Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

Louis than occurred statewide in 2008 when election administrators there failed to clearly differentiate between contests. In 2008 and 2010, the county didn’t provide details on how voters could correct any errors they made on their ballots and instead told voters to refer to a separate instructional packet to learn how to fix their mistakes.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

From 1973-2008 the central and eastern US had an average of 25 earthquakes of magnitude three and larger (M3+) per year. Since 2008 we have averaged over 200 earthquakes of M3+ per year. For over a decade, many residents living in our region have experienced vibrations inside their homes at an increasing rate.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

First, in 2008, the parties adopted a resolution dealing specifically with ocean fertilization. The 2008 resolution and 2010 assessment framework are not legally binding. The draft is similar to the 2008 resolution on ocean fertilization but would apply to other marine CDR and solar radiation management activities.

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Carbon Dioxide Government Ocean 2013 128

Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022. Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010.

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Real Climate

MARCH 31, 2022

The error in the second half of his analysis is related to the error made by Douglass et al (2008) and discussed in Santer et al (2008). 1693-1701, 2008. Curiously, when referencing the ERA5 data, he cites the description paper from ERSSTv5 – an ocean temperature dataset – instead of Hersbach et al (2020).

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Read the full story from WTTW. Three mayors in the past 15 years — Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot — have all promised to combat the effects of global climate change. But some critics and scientists, along with a new data analysis by the DePaul University Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence,… Read more →

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In Ecuador, which has followed more of a litigation strategy, a campaign led by Indigenous groups led to a constitutional amendment in 2008. A similar series of developments played out with the Māori living in the Te Urewara National Park. This was the first country recognizing RoN.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2024

By far the most ambitious activities and the most expansive claims are in China, where weather modification schemes came to international attention when they were used to clear the skies over Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A 2008 study found that residents in smaller districts were more likely to have contact with their representatives and were also more likely to approve of their representative. The US publics approval ratings of Congress have been on a relatively steady decline since 2000s with small peaks around 2008 and 2020.

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Real Climate

APRIL 2, 2021

In 2008, after a series of Atlantic hurricane seasons that began earlier than normal, a study was published that explored whether the anomalously early starts may be part of a larger trend ( Kossin 2008 ). The days of formation for the 2020 named storms are shown by the red squares. References. Geophysical Research Letters , vol.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 1, 2023

The Supreme Court held that “in light of the boundary stipulation and the signed 2008 letter, Ellison as a matter of law ratified the boundary line in the stipulation as the boundary of Ellison’s leasehold.” The Court overruled Ellison’s issue related to the existence of a contract. As an assignee of Samson’s contract, Concho had standing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This has been reiterated time and time again by EPA to the manufacturers, distributors, and installers of the defeat devices for which SEMA is requesting exemption.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

And by the 2007 IPCC AR4 report, or in Lean and Rind (2008) ), at best, scientists had concluded that solar activity wasn’t likely to be responsible for more than 10% or so of the long term rise in global temperature. Lean, and D.H. 32, 2005.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

For example, a 2008 bill would have lifted the moratorium entirely and replaced it with a less stringent set of requirements. Diablo Canyon is now Californias last operational nuclear power plant, but its currently slated to shut down by 2030.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 16, 2021

Some readings; 2008 Urban Growth and Climate Change 2010 Climatopolis 2021 Adapting to Climate Change The microeconomics research agenda is to trace out this expenditure function approach. See m y slides here starting on slide 9.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The price of urea also surpassed its previous recorded spike in 2008 by approximately 18 percent. Data reported by the World Bank show that prices for two key fertilizers spiked dramatically between April 2021 and April 2022: diammonium phosphate prices went up 75 percent and potash prices rose a staggering 178 percent.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

And Pennzoil Company In Elk County [PaEN] PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov.

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Natural Gas 2024 Waste Environmental Protection 116

Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

A 2008 law governs access to it—with an exemption for Illinois. As aquifers dry up, some Midwest communities are looking to the region’s greatest natural resources for a solution.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Upcoming Event: -- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec.

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Natural Gas 2008 Waste 2024 107

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago just released its Draft 2022 Climate Action Plan (CAP), an update of the city’s 2008 CAP to reduce citywide emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. Like many cities with CAPs , Chicago missed that target, largely because of insufficient funding, limited staffing, and lack of coordination among city agencies.

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Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions Electricity 2008 279

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 26, 2024

Recent analysis from the Haas School of Business finds “that over recent years, utilities have earned sizeable regulated rates of return on their capital assets, particularly when set against the unprecedented low interest rate environment from 2008–2022.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

True, t he world was different in many ways in 2008 when Obama took office, including the energy sector. One way of getting a handle on the amount of harm, though, is to assume that if Bush had kept his promise, emissions during his presidency would have declined as much as they did under his successor Obama.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Renewables are 6% of power. Renewable Energy Act sets fixed feed-in tariffs and gives renewables priority on the grid. New rates are large enough to spark expansion of renewable industry. Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector.

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Nuclear Power Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions 2030 203

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, Ecuador’s 2008 constitution enshrines the rights of nature, acknowledging that “nature has the right to exist, persist, maintain, and regenerate its vital cycles.” This establishes a foundation for the right to a stable climate, as nations collectively commit to address climate change and its impacts.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 3, 2021

by Garth Heutel, Givi Melkadze, and Stefano Carattini (Georgia State University) In 2008, as big banks began failing across Wall Street and the housing and stock markets crashed, the nation saw how crucial financial regulation is for economic stability – and how quickly the consequences can cascade through the economy when regulators are asleep at… (..)

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Outlawing the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008 and mandating low-nicotine cigarettes for others will help New Zealand reach its smoke-free vision, but vaping will still be an issue

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Hossain joined the team in 2008. “But also in driving negotiations for water sharing.”. SWOT team members are excited about the upcoming launch because they’ve spent a large portion of their careers nurturing the project. Pavelsky started even earlier, attending his first SWOT development meeting in 2004, when he was in graduate school.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

On February 20, the Public Utility Commission voted to invite comments on proposed guidelines for the next phase of the Commonwealths Energy Efficiency and Conservation program (EE&C Program) under Act 129 of 2008. "I DeFrank in a statement at the public meeting.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 16, 2024

For example, in Galveston, Texas, where most public housing was destroyed b y Hurricane Ike in 2008, the reconstruction of units was delayed by more than a decade. There’s this great family-level disruption, but there’s also a large cultural disruption. And the issue of recovery gets incredibly politicized.

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Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

April 2008: ALJ recommends that the permit be issued. December 2008: TCEQ remands the application for more modeling. August 2005: TexCom Gulf Disposal seeks a permit from the TCEQ for construction and operation of underground injection control wells for the disposal of non-hazardous industrial wastewater in Montgomery County.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2023

We have discussed the statistics on tropical cyclones in previous posts here on RealClimate: ‘ Climate Change and Tropical Cyclones (Yet Again) ’ (2008) and ‘ Does global warming make tropical cyclones stronger? ’ (2018). Support for the warm-area-connection?

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Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

By Bob Berwyn In 2008, polar bears had the dubious distinction of being the first animal placed on the United States’ endangered species list due to climate threats, specifically the loss of Arctic sea ice.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 29, 2024

Since 2005, there have been destructive, space debris-producing anti-satellite weapons tests by China (2007), the United States (2008), India (2019), and Russia (2021). Our database helps us understand how the physical environment in which these tests are taking place has changed.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 acknowledges that fossil fuel production significantly contributes to climate deterioration. It seems that the Shapiro administration’s DEP is just as much beholden to the fracking industry as previous administrations,” said Gillian Graber, Executive Director of Protect PT.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 8, 2025

What had once seemed an impossibility to Cameron, who moved to the coastal community in 2008 from Idaho and began working for the city in 2009, was suddenly her problem to fix: How could you have a drought and water shortages in Alaska? Seldovia held its breath for the reliable late-summer rainy season. But August came and went nothing.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Despite adding to Japan’s rich legacy in neutrino physics, in 2008 – before Kajita was awarded the Nobel prize – he made a bold decision to switch research fields. Kajita became director of ICRR in 2008 and played a major role in getting KAGRA funded and constructed. Switching fields.

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