PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2021

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lamented that the final texts, “take important steps, but unfortunately the collective political will was not enough to overcome some deep contradictions.” only recently relinquished its infamous distinction as the leading greenhouse gas producer to China in 2005. What can you do?

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. A fall trip to South Africa, followed closely by the holidays, made October-December something of a blur. African Penguin: The Cape.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

I have working on the costs of climate change for 15 years now going back to my 2005 Death Toll paper. In my own microeconomic research on the climate change challenge, I have not emphasized policy priorities today because I believe that the political economy is such that global greenhouse gas emissions will continue to rise.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. ExxonMobil is one of the most valuable companies when looking at brand value of the leading oil and gas companies worldwide.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 20, 2014

The Court affirmed that Kanuk’s specific policy requests are non-justiciable political questions. [9]. also indicates that enforcement of an expanded obligation depends on the political branches. 3d 745,755 (Alaska 2005). [23]. 3d 745, 755 (Alaska 2005)). [25]. He wanted the Court to order specific climate policies, [7].

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HumanNature

APRIL 12, 2021

Take, for example, the claim that greenhouse gases (e.g. Disagreements and resulting discomfort can result in the social lens being seen as political and therefore something to be avoided, all while implicitly being a fundamental concern and determinant of sustainability outcomes. CO2) cause climate change. non-normative).

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Real Climate

MARCH 5, 2023

It’s a fascinating story of technology, creativity, hubris, error, imagination, rivalry, politics, and (for some) a search for scientific consilience – worthy of movie script perhaps? McNider, "Satellite greenhouse signal", Nature , vol. – but I want to highlight a minor little thing. K/decade 1979-1993 (+/- 0.18

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As China’s Communist Party increases its political grip, it has been nearly impossible for foreign NGOs to operate effectively in the country and Chinese elites now chafe at requirements that they pass regular tutorials in “XI Jinping Thought.” Five of the six students who initially planned to accompany me dropped out after the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

EQT noted "China's current energy mix mirrors that of Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2005" saying with US-supplied natural gas, China could replicate the model for emissions reduction. CEO Toby Rice argued China needs US natural gas to reduce its dependency on the use of coal to generate electricity and reduce power plant emissions.

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

Political controversies and fear of litigation may have played a role. Politics aside, the Biden Administration may have felt forced to approve this project. emissions 50% below 2005 levels by 2030. High gas prices continue to place a heavy financial burden on our economy.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

Those who work on soil issues have long hoped for a new study, with well-known soil scientists calling for one as early as 2005, at the government’s annual Two Sessions meetings. Soil can both be a source of greenhouse gas emissions, by releasing carbon dioxide and methane, or it can fix organic carbon. Forty years of change.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

As with many environmental issues, when it comes to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this is no ordinary election. . As the province with the second highest greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, not doing enough to reduce these emissions is bad for the future of not just Ontario, but the whole country. .

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes. There are others across Nebraska. Studies and Questions.

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

Biden sets target of at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions below 2005 levels by 2030. Biden and the EPA select the recipients for $20 billion in grant awards under two competitions within the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund created under the IRA. EPA’s greenhouse gas emission standards will avoid 1.38

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Several workers have also been injured and others killed in explosions at the Point Comfort plant in 2005 and at a PVC plant in Illiopolis , Illinois in 2004. million tons of greenhouse gases that the project is expected to emit annually. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Seven employees have been killed by or died from injuries at Georgia-Pacific since Koch Industries bought the company in 2005. Major Shareholders Privately Held. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. billion methanol production complex under construction in St. James Parish.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2021

In Wyoming, PacificCorp committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 60 percent of 2005 levels by 2030 and shutting down twenty of their twenty-four operating coal plants by 2038. Support for renewable energy crossed the partisan aisle, a rarity in today’s highly polarized politics.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation A Cap-and-Invest Approach . 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].

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

We know we must now work to both cut greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the severity of climate change and at the same time work to adapt to the impacts we can no longer avoid. Malthusians and socialists within the Democratic Party and center-left political coalitions in Europe clashed overpopulation and poverty.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. Joe Manchin about holding up EPA nominations claiming “overreach” ) But this is not just about the political calculus of a president trying to make good on a climate pledge. In the year 2023, the U.S.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. reduced its greenhouse gas emissions between 2000 and 2020 more than any other nation in history in absolute terms, according to preliminary analysis by the Rhodium Energy Group. trillion. [25] 50] Patel, S. 2020, April 16).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“We call on all our leaders, regardless of their political stripe, to come together to ensure every child has the hope and expectation of a safe climate and pollution-free world. farmers do their part to save the Bay and reduce greenhouse gases?with conservation programs?would?allow?USDA in helping?farmers with practices that?also?create

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Over the last 15 years, Penn State University has cut its carbon emissions by more than 35 percent, putting the University ahead of schedule to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas outputs to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The University has been a leader in dramatically reducing its greenhouse gas footprint.

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Cresforum

APRIL 22, 2021

Today, President Biden announced that the United States would pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030, compared to a 2005 base year. greenhouse gases. In 2005, President Biden’s baseline year, U.S. economy grew since 2005, the U.S. gigatons (Gt). Gt within 8 years.

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Cresforum

APRIL 22, 2021

Today, President Biden announced that the United States would pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030, compared to a 2005 base year. greenhouse gases. In 2005, President Biden’s baseline year, U.S. economy grew since 2005, the U.S. gigatons (Gt). Gt within 8 years.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The agency estimates that in 2030, the proposal would reduce methane from covered sources by 87 percent below 2005 levels. That’s nearly the same as all greenhouse gases emitted from coal-fired electricity generation in the U.S. Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. 2005 Congress passes first tax credit for solar. 2009 EPA formally finds that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and welfare. This to-and-fro is a sobering reminder of how much elections matter.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

s challenge to the constitutionality of the linkage between California’s greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program and Quebec trading program. Developers of Southern California Warehouse Project Agreed to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures to Resolve CEQA Claims. United States v. California , No. 20-16789 (9th Cir. A20-0952 (Minn.

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ESA

AUGUST 29, 2022

Joe Manchin (D-WV), the bill will reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030. The surprising political shifts that led to the climate bill’s passage – The Washington Post. President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark climate and tax law, which includes $369 billion in energy and climate spending.

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