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PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year

PA Environment Daily

That big spike in 2006, 2007 really as a result of a couple of functions, one of which is the economy at the time and the recession that occurred. “Households at or below 150% of the federal poverty level had "experienced termination rates at exceptionally high levels that have been growing exponentially since 2001.

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What’s Really Inside the Final Budget Reconciliation Bill: A Breakdown of Food and Agriculture Provisions

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Since the establishment of reconciliation, federal programs within the jurisdiction of the Congressional Agriculture Committees have been consistently targeted for cuts – through budget reconciliation, cuts to farm bill programs were made in 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, and 2006.

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Inside the IPCC 61st Plenary Meeting: Debates and Decisions Shaping Climate Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

The call for authors for the Cities report will take place between August 9-September 20 of this year with expected final report review by the Panel in March 2027. The IPCC will issue a call for authors in the upcoming weeks with expected publication of the report in the second half of 2027.

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Construction go-ahead for €2bn Square Kilometre Array

Physics World

By the start of the following year SKA will include a 64-dish array and 64 antenna stations while in 2027 it will have a 133-dish array and 256 antenna stations. 2006 Southern Africa and Australia are shortlisted to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) beating off competition from Brazil and China.

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Second District Affirms Judgment Rejecting CEQA And Other Challenges To CARB’s “Technology-Forcing” Emissions-Control Regulation For At-Berth Tanker And Other Ships

CEQA Developments

Citing to the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006; and to Pub. Resources Code, 21080.5(c); c); CEQA Guidelines, 15250, 15251), and under special provisions of CEQA that apply specifically to regulations CARB promulgates to set performance standards and to require the installation of pollution control equipment[.]

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

3] California has long led the nation in adoption of environmental rules, including the first motor vehicle emission standards in 1966, energy efficiency standards for appliances in the 1970s, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and many others. [4] 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. 9135 ) reauthorizing the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act through FY 2027 and increasing the authorized funding for the program from $20 million in FY 2023 to FY 2027 $25 million in FY 2027.