A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The US puts a dollar figure on the damage caused by carbon emissions, but new research finds it’s too low, meaning the benefits of reducing emissions are being underestimated. Effectively, SCC indicates what price society should be willing to pay now to avoid the future damage of today’s carbon emissions.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. The bump may be linked to China’s commitment, made in September 2020, to reach carbon neutrality before 2060. But analysis based on wider datasets is more conservative.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. social cost of carbon. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Here’s an embarrassing confession: Though I had taught environmental law for 25 years at that point, I had never heard of section 111(d) until it was discussed as possible tool to limit carbon emissions. I would have voted to uphold the regulation as a reasonable if not necessary way to accomplish the statute’s purpose.

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“By just about any measure, RGGI has been a success,” said Jared Snyder, Assistant Commissioner for Air Resources, Climate Change and Energy, New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Since its inception three years ago, greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are down 30%.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

What is Conservation? We define conservation as a broad approach to preserving what is already there and the due care and attention to protecting it for the future (1). Resource conservation is the active ways in which we seek to limit the use of resources to reduce the strain put on supply. Conservation, Ethics, Philosophy.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The issue has begun changing minds about climate change among recreational fishermen, a demographic that leans politically conservative. Across the country, these anxieties are gradually translating into political momentum. McCool, the angler, hopes that the DNR will begin to enforce these regulations.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. Circuit to Consolidate Methane Standards Challenge with Other Challenges to Emissions Standards in Oil and Gas Sector.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 13, 2022

Today, the Court’s conservative Justices split the difference in two cases involving vaccine mandates, striking down OSHA’s mandate but upholding a more limited mandate for healthcare workers. Today, however, I’m going to focus instead on the conservative split and what it might mean for environmental law.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. Environmental Groups Challenged Delay in Enforcement of Landfill Methane Regulations. 16-1-01001-5 (Wash. verdict June 7, 2017; sentencing June 23, 2017).

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 17, 2022

In a Friday post, I sketched some thoughts about how the Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate rulings might impact EPA’s power to control carbon emissions. The Court ruled in both cases on the principle that an agency can take action of “vast economic and political significance” only it Congress has plainly authorized it to do so.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Theoretically, a gap might involve subject matter, stringency, coverage, legal character, enforcement, resources, institutions, or political will. It is vital that global political effort — a precious commodity – be channeled into the most environmentally beneficial outcomes. . Daniel Bodansky.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

4] Some energy experts and reporters have contended that Texas regulators did not expect to rely on wind to provide much electricity during the cold snap, and rather had relied on natural gas and other thermal power plants. This hour saw a difference of 28.9 GW between expected demand and delivered generation. [4]

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Countries like Bangladesh emit relatively low amounts of carbon emissions but are also the most vulnerable to climate change. Countries will also continue work on emissions reduction commitments and climate finance, or funding for climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. .

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2023

Shapiro: Senate Confirms Nominees For Education, Insurance, Office Of State Fire Commissioner -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Shapiro’s Pick For Election Chief -- Gov.

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MARCH 8, 2023

In addition to all those benefits, solar schools projects have immense local benefits such as reducing carbon emissions and creating family sustaining jobs.” The legislation has strong environmental support as well, including from the Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, PennFuture and PennEnvironment.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Over the last 15 years, Penn State University has cut its carbon emissions by more than 35 percent, putting the University ahead of schedule to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas outputs to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The group began meeting this summer and aims to share its recommendations by the end of this year.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

In reality, the above facts come from the best-available scientific studies, including those conducted by or accepted by the IPCC, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and other leading scientific bodies. Why did they do that?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

NRDC continues to believe the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, would deliver that future for Pennsylvanians and fully support the state's continued defense of that regulation in court. The Nature Conservancy PA “ The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania is encouraged by Gov. Click Here for Gov. Let's get to work.”

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Industrial wind developers need the transmission line to expand their turbines across the fragile Sand Hills ecosystem; In May of this year, Ohio regulators demanded wildlife protections for endangered migratory bird species, including the Kirtland’s warbler, for an industrial wind project proposed for Lake Erie.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of U.S. Innamorato (D-Allegheny) -- Reuters: U.S.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion leaves EPA other options to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. In order to regulate existing power plants—especially existing coal-fired plants—EPA turned to section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. We didn’t dodge the bullet. Background .

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2023

And it may also feed into the dangerous message that there is no real difference between political parties in terms of climate change. It’s probably enough to say that the case would certainly go to the Supreme Court, with its conservative supermajority. No one who reads the complaint would ever take a job as a federal regulator.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

Minnesota moves to regulate pipelines transporting liquid carbon dioxide. Brian Langloss, a senior field representative for the conservation nonprofit Oceana. Minnesota Moves to Regulate Liquid Carbon Dioxide Pipelines. Sign up for Fresh: A Great Lakes Policy Briefing , straight to your inbox, every other Tuesday.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

[Posted: May 21, 2023] PA Environment Digest Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -- Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] Articles & NewsClips By Topic - -- 51 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 10:00: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds an informational meeting on Project Canary Program to identify, measure, report oil and gas industry methane emissions. Senate next voting day October 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 1, 13, 14, 15, Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations. THURSDAY 10:00: Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force hearing on LNG terminal proposal in Philadelphia. Courtyard Philadelphia South at The Navy Yard, Philadelphia.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

Unless the Court moderates its views, future regulations will face tough sledding. And would the limits be set by regulations applying to entire industries, or on a facility-by-facility basis? Initially, Chevron was hailed by conservative judges and commentators. With that as background, here’s the list in chronological.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. The states appealed the dismissal of the case.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Let’s hope the members of the General Assembly rise to the occasion and provide some real conservation leadership this year by passing good bills. House Bill 1226 (Sturla-D- Lancaster) requires farms given preferential tax abatement under the state’s Clean and Green Program to have a conservation plan. We call them “Dog Whistles.”

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

In contrast, while Trump was able to get some Obama regulations reversed by using the Congressional Review Act, the public lands and pollution regulations involved were relatively minor. He took the US back into the Paris Agreement, and pledged to slash 2005 carbon emissions in half by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Smucker Joins State, Local Officials To Oppose $2.5

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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