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Louisiana Climate Initiatives Interim Report Highlights Goals for Developing Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Energy Law Blog

Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force published the Louisiana Climate Initiatives Interim Report earlier this month, which outlines the process by which the Task Force plans to develop climate actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana. The Task Force is charged with making recommendations to achieve these goals.

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PA GreenGov Initiatives Lower State Government Energy Use By More Than $8 Million In 3 Years

PA Environment Daily

Pennsylvania’s economy, health and safety, and quality of life are dependent on the careful stewardship of our natural resources. Those goals call for a statewide reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2025, with a further 80 percent reduction by 2050 from 2005 levels.

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DEP Blog: Ten Tools To Take On Climate Change In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

Under Governor Wolf, we’ve accelerated and expanded work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to equip Pennsylvania’s communities, businesses, and individual residents to address climate change impacts occurring now and projected for the near future. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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Guest Essay: Investments In Clean Pennsylvania Air, Land And Water Will Pay Off For Decades

PA Environment Daily

For the first time since 2005, we'll add three new parks to our national award-winning system to bring our total to 124. Through the Clean Streams Law, which will assist farmers with best management practices, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will receive $8.8

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. ExxonMobil is one of the most valuable companies when looking at brand value of the leading oil and gas companies worldwide. and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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Alaska’s Atmospheric Public Trust: A Right Without a Remedy?

Vermont Law

as trustee of the environment for the present and future generations”; and to “conserve, improve, and protect its natural resources and environment and control water, land, and. The Alaska Supreme Court expressly recognized a state “fiduciary duty” to manage these resources for public benefit, [14]. of Natural Resources. ,

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Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Corp Watch

There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. ExxonMobil is one of the most valuable companies when looking at brand value of the leading oil and gas companies worldwide. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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