Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2023

As it’s currently organized, CAISO differs from the other RTOs in that California’s elected officials appoint and confirm its governing body, and thus CAISO policies are often aligned with California state policies. Jacobs, for example, has found that “PJM is often openly hostile to state policies.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Mr Smith raised three causes of action in tort: public nuisance, negligence, and a novel duty to “make corporates responsible to the public for their emissions”. The High Court struck out the claims based on negligence and public nuisance but allowed the cause of action based on an inchoate tort to proceed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

GOM communities, not fossil fuel interests, should determine policies that affect GOM people. The common enemy is the oil and gas industry because they deceived the public. Big oil companies played a big role in creating this crisis and inhibiting an effective, evidence-based policy response.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 2, 2023

As a second benefit, they claim to be engaged in political symbolism, trying to disrupt a stuck debate over effective climate responses and get people to talk about solar geoengineering – of which stratospheric aerosol injection is the most promising method being discussed. Potential solar geoengineering methods. Source: Carbonbrief.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 12, 2023

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is proud to join this network of more than 50 organizations representing farmers, ranchers, and farmworkers, in calling on the House Appropriations Committee to oppose reductions in public funding for climate change-related agriculture research.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 15, 2023

( *side eye fossil fuel industry) You don’t have to look any further than the oil and gas lobbyists in government offices every day of the month crying wolf about how unfair and destabilizing climate policy would be to their profits. If you’ve been following our Lobby Bot blogs you’ll be familiar with these monthly round ups.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Exposure to harmful air pollution from older vehicles is inequitably distributed Using an air-quality model and data from the California Air Resources Board about the location of vehicles and their emissions, we estimated the formation and transport of PM 2.5 A cleaner, safer transportation future for all Californians is possible.

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Washington Nature

JULY 3, 2023

With just seven years until 2030—a critical tipping point by which we must make significant changes to avoid the worst possible outcomes of climate change—these policies have been significant steps in the right direction. TNC has been supporting the federal government in enacting transformative policies to advance climate action.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Practices and policies throughout the watershed impact our waterways. We expect this updated plan to continue to serve as a catalyst for sustainable water resources management throughout the watershed,” explains Michael Nardolilli, Executive Director of ICPRB. As the saying goes, we all live downstream. Click Here for a video overview.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In April 2022, California’s Natural Resources Agency released “Pathways to 30×30,” which lays out the Newsom administration’s plan to get there. That was the question we dove into over several months of extensive research last semester in the California Environmental Legislation and Policy Advocacy Clinic.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Here you’ll find our list of six easy and affordable, yet meaningful, actions to get you started. Here’s how to get started. Get informed Photo by ThisisEngineering RAEng via Unsplash If you’re just getting started and feel like you want to learn more about climate change there are many incredible resources out there.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Open Education Global Conference is the largest global conference for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and educators that explores open education and its impact on education worldwide. The Conference saw over 2,000 participants from 80 countries. The Conference saw over 2,000 participants from 80 countries.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

Historically Excluded From Colorado River Policy, Tribes Want a Say In How the Dwindling Resource Is Used Access to Clean Water Is a Start. This article was produced by Colorado Public Radio. By Michael Elizabeth Sakas, Colorado Public Radio — January 20, 2022. For earlier stories in the Tapped Out series, click here.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 4, 2023

However, to ensure that workers and communities across Canada benefit from the move to a sustainable economy, governments need to develop policies and programs that support them and help them be prepared. This will allow the public to judge whether the government is seriously considering their expert advice.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 13, 2022

This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Colorado Public Radio, Columbia Insight, The Counter, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water. DeFlitch recently left the water authority.)

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 8, 2021

Fortunately, there are lots of ways to get involved, from conducting hands-on research to managing grant funds to meeting with policy makers. There are a lot of ways to get involved. But there are also degrees tailored specifically to marine science and policy. Be passionate, but know it’s a job.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 16, 2023

Public plant and animal breeding programs have encountered shrinking budgets, declining institutional support, increased labor and land costs, and insufficient federal investments. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

Hard rock mining involves digging, crushing, and combining rocks with chemicals to get lithium. Although it is believed to be less harmful than hard rock mining, extracting lithium from brine still poses serious social and environmental concerns, such as the destruction of salt flat ecosystems and excessive use of water resources.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JULY 13, 2023

Learn more and get involved at:  [link] The post Comment: NSAC Applauds Introduction of the Organic Science and Research Investment Act appeared first on National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Lavender National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition mlavender@sustainableagriculture.net Tel.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 6, 2023

Climate advocates would have been underwhelmed, that this involved just two carbon capture and storage (CCS) clusters in Scotland and northern England, with no timeline for when they will be up and running and in which fields they will be installed. Sunak has even left the door open for more licenses to be granted.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Once they have the funds, states then work with community agencies or individual utilities to identify eligible households and get them to apply for aid. None of these pathways had been created so it made it difficult to get a new program off the ground,” Campbell-Ferrari told Circle of Blue. But states are merely an intermediary.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 20, 2023

Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) is committed to the recruitment, development, and placement of diverse talent in impactful spaces in the agricultural and natural resource arena. noted Whitney Jaye, Co-Director and Director of Strategic & Programmatic Development at SAAFON.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Despite these benefits, nuclear power tends to suffer from relatively poor public perception and not knowing it is low carbon could be due to a lack of education. If you care about the environment and giving more land and resources back to nature – as many young people do – then nuclear is an important option in achieving “net zero”.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2022

Sustainable Pittsburgh and the Plastics Collaborative published a new white paper containing a series of policy recommendations for Southwestern Pennsylvania communities around the issue of single-use plastics. These recommendations provide a starting point for policy-makers, residents, and businesses to join together on workable solutions.”

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 17 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a major amendment to the Chapter 102 permit for the Mariner East II Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline in West Goshen Township, Chester County. ( Cambria County. (

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Supporting Urban & Innovative Farming Act would provide policy reforms and necessary investments to provide tailored technical assistance that responds to the unique needs of producers utilizing innovative growing techniques at a variety of scales in urban settings and beyond.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2022

By Chris Fireston e, Ecological Program Specialist, and Rebecca Bowen , Ecological Services Manager Forty years ago, Pennsylvania declared that it was in the public’s interest to preserve and enhance native wild resources, including non-game animals and wild plants. The Wild Resource Conservation Program was born!

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Nineteen million people in the country are not getting enough calories each day. Once they have the funds, states then work with community agencies or individual utilities to identify eligible households and get them to apply for aid. The department will release draft program guidelines in December for public comment.

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Frontiers

JUNE 12, 2023

Author: Thimedi Hetti The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water is about aiming to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development. What sparked your interest to get into marine science? “My My parents encouraged us to get out into the environment and enjoy it.

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EPA

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This information is the foundation for our risk evaluations and will ultimately guide our decisions about the risks to public health and the environment and the actions we’ll take to reduce those risks. Getting good data doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Investing in data gathering can have short- and long-term returns for everyone involved.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

What To Look For The typical road dumping operation involves a tank or vac truck with a spreading bar in the back the width of the truck with holes in it to allow the liquid wastewater to fall on the road. Hess reminds visitors not to put themselves in danger trying to get photos and videos of this illegal activity.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 21, 2022

However, at the time the CLCPA was enacted, the process for siting major renewable energy facilities, then governed by Article 10 of the Public Service Law, was too slow for the state to meet its goals. The panelists were asked what is working about the new siting process and what could be improved.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2022

Walt was involved in nonprofit environmental organizations both in his professional and personal life. None had existed solely to focus on state environmental legislative policies prior to the creation of MSEC. With that involvement, he began his lifelong journey to advocate for environmental issues. End of excerpt.]

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 10, 2023

Taxpayer commodity program subsidies were designed as a safety net tool, triggered when necessary, to help protect against unpredictable losses that are part of farming — not an annual entitlement program for the country’s most successful farms, ” said Billy Hackett, NSAC Policy Specialist.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

Gerusky , the late Director of the Bureau of Radiation Protection at the then-Department of Environmental Resources on March 28, 1979, and who was in charge of the state’s technical response to the accident; and - - James M. In no case was there any serious release to the environment nor any exposure of the public. Dick Thornburgh.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Additionally, more than 1,000 public companies have publicly announced a net zero greenhouse gas emission goal. Additionally, more than 1,000 public companies have publicly announced a net zero greenhouse gas emission goal. there are only 197) have made public net zero greenhouse gas emission pledges as have more than 1,000 cities.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

Policy drivers: decarbonisation targets lead the way The increase in green jobs is mostly down to policy changes. Things finally changed with the 2060 target, as well as the “1+N” policy framework to guide China’s transition for the next four decades. So, what do we know about green employment in China ?

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