Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

Radical right-wing policy strategists already have an elaborate battle plan for a second Trump administration and it includes a scorched-earth approach to dismantling environmental protections and climate policies. He served in the Trump administration leading the transition team at the Department of Energy.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. How is it possible that legislation billed as an environmental protection statute ends up as a primary threat to clean water and communities? The statute also includes $19.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. Electric utilities, meanwhile, gave her $44,750.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Consequently, residential gas prices are expected to be 22 percent higher this winter compared to last year’s, and residential electricity prices are expected to be 6 percent higher on average.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces millions in funding for the removal of lead in drinking water. million households without electricity. The announcement makes the current drought more widespread than the last record dry spell in 2005, which only spread across 77 percent of the territory.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency et al. The country needs a strong suite of policies at the federal, state and local level, across every sector of the economy, to deliver on its commitment to cut its heat-trapping emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2022

On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Act), which would provide about $369 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below their 2005 levels by 2030 as well as reduce carbon emissions and invest in renewable energy. gigawatt capacity limit for allocating tax credits to qualifying projects.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

On December 12, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Public Utility Commission announced the Commonwealth’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS) program has surpassed one gigawatt (GW) or 1,000 megawatts (MW) of solar energy. AEPS is administered by the PUC, in collaboration with DEP.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

With low access to electricity, many turn to felling trees to keep warm and cook. to 45% between 2000 and 2005, then down to 42% by 2010. This timing coincides with the massive 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the reconstruction that followed. to 39.3%, or 6,103 km2 to 5,226 km2. First published in The Third Pole.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. In 2012, coal generated 37 percent of US electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

In fact, such standards have had a negligible effect on electricity prices and often save ratepayers money. Its 2018 campaign to kill a federal income tax credit for electric vehicle buyers, trotting out the same phony argument it made against wind tax breaks.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

Technical expertise is provided by the following partners: Department of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Game Commission, Fish and Boat Commission, Department of Education, and the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency. The power sector is the nation’s second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and every path to meeting our nation’s climate targets—be it 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 or net-zero by mid-century —relies on a cleaned-up power sector doing an outsized share of the work.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Yaw: Statement On New EPA Power Plant Emission Reduction Rules -- The Daily Item: Republicans Con. Meuser, Sen. in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

Tom Wolf, this year's budget includes a $696 million bipartisan program to use federal recovery funds and state allocations for restoration and environmental protection. For the first time since 2005, we'll add three new parks to our national award-winning system to bring our total to 124. Thanks to leadership from Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By: Deborah Klenotic, Deputy Communications Director Climate change is a major challenge facing Pennsylvania, and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is leading many efforts to fight back and protect communities. DEP is helping to fund increased use of electric vehicles. million in just the past five years!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

The CI is determined through a lifecycle analysis of the global warming pollution associated with the production and use of gasoline, diesel, biofuels, electricity, or other alternative fuels. But California’s LCFS has been struggling and is approaching a treacherous precipice. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

In fact, natural gas operators have supported significant fee increases to fund additional oversight by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), transparently disclosed chemical use prior to it becoming law, adhered to stricter setback requirements, and pioneered innovative water recycling and reuse practices, to name a few.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

House returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 28, 29, 30 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events MONDAY 10:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: Department of Environmental Protection. House Floor. Click Here to watch live.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

A 2022 report on “decarbonisation employment” from the China-based Climate Action Youth Alliance (CAYA) found that while the emissions-related industry had come into being in 2005 with the signing of the Kyoto Protocol, its size remained small. Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Six kids in town besides Jacob were diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. Environmental Protection Agency. The annual operating cost, including electricity and cleaning the filters, is about $550,000. He and Shari are active in the Pediatric Cancer Action Network, a grassroots advocacy and support group in Nebraska.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, RGGI states Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont have been implementing the nation’s first mandatory “cap and invest” program for the electricity power sector since 2005. mpg by 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency announced it is strengthening its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution. If finalized, these critical, commonsense standards will protect workers and communities, maintain and create high-quality, union-friendly jobs, and promote U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The guidelines are supposed to contribute to implementing corporate accountability - in the field of environmental protection amongst others -, and they provide multinational enterprises with detailed instructions on how to act. Department of Justice | June 15, 2005 Under the agreement, filed with the U.S.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

could cut emissions 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. would meet Biden’s commitment to cut emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. He does not expect the White House to announce a new rule akin to the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, which tried to cut emissions across the electrical system. 15, 2021.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1]. emissions from the electricity generation sector. [21]. One study estimates that CO. RGGI is composed of individual CO.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

My name is Michael Shellenberger, and I am Founder and President of Environmental Progress, an independent and nonprofit research organization. [1] American farmers are world leaders in innovation, productivity, and environmental protection. I will make four points in my testimony: 1. and around the world. 2] James C.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 3, 2015

The Court has a history of groundbreaking decisions in the realm of environmental law and the lesser-publicized. Environmental Protection Agency. That study was then intended to inform the EPA administrator’s decision to “regulate electric utility steam generating units [power plants] under this section [. § Michigan v.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

The full Senate narrowly voted to confirm Janet McCabe as the deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. will halve its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels. FERC – Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability – Technical Conference (June 1 & 2).

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