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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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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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A substantial majority of the excess mortality occurred prior to 2008; as coal-fired EGUs increasingly installed scrubbers to control sulfur dioxide emissions, excess mortality declined rapidly, by more than 85%. I’m not qualified to opine on the technical merits of the study, but it does suggest a number of implications.

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge was established in 2008 to preserve critical habitat for migratory birds and threatened and endangered species. In a bipartisan vote, Congress overwhelmingly approved the 22,000-acre Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Act in 2008.

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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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Physics World

JULY 30, 2021

Maskawa shared half the 2008 Nobel prize with the Japanese physicist Makoto Kobayashi for their work on the mechanism of “broken symmetry” that led to the prediction of a new family of quarks. It is the theory that explains this broken symmetry that has handed the 2008 prize to Maskawa. “Maskawa leaves an important legacy.”

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In 2008 the program expanded to Pittsburgh and smaller metropolitan areas, and since 2013 it has been available statewide. Since 1993 PHS has trained over 4,500 Tree Tenders in 150 Pennsylvania neighborhoods. Since 2004, the program has been supported by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In recent rounds of reauthorization, Congress reduced the AML fee: the 2006 reauthorization reduced the fee by 10 percent in 2008, and another 10 percent in 2013. That’s half of total US production in 2008, when production peaked at nearly 1.2 Coal production has been in precipitous decline since 2008. billion tons.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 21, 2023

But between 2008 and 2018, Philadelphia’s urban forest shrunk by 6%. The livability of our city depends on a healthy and well cared-for urban forest. It provides protection from the heat, improves mental and physical health, and it is a key tool in combating climate change.

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Frontiers

MAY 18, 2022

Researchers investigated the effects of high air temperature and drought on the breeding success of southern yellow-billed hornbills in the Kalahari Desert between 2008 and 2019. The results showed that breeding output collapsed during the monitoring period (2008-2019) due to the increased maximum air temperature. Population collapse.

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Energy & the Law

MAY 4, 2021

The 2008 letter could not have ratified the stipulation because it was not capable of being ratified. The 2008 boundary stipulation retroactively changed boundaries without evidence of error or dispute. The trial court agreed but the appellate court deemed the boundary stipulation to be void.

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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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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

But neither state has had a Democratic governor in years — Arizona not since 2008, and Georgia not since 2002. Arizona and Georgia both went for Biden by narrow margins, so maybe it’s not surprising that Democrats have reasonable prospects in both states.

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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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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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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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Acoel

JULY 25, 2023

Through the TMDL the Ohio EPA seeks to achieve a 40 percent reduction in total phosphorus loading, based on a 2008 baseline, with a three percent margin of safety. This reduction is calculated to achieve a target severity index that has been exceeded most years by varying amounts since 2008.

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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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Corp Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Lockheed Settlement Aviation Week PaulaR Mon, 09/18/2023 - 19:44 Monday, January 7, 2008 Read more The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) unveiled a self-described “major” settlement of a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Lockheed Martin Corp.

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PBS Nature

JUNE 12, 2023

In 2008, the country became the first nation in the world to enshrine the “rights of nature” in its constitution—granting wild species their own legal rights to exist. Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, yet its wild spaces are also among the most threatened.

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PBS Nature

JUNE 12, 2023

In 2008, the country became the first nation in the world to enshrine the “rights of nature” in its constitution—granting wild species their own legal rights to exist. Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, yet its wild spaces are also among the most threatened.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 20, 2021

So it won’t come as a surprise that a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the benefits of on-road emissions reductions from 2008 to 2017 could be measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars and almost 10,000 fewer deaths.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 3, 2023

and 119 species have been documented colliding with buildings in Philadelphia since 2008. Warblers (30 species and 48% of all individuals) and new world sparrows (nine species and 21% of all individuals) make up the largest percentages of the birds that have been documented colliding with buildings in downtown Philadelphia since 2008.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 6, 2022

When the 2008 recession came around, the sustainability function inside companies suffered as many positions were shed as part of cost-saving (euphemistically, “rightsizing”) measures. Read the full story at GreenBiz. Sustainability professionals are thriving. That in itself is news.

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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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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 5, 2022

The GLC compiles annual water use data, a stipulation outlined in the 2008 regional water use agreement known as … Continue reading Industries and public water supplies top list of main consumers of Great Lakes water.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 5, 2022

It will be an update to a plan Chicago released in 2008, when it became the first major city in the U.S. Chicago will soon release a climate action plan — a comprehensive look at the effects of climate change in the city, and actions to address it.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 13, 2022

NS, which first introduced a carbon calculator in 2008, says its new version is more accurate because it captures the full cycle of fuel usage, with fuel consumption from locomotives applied to … Continue reading Norfolk Southern introduces online carbon calculator.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2023

Since the seedlings for schools initiative began in 2008, 1.8 The Game Commission provides enough seedlings for each student to take a seedling home to plant. This year's seedling choices are white spruce or silky dogwood. million seedlings have been dispersed statewide to all counties of the Commonwealth.

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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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Energy & the Law

JULY 12, 2023

The court traced the Commission’s authority to a 2008 minute entry in which two of the three commissioners approved a permit while directing staff that wells that are permitted based on PSA’s should be approved when the operator certifies that at least 65% of the working and mineral interest owners in each component tract have signed a PSA.

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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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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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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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Corp Watch

JUNE 22, 2023

Afghanistan: It’s About Oil EarthIsland PaulaR Thu, 06/22/2023 - 10:32 Saturday, March 1, 2008 Read more Gar Smith In 1998, Dick Cheney (then CEO of Halliburton, a major US oil-services company) commented: “I cannot think of a time when we have had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian.”

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