwave in August 2020, a close call when a wildfire knocked out a critical transmission line in July 2021, and the state just barely squeaked by in September 2022 when a historic heatwave led to record-high electricity demand. However, the past five years haven’t exactly been the best years for coal.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

She is an experienced securities litigator whose work focuses on addressing climate risk and financial regulation. Her work with the Initiative for Climate Risk & Resilience Law supports ambitious, durable action on climate risk by federal and state financial regulators as well as the private sector. Louis in 2014.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – August 11, 2021. And to the west, in Mendocino County, coastal towns fret about dry taps, while the Russian River is so depleted that state regulators have told grape growers not to withdraw any water from it. Now it is slated to be planted with almond trees, Maralee said.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In July 2021, Physicians for Social Responsibility reported PFAS chemicals were used by Chevron in fracking unconventional shale gas wells between 2012 and 2020. Read more here. Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Report noted there is a concern wastewater plant sewage sludge also contains PFAS and policies are needed to properly manage this waste.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 It is important to note that once a mining permit is issued in a forested area, there must be deforestation, but the problem is that current mining regulations in Indonesia still allow such a thing to happen.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

. -- Auditor General DeFoor should audit DEP’s management of oil and gas wastewater and the OGRE waste reporting data system - In 2014, Auditor General DePasquale concluded that the DEP was “woefully unprepared" to monitor and regulate the shale gas boom after his office’s audit of the agency. Click Here for a copy of the report.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

In 2021 the Arizona Department of Water Resources halted new residential home construction in Pinal County, south of Phoenix, because groundwater pumping exceeded the supply. . Similar concerns are buffeting Santolina, a 13,700-acre planned development proposed in 2014 by Western Albuquerque Land Holdings.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 10, 2022

Zoning Laws A potential solution to food insecurity in urban spaces that is gaining some attention is amending zoning laws and regulations to make local agriculture more accessible. Towns can amend zoning ordinances and regulations to use clearer terminology that explicitly authorizes urban agricultural uses. 1, 2 (2021), [link].

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In July 2021, with urgent, bipartisan concern, the Commissioners wrote to Governor Wolf and DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams-Dunn: “It is important to note that the industry previously accepted the challenges of removing gas from the wellheads when they leased these COP (Commonwealth of PA) tracts on separate mountain plateaus. (DEP

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 27, 2021

On September 30, 2021, the federal court in the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) process for demonstrating that a food substance is Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS).[[N: Sept 30, 2021).]] FDA Regulation of GRAS Substances. N: Center for Food Safety et al v.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Mette, Evans & Woodside In a 2021 Opinion and Order on a Motion for Summary Judgment, the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB or Board) clarified the limits of its de novo review powers in light of an argument that a deficiency in a permit application could be cured at trial under the Board’s de novo review powers. 6] 2021 EHB at 171.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2023

In December 2021, the Township found the shale gas well pad proposed by Olympus failed to meet their zoning ordinance setback requirements of at least 650 feet from preexisting buildings. The case involves an Olympus Energy land use application for the Dionysus shale gas well pad submitted to West Deer Township, Allegheny County in 2019.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This is despite the fact that emissions for coal – largely by China and India – have been the biggest driver of recent carbon emissions, accounting for 40% of the total in 2021. From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

Our country continues to experience an increase in significant weather events- the 2014 Polar Vortex, successive hurricanes, fires, and Winter Storm Uri in 2021, which brought down Texas' grid,” said Chairman Dutrieuille. Natural Gas Is An Intermittent Generator Rep.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 6, 2023

On February 24, 2021, in response to the Committee’s letter requesting clarification, the City Attorney wrote “a letter stating the City [only] planned to temporarily restrict access to Museum Way, rather than vacating the street… because it was unlikely the City could meet the statutory requirements [for vacation].”

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