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What’s Up With Water – June 21, 2021

Circle of Blue

Drought Monitor categories. Wells are regulated at the county level, not the state. Gavin Newsom did propose $27 million in his budget request for drinking water emergencies in the drought. The post What’s Up With Water – June 21, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Funding & Financing San Francisco’s Ambitious Climate Action Plan

Legal Planet

The CAP, released in 2021, details emissions reduction strategies across six categories: energy supply, building decarbonization, transportation and land use, housing, green infrastructure, and waste reduction. San Francisco’s CAP envisions a sustainable and equitable climate future.

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As a Hot, Dry Summer Begins in California, More Water Wells Are Failing

Circle of Blue

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 17, 2021. A rough estimate from the Public Policy Institute of California found that if groundwater levels decline at the same rate as in the last drought, about 2,700 wells could go dry in 2021. Drought Monitor categories. Counties, not the state, regulate new wells.

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Greening the `European Green Deal´ - Ambitious or Out of Touch?

Energy and Climate Law

Until June 2021 the new target shall be implemented into EU legislation via the following : revising and expanding the EU Emissions Trading System; adapting the Effort Sharing Regulation and the framework for land use emissions; reinforcing energy efficiency and renewable energy policies; and strengthening CO2 standards for road vehicles.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update

Clean Energy Law

Recognizing the need to achieve GHG emissions reductions more quickly, in July 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom directed CARB to accelerate efforts to achieve the state’s climate stabilization and GHG reduction goals, including to “identify a pathway for achieving carbon neutrality a full decade earlier than the existing target of 2045.”

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Quarterly Report: DEP Issued 77 Notices Of Violations To Conventional Drillers, 8 To Shale Gas Drillers For Attempting To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them

PA Environment Daily

From 2016 to 2021, DEP issued 4,193 notices of violation to conventional drillers for attempting to abandon their wells. million annual funding deficit, nearly half of the approximately $25 million it costs to regulate conventional and unconventional drilling. Read more here. Read more here. The Oil and Gas Program faces a $10.5

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Investors Need to Know the Full Scope of Corporate Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

Chevron’s shareholders clearly disagreed when 61 percent of them voted for a 2021 resolution requesting that the company “substantially reduce” its Scope 3 emissions.) The standard includes 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions, such as transportation and distribution of products, employee travel, and use of commercial products.