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EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Visits Halfmoon Creek Watershed In Centre County To Learn More About Local Conservation Efforts

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited Centre County to see first-hand the positive impact ClearWater Conservancy is having on local and downstream water quality. On March 26, U.S. From Spruce Creek down to the Bay, we’re working hard and we’re working together to improve our waters.”

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Actually, EV Sales Are Right on Track

Legal Planet

There is a lot of talk about weak consumer demand for EVs — doleful from greens, triumphant from others. In 2020, the Energy Information Administration projected that by 2023, there would be 580,000 zero emission vehicle sales in the U.S. What about investments? But the reality is actually quite reassuring in terms of the U.S.

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How Bad Ballot Design Can Impact Election Outcomes—And What We Can Do 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Similarly, I had to re-read one ballot measure several times—about how city councilors were paid—to understand what the question was asking. Unfortunately, since then, this core element of election administration has been most often overlooked despite its impact on how Americans vote and whether their vote gets counted.

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They Knew: How the U.S. Government Helped Cause the Climate Crisis

Yale E360

In an e360 interview, he talks about his new book, which chronicles how successive U.S. administrations repeatedly failed to act in response to scientists’ increasingly dire warnings. James Gustave Speth has been calling for action on climate since serving in the White House in the 1970s. Read more on E360 ?.

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Who Should Own Our Electric Utilities?

Legal Planet

Energy Information Administration Investor-owned utilities are regulated to prevent them from taking advantage of their monopoly to gouge ratepayers. These conclusions were affirmed nationally by a Public Power Association report that analyzed Energy Information Administration data. Image from U.S.

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Stanford’s Sustainability School: A Good Model?

Legal Planet

In my last post, I wrote about universities like Stanford that are creating new programs in sustainability. Administrative reorganizations, whether in government, business, or the academy, are always difficult and costly, often taking years before the rearranged units gel into a new unit. Are these costs worthwhile? Sending a Message.

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The Social Cost of George W. Bush

Legal Planet

Within three months of taking office, he reversed himself to the dismay of some members of his own administration. Carbon emissions stayed about constant under Bush, with an average around 5.6 Under Obama, the amount declined on a more or less straight line to about 4.9 billion by the time he left office, about a 13% cut.

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