MGKF Law

APRIL 29, 2021

Earlier this month, the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Southern District of New York’s ruling that state common law claims against oil companies for costs resulting from climate change were either preempted by the Clean Air Act, or, in the case of foreign emissions, represented a non-justiciable political question.

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MGKF Law

MAY 27, 2021

On May 17, 2021, the Supreme Court vacated an appellate court decision which had remanded to state court an action seeking to hold petroleum companies liable for the effects of climate change, finding that the appellate court impermissibly restricted the scope of its review of a district court’s order.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

APRIL 15, 2024

Farm safety net subsidies reward an industrial farming model that contributes to climate change, soil erosion, and farmland consolidation in agriculture. Despite its enormous price tag , increasing PLC reference prices to reflect recent peaks in the commodity market could primarily benefit as few as 6,000 farmers or 0.3

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MGKF Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Read More » Tags: Climate Change , Natural Gas , Preemption After evaluating the parties’ arguments, the court concluded that the ordinance is preempted by the EPCA based on the text, structure, and context of that statute.

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MGKF Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Read More » Tags: Air , Climate Change , Commonwealth Court , Pennsylvania , Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection , Taxes The holding halts former Governor Tom Wolf’s efforts to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil-fuel producing state to implement a price on carbon emissions.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 16, 2019

The escalating costs of damages from extreme weather events, many exacerbated by climate change, makes poignant a question with a serious price tag: who will be on the hook to pay for climate damages? Houston Ship Channel. Photo Credit: United States Coast Guard, PA2 James Dillard.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

A Tesla Powerwall battery, for example, comes with a $11,500 price tag. With policies that comprehensively center disability justice , we can work towards solutions that help protect all people in the face of climate disaster, especially for those facing disproportionate harm in the face of climate change.

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MGKF Law

JUNE 30, 2022

Read More » Tags: Clean Air Act , Climate Change , Decisions of Note , Electric , Emissions , Energy , EPA , Greenhouse Gas , Legislation , Refinery , Rulemaking , Supreme Court , West Virginia. ” Id. citing Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA , 573 U.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ricardo Salvador, UCS Food and Environment Program Director, arrested with Jane Fonda protesting climate change on Nov. The magnitude of the climate threat, made clear by climate science, has cracked through a longstanding scientific culture that holds that science should exist outside of the political realm.

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MGKF Law

AUGUST 2, 2023

Read More » Tags: Air , Citizen Suit , Clean Air Act , Climate Change , Greenhouse Gas , HAPs , Hazardous Air Pollutants , Legislation , Pennsylvania , Rulemaking , Third Circuit

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 11, 2024

This is huge both in times of drought and in times of increased precipitation, both are which are becoming increasingly common in our area and across the US as the climate crisis unfolds. However, implementing these systems comes with the sizeable price tag and there aren’t many farmers who can simply absorb that cost.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Natural gas”, also known as methane gas or fracked fossil gas, is a potent greenhouse gas that pollutes the environment and causes climate change when it is burned and when it escapes into the atmosphere during extraction, production, and transportation.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 3, 2023

The price tag to clean up that mess is at least $120 billion – and mounting. While renewable energy projects already undergo extensive community consultations and must meet environmental requirements, the oil and gas industry faces very little accountability.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2022

When I think about summer, I think of the carefree days I spent playing kickball, kick-the-can, and tag with the kids in my neighborhood. We would run around all day until we finally needed to cool off, which meant we would go to whoever’s house had the most sodas, ice cream, or popsicles.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Some days are spent tagging and tracking clam development, others gathering water samples at low tide to test for biotoxins. © Marco Hatch Clam gardening holds immense importance for Coast Salish people, not only to maintain clam habitat amidst changing tidal conditions but also to instill cultural values.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2021

2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept. 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept.

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Acoel

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

billion price tag originally put on the MATS rule lived on, even after it was clear that that number was way off. When EPA promulgates new rules that appear to carry big price tags, smart people get to work and figure out more cost-effective ways to comply. Unfortunately, the $9.6 People forget that markets work.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 19, 2022

Climate change, invasive species, harmful chemicals, coastal wetland degradation, extensive loss of forest cover in the Lake Erie watershed… The list of key issues threatening the lake goes on and on. Be sure to tag us and use #WeAreLakeErie on August 31st to join in the virtual wave of support for this precious lake.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This family-friendly program is designed to educate and engage participants in resource protection and included activities for children, a presentation about native bees, information on climate change and its impact on the region, garden tours, monarch butterfly tagging, plein air artists, and the opportunity to work on a small mural.

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Physics World

APRIL 26, 2022

As we attempt to lessen the impact of climate change, Fessenden’s comments remain just as pertinent today – if not more so. “The energy of the sources must first be charged so as to be suitable in form, it must next be stored so as to be available in time.”.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2021

18 Making Riparian Buffers Work In Your Community Program [PaEN] -- PA Sustainable Agriculture: Listening Session - Siting & Design For Farm-Based Solar Energy Facilities Aug. 20 [PaEN] -- The American Chestnut Foundation: August 20 - Chestnut Chat Series: Participatory Chestnut Breeding 11:30 a.m.

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 29, 2017

Now is the time to say it as loudly as possible: Harvey is what climate change looks like. More specifically, Harvey is what climate change looks like in a world that has decided, over and over, that it doesn’t want to take climate change seriously. Most of us won't turn into climate refugees, of course.

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We found that tagged sharks spent most of their time adjacent to the MPA, in an area of heavy commercial shark fishing. I’m looking forward to seeing more research on the efficacy of MPAs as nature-based solutions to climate change, especially in the high seas and deep ocean.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Years ago I read a short article on how bringing more ice to the poles could help slow down climate change. The current cap rarely exceeds 2-3 metres in thickness and is being eroded constantly as the planet succumbs to climate change. Thicker ice would mean longer-lasting ice.

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Frontiers

MAY 1, 2023

From health emergencies to climate change, we see and feel them now. And that data includes persistent identifiers (PIDs) such as that of ORCID for author identification, a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for the article itself, and tags to the relevant grant funding or research institution. We face global, existential threats.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2023

-- AP: After Decades Of Delays And Broken Promises, Coal Miners Hail Rule To Slow Rise Of Black Lung Disease -- Scranton Times Editorial: Overdue Action On Coal Mine Safety -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Adaptation Carries $15 Billion Price Tag For PA Towns, Study Says -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Municipalities Have Big Climate Tab (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Threats include development, climate change, pollution, invasive species, mosquito control, and lack of knowledge about them. The enclosures are repaired when necessary, and plants are tagged and photographed as plant inventories are completed. They are valuable ecosystems that need protected.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2023

100,000 Grant To Treat Acid Mine Drainage In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center, Partners Host 7-Part, Online Expanding Meaningful Environmental & Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Tools Workshops Starting Sept.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

More than 1,800 people died and the price tag for the damage quickly rose to the tens of billions of dollars. Flooding, storm surges, evacuations, and other effects of climate change will be disproportionately felt by LGBTQ communities. Some new research makes that connection. Shaw says we need much more research. “I’d

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of storm events, causing fields to become inundated repeatedly. The price tag? $13 During storm events, heavy winds coming off the sea push salt water through the ditches in the opposite direction of field drainage, providing an easy pathway from surf to turf. .

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

TNC’s The Climate Resilient Forests and Communities team has outlined many interesting and important research questions related to co-benefits of restoration activities, climate change impacts, and forest health. Ultimately, I decided to tackle the topic of belowground carbon.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. Meanwhile, the climate emergency has not gone away. Countries cannot close their borders to climate change or biodiversity loss.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

That figure is consistent with the price tag for clearing American waters of contamination. The intense climate change storms now occurring in Michigan, Ohio, and other Great Lakes states strip the saturated soils and direct dissolved phosphorus immediately into tile networks. . “No No till.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2023

A tag on the well was illegible which should have shown the well operator and contact number. Of course today, we know natural gas (methane) is a potent climate-changing greenhouse gas and uncontrolled venting of new conventional wells releases this gas into the atmosphere. The wastewater tank was empty. Read more here.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

In India, the 2013 flash floods in the Kedarnath Valley occurred due to a climate-change-aggravated melting of glaciers triggered by hordes of tourists banking themselves in the mountains yearly. In the Himalayas, a study conducted for ecotourism revealed that locals suffered from increased waste generation and water pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Reverence for Mother Earth should be valued far greater than the price tag on any green energy project,” said Anil Jivani, owner of Lancaster Travel Plaza. “We This is similar to our AUTOBrine systems which have saved our customers $25M and eliminated 27M pounds of CO2. We would enjoy graceful solar energy for a long time.

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Real Climate

MARCH 7, 2024

The original HS93 reconstruction, and the updated reconstruction using the same methods, but without artifacts (from C24), and tagged to the modern value of the mean solar flux. Scafetta, "Empirical assessment of the role of the Sun in climate change using balanced multi-proxy solar records", Geoscience Frontiers , vol.

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