PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2024

Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN] -- Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Recognizes John Dawes With First Mayfly Award [PaEN] -- John Dawes Recognized With Federal Office Of Surface Mining ECHO Award [PaEN] -- John Dawes, Wild Resource Program Receive PAEP 2006 Karl Mason Awards [PaEN] -- Rep.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2022

On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update (Draft Scoping Plan) for public review and comment. CARB addresses California’s increasingly severe climate impacts. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Kevin Homrighausen.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Posted: December 2, 2022] PA Environment Digest The program disburses approximately $150,000 per year for watershed restoration and environmental improvement projects in the Sinnemahoning and Portage Creek Watersheds. Questions should be directed to Todd Deluccia at tdeluccia@cameroncd.org or call 814-486-9354.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In 2022, there has been reason for hope, as nations of the world made halting but promising progress on climate policy , and reason for fear, as next-level climate disasters crippled whole countries and threatened to overtake our scant progress. Chichagof Island, Alaska, 2006. Those fights, long and frantic, were over and lost.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. The Final Scoping Plan Update is currently expected to be published by December 2022, and is expected to be followed by a rulemaking process to amend the Cap-and-Trade Program in 2023.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

The Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update takes an all-of-the-above approach to decarbonize California. On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Brian McCall.

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HumanNature

MARCH 16, 2022

Guest Post by Rehman Lund , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. However, the biggest hurdle with those is the hefty upfront cost that can exceed the value of saved water in various applications (Wichelns and Oster 2006). The permanent liners exhibit as high as 97% reduction in seepage (USDA 1997). Wichelns, D.,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2023

Tatonka Oil was also issued notices of violation in March 2020 and again in December 2022 for failing to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports for multiple wells. No production and waste generation report was submitted to DEP since 2006 and no well integrity report had ever been submitted to DEP.

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Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

2022 , see Figure 2. 2022 (my take: quite well). 2006), indicating a model bias toward a monostable AMOC. That this fingerprint is correlated with the AMOC in historic runs with CMIP6 models has recently been shown by Latif et al. We compiled the AMOC reconstructions we could find in Caesar et al. 2021 , see Figure 3.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

DEP has been working with Villanova since 2018 on updating the 2006 Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. Third, the Villanova team will recommend new best management practices developed or perfected since the 2006 Manual was adopted to achieve stormwater and pollution reduction objectives. Read more here.

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HumanNature

APRIL 17, 2023

© 2022 Emily Iskin Art & Design. Hydrol Process 20 , 183–196 (2006). Geomorphology 80 , 295–309 (2006). Water Resour Res 58 , (2022). 1: Floodplain wood on the banks of the Embarrass River, Illinois. Wood provides many benefits and performs many functions in river ecosystems. Ground Water 46 , 671–687 (2008).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Lauren Casey has been an on-air meteorologist since 2006 most recently working at CBS-3 in Philadelphia for the past 6 years. At the breakfast, the Berks County community demonstrated exceptional unity, focus, and vigor – a readiness to turn local action into global impact.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2022

For full disclosure, prior to joining the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law, I worked for CARB for more than a decade, although I did not have a role in writing the draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update. The views presented here are my own. ]. What is a Scoping Plan?

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HumanNature

JANUARY 12, 2022

Guest Post by Brendon Anthony , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. 2006, August. Available online: [link] (accessed on 5 January 2022). NC-140) (Figure 2; Minas et al., Optimizing Peach Tree Canopy Architecture for Efficient Light Use, Increased Productivity and Improved Fruit Quality. Agronomy, 11(10), p.1961.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

La Directora de EPA en el Caribe, Carmen Guerrero, declaró que en 2022 la EPA convocó reuniones con las comunidades impactadas por las instalaciones en Puerto Rico, afirmando que la agencia se dispone a fortalecer la regulación. ¿Qué ha hecho y qué más debe hacer EPA para reducir la exposición al óxido de etileno?

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, the HS93 reconstruction was extended by our old friend Nicola Scafetta who (partially) used the discredited connection of SCL to global temperature to justify it ( Scafetta et al, 2022 , even citing the paper with the erroneous arithmetic highlighted by Laut back in 2003. 11-21, 2022. Rendiconti Lincei. Hoyt, and K.H.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update (Draft Scoping Plan) for public review and comment. While in May 2021 LCFS Credits were trading for an average price of $190, [6] in the week of May 23-29, 2022, CARB reports an average Credit price of $105.03. [7] By Joshua T.

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Law of the Lands

APRIL 6, 2023

Prior to 2006, the owners of what became two adjoining lots built a garage on one of the lots. In the summer of 2006, those owners sold one lot to one purchaser and the other lot to another, but it was discovered before closing of the transactions that the garage on the one lot encroached onto the other lot.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Since 2006, the Paddling Film Festival World Tour has been showcasing the very best of paddling films, screening in more than 120 cities around the world. The event will be held on April 9 from 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. at the Campus Theatre , located at 413 Market Street, Lewisburg, Union County.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2023

Much of this funding is from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization program (AMLER), and from the 2022 Bi-partisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL) or Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which resulted in total funding of $297M in FY 2023. 23 to Oct.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Maryland Department of the Environment has given notice to the legislature that it intends to publish new regulations on December 15, 2023, to create Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) implementing the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In 2022, Neighborhood Gardens Trust will acquire two parcels within the Garden’s footprint that were actively marketed for sale, saving this beloved community green space & providing important environmental benefits that improve water quality. Posted: October 6, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Renewable + Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The California ISO; California energy regulatory agencies, including the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and California Energy Commission (CEC); and the Governor’s office have spent considerable effort to avoid any outages for both this summer and summer 2022. In 2021, load peaked at 43,982 MW on September 8, at 17:50.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The statute explicitly requires the State to reduce statewide GHG emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a near term target unmatched by any other state.”. Revised estimates of the social cost of GHG were released on November 11, 2022, by EPA. That Alternative Compliance Fee (i.e.,

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2022

. -- Paul Racette has worked as the PEC Watershed Programs Manager for the Southeast office since 2006.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

The enrolled bill, now a statute known as the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 , is premised on the idea that “the State has the ingenuity to reduce the threat of global warming and make GHG reductions a part of the State’s future” by, among other things, achieving net zero statewide GHG emissions by 2045. only days from now).

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In a 2022 paper published by the International Research Journal of Education and Technology, it was estimated that the annual turnover from betel leaf in India was approximately INR 10 billion (which converts to USD 120 million today). March 2022 was the hottest March in India since records began 122 years ago.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

DEP’s 2022 Water Quality Report now shows fully one-third of Pennsylvania’s streams and rivers-- 27,886 miles-- do not meet water quality standards-- up over 2,000 miles from just two years ago. Wolf will give his final state budget address on February 8 kicking off the FY 2022-23 budget season. 8 Budget Address Gov. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2022

PJM’s all-time one-day highest power use was recorded in the summer of 2006 at 165,563 MW. Due To Rise In Natural Gas Prices [Posted: May 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest While warm ocean waters suggest this year may be slightly warmer than 2021, PJM is expecting demand consistent with last summer.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 16, 2022

In an opinion filed on April 12, and later ordered published on May 11, 2022, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed a judgment that had denied a CEQA writ petition challenging the City of Mount Shasta’s issuance of a wastewater permit for the Crystal Geyser Water Company’s bottling plant project.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2022

The first initiative formally coalesced as the nonprofit Susquehanna Greenway Partnership in 2006. In a more subtle event in May 2022, hundreds of residents and volunteers from businesses in 12 river towns collected hundreds of tons of trash from the river, streams and parks as part of Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

Furthermore, India’s legislative frameworks afford limited protection because of fragmented state-wise tourism policies and the National Ecotourism Policy, 2022 plays a normative function at best. However, the Indian judiciary displays a proactive commitment to environmental conservation. In Nagarahole Budakattu Hakku Sthapana Samithi v.

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HumanNature

MARCH 24, 2022

Guest Post by Holly Roth , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Science 2006 , 313 (5789), 940–943. Candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University Due to many variables, including higher temperatures and extended droughts, fire patterns are changing globally. link] (2) Westerling, A.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 29, 2023

Dramatically increased estimates of the social cost of GHG (estimated at $51 per ton when SB 528 was passed in April 2022 to now over $200 per ton) were released in November 2022, by EPA. You said that Maryland has announced it is moving toward an all electric building code, is the State coming for my gas stove ?

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Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Robin Kundis Craig. This time, they’ve teed up the Court to finally resolve the Court’s own fractured opinion from its 2006 decision in Rapanos v. 3d —, 2022 WL 952072, at *2 (D. They won that one, with the late Justice Scalia writing the opinion for a unanimous Court. United States.

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Brag

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to the draft report, the more prominent role of the RFS Program on corn ethanol production in the United States in more recent years is consistent with the methyl-tert-butyl-ether (MTBE) phaseout by 2006, expiration of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) at the end of 2010, and lower oil prices after 2015.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

Here’s what happened on December 25, 26 and 27, 2022 in Washington County. According to an article in the Observer-Reporter newspaper , Kasey said she and her family were opening presents on Christmas morning 2022 when they heard a “jet noise” from the plant followed by a loud bang that rattled the house about 7:30 in the morning. “It

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