Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In 2001, the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity affirmed that “cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible, and interdependent….” Loss of wild rice would cut to the core of Ojibwe culture. What’s next for climate and cultural rights?

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. We need governments to regulate industry. Under Baiton’s leadership, CAPP has lobbied the federal government 74 times in the first 9 months of 2023 – that’s once every 2.5

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Bill 23 would remove the requirement for government permission, and allow the sale of conservation lands – including endangered or threatened species habitat, wetlands, and areas of natural and scientific interest. SCHEDULE 4: MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001. This means that families would still be pushed out into low-density car-dependent sprawl.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Moreover, while the Ontario government has attempted to defend Bill 23’s dismantling of flood and habitat protection, regional planning and green building standards by framing it as a measure to address the province’s housing shortage and lack of affordability, it is likely to have the opposite effect. SCHEDULE 4: MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While the Ontario government has proposed to remove large areas of the Greenbelt, special legal protections for the key triangle of Greenbelt land connecting Rouge National Park to Duffins Creek mean that this 4000 acre jewel of the Greenbelt could not be opened to development without the active participation of individual MPPs.

2001

Ivy Protocol

MAY 18, 2023

This will require markets and governments to come together to invest significantly in sustainable business models. While challenging, this could also create an opportunity to build co-benefits including job growth, biodiversity benefits, and equitable growth” (as cited in McKinsey & Company, 2022). 2022, June 10).

2023

Physics World

MARCH 22, 2022

If their efforts succeed, that would put them well ahead of ITER, which largely froze its design in about 2001 and hasn’t been able to exploit recent huge advances in high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets. I wonder if 2022 could also be a big breakthrough year for the company?

2020

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2022

On April 6, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council announced Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, will receive PEC’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. It will be presented on May 18, 2022, at the annual PEC Western Pennsylvania Dinner. “We Posted: April 6, 2022] PA Environment Digest

2001

Physics World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The US government is putting about $1.2bn into its National Quantum Initiative (NQI) programme, officially launched at the end of 2018, to provide an overarching framework for quantum information science R&D in academia and the private sector. IBM plans to produce a 433-qubit chip in 2022, followed by a 1121-qubit Condor chip in 2023.

Technology

CEQA Developments

AUGUST 7, 2022

In a 5-2 opinion filed August 1, 2022, a divided California Supreme Court held the Federal Power Act (“FPA”; 16 U.S.C. Department of Water Resources (2022) Cal.5th 791a et seq.) 791a et seq.) County of Butte v. 5th , Case No. North Coast Railroad Authority (2017) 3 Cal.5th

Regulations

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

2014

A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

By Adam Barnett DeSmog catalogues how oil and gas firms have forged ties with the highest levels of government, the media, and influential think tanks. Jolyon Maugham, director of the Good Law Project, told DeSmog: “Abraham Lincoln spoke of government ‘of the people, by the people and for the people.’ Graph credit: DeSmog.

Fossil Fuels

Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

In 2001, Maryland was one of the first states to incentivize green building, to reduce GHG emissions, with an income tax credit. It is also expected that local governments throughout the State will adopt local amendments to the 2021 IgCC as they adopt it as part of their usual building code cycle of triennial code adoption process.

2021

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Here are 90 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- We Remember Sept. 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp.

Natural Gas

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

As we have previously written , the AML Act is the most significant overhaul of the BSA and related anti-money laundering laws since the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and the CTA itself has the potential of reducing certain aspects of BSA compliance for financial institutions.

2021

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Here are 68 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- DEP To Host Sept.

Conservation

CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

DWR’s efforts in this regard took place from 2001 to 2006, involving “five federal agencies, five state agencies, seven local government entities, five Native American tribes, four local water agencies, and 13 nongovernmental organizations,” with three years of hearings and two years of negotiations. 5th 708 ( Butte II ).

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 9, 2024

In a 2023 national poll , 60% of respondents across party lines said that Big Tech has too much power, and nearly half said government should do more to regulate these companies. household spent more than 10% of their disposable income on food in 2022. And indeed, federal agencies have filed lawsuits against all four tech behemoths.

2018

Arnold Porter

JUNE 17, 2021

The New SCCs—replacing the controller-to-controller and controller-to-processor SCCs (Prior SCCs), which were adopted in 2001, 2004 and 2010—are intended to address concerns set out in last year’s groundbreaking European Court of Justice (CJEU) Schrems II decision. The UK and Switzerland.

Law

Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As we have written previously ( here and here ), the AML Act (including the CTA) is the most significant overhaul of the Bank Secrecy Act and related anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) laws since the enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Comments on the Proposed Rule will close on February 7, 2022.

Regulations

Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

This fundamental reality has been obscured by the high complexity of wholesale electricity “markets,” which were created by government policies and regulations and mask the high cost of integrating variable renewable energy sources — until, that is, disaster strikes. is 32 years, as of January 2021. [14]

2021

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Investors and governments will be expected to refer to the Taxonomy in order to determine whether an activity they want to pursue can be considered sustainable, and under what conditions (screening criteria). RePlanet Nederland January 13, 2022 Footnotes: (1) Technical expert group on sustainable finance (TEG) (2). Drafted by: J.E.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In October, ODHS announced that it would extend emergency water deliveries through April of 2022 due to poor groundwater recovery. In 2001, the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), a federal agency that manages the agricultural water supply within the basin, began paying farmers to pump large amounts of groundwater out of the aquifers below.

2001

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 3, 2022

President Biden signs a temporary funding bill that will keep the government operating through December 16. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), speaking on the House floor in support of the continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 16 and provide disaster assistance. It was the worst output since 2001.

Clean Water Act

Arnold Porter

AUGUST 25, 2021

On August 11, 2021, the Senate passed its FY 2022 budget resolution ( S. Since the House and Senate passed the FY 2022 budget resolution in August 2021, Democrats can use the FY 2022 reconciliation instructions to pass their $3.5 N:Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (P.L. 111- 152)]] and tax cuts.[[N:Economic

2010

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

Grid failures start fires From 2001 to 2023, roughly 92 million acres in the United States have been burned by lightning-caused fires , and about 68 million acres have been burned by fires caused by human activity , electrical operations being just one example. So how extensive is this problem and how does it happen?

Fossil Fuels

Physics World

MAY 17, 2022

It further captured the imagination of the public through the 1966 television series Star Trek and the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey , neither of which they cite, apart from an uncredited reference to astronauts who (as in Star Trek ) “boldly go where no man has gone before” and robots that “can go boldly where humans rightly fear to tread”.

2001

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Here are 120 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Here are 120 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

.] -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DCNR Celebrates The Delaware Canal State Park Towpath As PA’s 2022 Trail Of The Year [PaEN] -- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites You To Volunteer At Your Local State Park And State Forest Sept.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

APRIL 9, 2023

In 2022, an isolated Indigenous group disappeared in the Brazilian Amazon. Those responsible ranges from the Paraguayan government to local ranchers – and international financiers, as a new analysis has detailed. Photo credit:: Fotografías Nuevas / Flickr , PD. million and US$4.5 million to US$8.6 million, respectively.

Deforestation

Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mobil was sued in 2001 for paying military officials $500,000 a year to work as security for the company in Aceh province, northern Sumatra, who allegedly engaged in battery, sexual assault, rape and wrongful deaths of local people. The case was still ongoing in 2022.

2017

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Mobil was sued in 2001 for paying military officials $500,000 a year to work as security for the company in Aceh province, northern Sumatra, who allegedly engaged in battery, sexual assault, rape and wrongful deaths of local people. The case was still ongoing in 2022.

2017

Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Strategy refers to the Commission’s policy initiatives on intellectual property and data governance and how those can support innovation and competition. The pilot will run until August 2022, and applicants are also offered the opportunity to make suggestions to address and improve any gaps identified. medical devices); and.

2021

Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] Victor, Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World (2022).

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 5, 2024

See in particular Doll and Hill’s famous 1954 paper on the British Doctors’ Study , a long-term prospective cohort study that lasted from 1951 to 2001. In 1998, the US government won a famous lawsuit against the tobacco companies.

2001