PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Of Agriculture Protects Another 2,553 Acres Of Farmland; 13,663 Acres Protected In 2023 Western PA Conservancy Protects 460 Acres In McKean County To Create New Nature Reserve ClearWater Conservancy Protects 35 Acre Ecological Gem In Little Sugar Valley Centre County Feature: Meet Your New Year’s Resolution On The Susquehanna Greenway Dec.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gas prices: Without a cap, the flood of bio-based diesel into California will continue, requiring a rapid increase in stringency to stabilize LCFS credit markets, sending 2030 stringency from the 30 percent proposed in the regulation to 34.5 The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The grid operator CAISO, along with state regulators, found that the derates and forced outages of this event mostly hit gas plants and were driven largely by high ambient temperatures. From 2010 to 2015, Texas experienced its second-worst drought in the state’s history.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

electric generation capacity, compared to just 4% in 2010. On October 23, 2023, EPA announced a new rulemaking effort to improve the management of end of life solar panels. This change in the RCRA regulations could provide one system for handling all discarded solar panels, without regard to hazardous or not.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Vermont Law & Graduate School and Articles Editor, Production Coordinator, and Personal Notes Editor for the Vermont Law Review October 1, 2023 The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry noted that “most people in the United States have one or more specific PFAS in their blood, especially PFOS and PFOA.” (1)

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2023, Canada experienced its worst ever wildfire season , with 167,000 people forced to evacuate their homes under 211 federal evacuation orders. While the federal and some provincial governments made key announcements in 2023 that will support climate action and improve the cost of living, they have more to do.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2010 ) -- MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC -Timberlake Compressor Station Flaring Equipment: DEP issued Air Quality Plan Approval for a “de minimis” air emission increase related to natural gas flaring equipment in Buffalo Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2010 ) -- National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. Tioga County. (

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 10, 2024

The Commission’s 2010 climate guidance explains how climate related issues, particularly a company’s financial condition, require annual analysis and possible disclosure. that are inconsistent with Maryland’s proposed GHG regulations). 36% of annual Commission filings include climate disclosures). déjà vu West Virginia v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

To address these issues, the third international Species on the Move conference convened in Bonita Springs, Florida, in May 2023. These annual marine heatwaves (MHWs) have increased by 54% during the last century, and eight of the ten worst MHWs have occurred since 2010.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms. Appalachian Power is currently seeking approval from Virginia regulators to increase residential electric rates by nearly 16 percent due to higher fuel costs.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2023

The water used for hydraulic fracturing is composed of 87 chemicals, some of which have the potential to cause a danger to health of life (PA DEP, 2010). Yet DEP regulators and inspectors are understaffed and unable to oversee the boom in natural gas development. Comments are due by January 7, 2023.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 16, 2023

According to the pleadings, a wind rights lease was entered into in 2010 for a 256 acre property in Hale County, Texas. On May 11, 2023, the jury awarded $1,049,634 in damages with $115,848 in attorney fees, and $204,000 in interest. The matter was set before a jury on the issue of damages.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

Units with existing advanced NOx controls must optimize their utilization by 2023. The proposed rule would provide de minimus air quality benefits in downwind areas with extremely high costs – estimated by EPA at $22 billion discounted 2016 dollars for the 2023-2042 period. ppb in 2023, with typical reductions of 0.1

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Guest Post by Michelan Wilson , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Coral reef degradation, coastal erosions, increases in temperature and other climate-related impacts are estimated to reduce tourism revenues by approximately US$118 million–US$146 million per annum (Moore, 2010), on average, across the Caribbean.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

For example in 2009 and 2010, Toyota recalled over 10 million vehicles over unintended acceleration problems and in 2016, Toyota recalled 1.4 million yuan over Lexus price-fixing Reuters | December 27, 2019 China's market regulator on Friday has fined Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor 7203.T China fines Toyota 87.6 million yuan ($12.5

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

In 2010, the mix was 48% coal, 34% nuclear, 15% gas and 2% renewables. On January 22, the PJM Interconnection reported 40 Gigawatts of new electric generating capacity had cleared its review process in 2023. from other sources. In 2000, the electric generation fuel mix was 57% coal, 36% nuclear, 2% renewable, 2% petroleum and 1% gas.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times | February 7, 2018 New regulations, which corporate interests delayed for almost a decade, require explicit labeling and limit the marketing of sugary foods to children.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Interior’s authority to regulate offshore wind comes from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expressly authorize Interior to issue leases for renewable energy projects in federal waters. The regulatory process leading to the Vineyard Wind Project offshore Massachusetts began in 2010.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Several previous bodies have made similar recommendations, going back to the UK Royal Society report of 2009 and the Asilomar Conference declaration of 2010, but the Commission adds more specifics.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

Tough cleanup goals Under a 2010 cleanup plan, formally known as the Bay’s total maximum daily load, the EPA assigned all six states in the Chesapeake watershed, along with the District of Columbia, specific goals for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus, the two nutrients largely responsible for the Bay’s poor water quality.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Shell: 100 Years is Enough by Corporate Watch (UK). billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Shell: 100 Years is Enough by Corporate Watch (UK). billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Shell: 100 Years is Enough by Corporate Watch (UK). billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2023

Between 2010 and 2021, the USDA Rural Utilities Service released $3.4 Percentage of USDA Rural Development projects located in majority Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities, by Congressional District (2010-2021). Before coming to UCS, I worked on this new study just released by the Community Water Center in California.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Thanks largely to federal tax incentives, lower sticker prices, and more available models, EV sales have continued to surge in 2023. DR: California hit a new milestone for EV sales midway through 2023: One in four new passenger vehicles sold in in the state from April through June was a plug-in car, truck, or SUV. percent in 2021.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Over the last several years, many investors, regulators and other stakeholders have increasingly sought environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures from public companies. In 2010, the SEC published interpretive guidance (2010 Guidance) for public companies regarding disclosure requirements relating to climate change matters.[[N:Securities

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Baiton was at COP27 and is expected to return for COP28, which runs from November 30th until December 12th, 2023. We need governments to regulate industry. Under Baiton’s leadership, CAPP has lobbied the federal government 74 times in the first 9 months of 2023 – that’s once every 2.5

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The pipeline has experienced nearly two dozen accidents since going into service in 2010. The Keystone Pipeline shutdown in January after spilling 600,000 gallons of oil which will cost an estimated $480 million to clean up.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2023

How Canada’s Proposed Supply Regulation Will Make Electric Cars More Affordable When people talk about electric vehicles (EVs), it is often taken as a given that they are inherently more expensive than gasoline cars, while the promise of price-parity is elusively always right around the corner. How does this work?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

We discuss the need for better water use regulation across the country to lessen the strain on EQIP. As the 2018 Farm Bill is set to expire on September 30, 2023, we believe this report is timely. AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. Accessed April 27, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2023

The problem with your numbers 2010 to 2020 is that two or three of those started were diagnosed 2008, 2009. “At “At the time we did our studies, there were 11 cancers, childhood cancers, in the Canon-McMillan school district, including at least three sarcomas. That is not even talking about a history of six sarcomas.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

MARCH 16, 2021

So the best bet is that life and work in, say, 2023 will look a lot like life and work in 2019, but a bit less so. See my 2010 piece and my ne w 2021 Yale Press book ; Adapting to Climate Change. I really like Paul Krugma n's NY Times piece from today. It focuses on his predictions about the short term future of cities.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The plan requires the states to reduce their consumption by 500,000-acre feet in 2022 and 2023. IPBES is also seeking external reviewers of the draft deliverables for sections of the IPBES rolling work program up to 2030 and the workplans for IPBES task forces for the intersessional period 2022–2023. Comments are due Jan.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 24, 2023

Canada is actually committed to a net-zero electricity grid by 2035 and has put significant money behind it in the 2023 budget. The average range of battery-powered EVs tripled from 2010 to 2021. Policymakers can regulate EV efficiency, vehicle size and weight, and require recycling. grams of CO2 per kilometre.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. To help achieve these goals, the bill alters and directs additional resources to a number of existing programs and initiatives, including by way of example, in fiscal 2023, $2.5 Stormwater Management.

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