Environmental News Bits

JUNE 22, 2021

Chicago’s newly created Building Decarbonization Working Group will work to devise an equitable path for reducing building emissions to meet the city’s climate goals, which include an aim to power all buildings with renewable energy by 2035. Read the full story at Utility Dive.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization will host an in-person event at Westmoreland County Community College to highlight federal opportunities that can help catalyze economic development in Pennsylvania’s energy communities.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Shapiro released the consensus recommendations by the Climate and Energy Work Group of organized labor, energy industry, consumer and environmental stakeholders to discuss Pennsylvania’s energy future, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. On September 30, Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

On May 18, the Public Utility Commission formally began the process of drafting a policy statement on electric utility rate design for electric vehicle (EV) charging, following the review of comments submitted by concerned parties and the recommendations of the Commission’s EV Charging Rate Design Working Group.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2023

On August 8, Hold Erie Coke Accountable issued a call to federal and state environmental agencies and the City and County of Erie to form an Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site Community Working Group to help support the remediation and revitalization of the site. Click Here for a 5-page briefing paper on Erie Coke [Coal] Plant site issues.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2022

A bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers, hunters, anglers, farm, environmental, recreation and conservation groups are working hard down to the wire to bring home a win on Growing Greener III funding as part of the next state budget. It will all be decided this week. Read more here.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 2, 2024

Read the full story at Waste Dive. A white paper from the West Coast Climate & Materials Management Forum offers suggestions for policymakers to “go beyond recycling” to consider how to make EPR policies more climate friendly.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Fifty groups call on Canada to lead the global effort, including a more comprehensive ban on harmful plastics and shifting to reuse. The groups underscore that banning six single-use plastics is not enough, on its own, to address the crisis. The full statement including the full list of signatories is available here.

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NRDC

APRIL 12, 2023

The World Bank Group draft "Paris Alignment" methodology needs to move from a principle of “do no harm” to “do the maximum possible” to deliver on the Paris Agreement.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2021

On June 1, WeConservePA encouraged local land trusts, environmental, watershed and recreation groups to work with their county and local governments to help them invest federal American Rescue relief funds in watershed restoration, land conservation, park and trail improvement projects. Click Here to support their work.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Federal Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization hosts a three-part Technical Assistance for Energy Communities webinar series on January 10, 17 and 24.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 13, 2024

People who rely on public transportation, live alone, or work jobs that are exposed to the elements—such as farm workers, gardeners, and postal workers—are all at greater risk. Credit: Edith de Guzman) In 2020, we worked with a group of community scientists in South L.A. Social factors, too, affect heat outcomes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

Soon after, García put her experience and her education into action, joining a consultant group that helped the Colombian government evaluate what policies could support the large-scale deployment of renewables for the country. A just transition will require a commitment to equity at every level of decision making.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Read the full story at Packaging Dive. A white paper from the West Coast Climate & Materials Management Forum offers suggestions for policymakers to “go beyond recycling” to consider how to make EPR policies more climate friendly.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

SB 389 is part of a broader initiative by the Legislature–and public interest groups–to reform and update California’s water laws. The working group issued a report in February 2022 identifying 11 specific proposals to revise and improve state water law. But that momentum did not stop there. Download as PDF

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution posted this special report August 23, 2022 on its Blog on the power outages at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works over the Fourth of July weekend – but also raise new questions about the condition of the facility’s electrical system. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works Facility U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2022

The bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers continues to work hard with hunters, anglers, farm, environmental, recreation and conservation groups to the wire to bring home a win on Growing Greener III funding. We can’t stop pushing! billion and $6.22 billion on July 1.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

I was not fully aware of this issue until roughly a year ago, when I wrote a column about it, and I’ve been working for environmental organizations for 25 years. The study concluded that these childhood asthma cases could have theoretically been prevented by using electric appliances. What accounts for that?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

ExxonMobil, the world’s largest non-state oil company, is a member of hundreds of trade associations around the globe working to promote the interests of the oil and gas industry. And a look at the groups ExxonMobil remains allied with suggests IPAA may just be an embarrassing outlier. What could those “areas of work” be, you ask?

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NAEP Leadership Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

The National Association of Environmental Professionals’ National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Working Group is pleased to present the 2022 Annual NEPA Report. This report contains summaries of NEPA development during the year as well as the NEPA Working Group’s efforts for the past year.

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Yale E360

APRIL 13, 2023

Before the Anthropocene can be officially proclaimed, a scientific working group must select a single site that permanently captures the new human-influenced epoch. Nine candidate sites — from California to China to Antarctica — are under consideration, with a decision expected soon. Read more on E360 →

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APRIL 22, 2024

At UCS, we’re working to ensure effective and equitable implementation of key clean energy and clean transportation provisions. This unprecedented amount of federal funding has mobilized nonprofit and community groups around the nation to help ensure the benefits flow to the people and places that deserve them.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Mack Defense is currently working on two major defense programs that fit well with the CTT and utilize vehicles from the global Volvo Group network that have been modified for commercial use. The post Mack Defense to Design Fuel Efficient Trucks for the US Army appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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APRIL 19, 2023

The Civil 7 (C7) is a non-governmental organization that brings together thousands of highly-skilled individuals from around the world who work to improve government responses to global environmental, economic, and social problems. For the first time in the history of the C7, it also presented recommendations on nuclear disarmament.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

That’s why it’s great to have a new “collaboration agreement” on large-scale solar, the result of a multi-year effort with scores of experts, nonprofit groups, and solar developers to address issues of siting and technological considerations in the hopes of developing a set of best practices.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

The EPA previously released their updated scientific integrity policy for public comment, and many groups, including the Union of Concerned Scientists , weighed in to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a policy designed to protect scientists and their work from political interference. And this is certifiably not the case.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

A decision on the release date of the working group reports was punted to a subsequent meeting while the synthesis report is slated to be completed by late 2029. The timeline for this report is tied to the larger working group report on adaptation and vulnerability. Still, countries pushed back.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 29, 2024

My goal was to advocate for increased consideration of cultural heritage, including Indigenous and traditional knowledge, in IPCC’s work. IPCC authors in the past have been skewed towards men working in the physical sciences in Europe and North America. Delta Merner , who wrote about the main decisions taken at the meeting.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 16, 2024

The 6 th assessment cycle concluded last year with the release of the Synthesis Report, and prior to that, reports from the three IPCC working groups. Notably, women now comprise 40% of the IPCC Bureau, reflecting meaningful progress, though there remains much work to do. You can read about the last assessment here.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Mack Defense is currently working on two major defense programs that fit well with the CTT and utilize vehicles from the global Volvo Group network that have been modified for commercial use. The post Mack Defense to Design Fuel Efficient Trucks for the US Army appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The two-day gathering brought together nearly 240 students, faculty, and nonprofit partners from dozens of groups, campuses, and 25 different states who collectively focus on one thing: Turning out the student vote and engaging students in our democracy. Photo: SLSV Attention STEM students: Our democracy needs you to get out and vote!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But exactly what is energy equity and what does it mean for utilities to address energy equity directly or consider energy justice more broadly in their work? Energy equity involves confronting the asymmetric suffering faced by the most disadvantaged groups in our communities in the context of access to energy resources.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

He leads the Informed Consent Action Network, or ICAN, a well-funded advocacy group that spreads vaccine misinformation, including baseless claims that childhood vaccines cause autism. He hosts the group’s podcast, “the Highwire,” and he produced the 2016 pseudo-documentary “Vaxxed.” He told the crowd at the “MAGA Freedom Rally D.C.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In contrast, V-SCI is the passion project of an all volunteer group of graduate students, formed in 2019. As graduate students, work done for V-SCI was extracurricular, because maintaining satisfactory progress on their degrees took priority. billion company that lists 950 miles of pipeline as just one of its assets.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 7, 2024

In amongst proposals regarding plastic pollution, air quality, pesticides and circular economies, to mention but a few, the most controversial was a Swiss-led proposal to establish an expert group on solar radiation modification (SRM). All the Major Groups that adopted positions on SRM supported either a moratorium or non-use stance.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JULY 12, 2022

Several groups want David Uhlmann to begin work leading the EPA's enforcement and compliance tasks. The post Environmental Groups Ask Senate to Confirm EPA Nomination appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Such scientists have been working for years to understand how bad actors willfully deceive people through false and misleading information, especially through social media platforms. This ruling matters Researchers who study mis- and disinformation have been hit by everything from time-consuming litigation to death threats.

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