Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

States and local governments are required to take steps to attain the standards 5. Making air quality forecasts available to state and local governments and to communities across the country. Providing grants to governments and communities to help monitor and reduce air pollution and enforcing safeguards.

Ozone

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2025

But worse still, the bill completely destroys state efforts to regulate the industry, eliminating sections of the Clean Air Act that allow states to enforce standards stronger than those set by the federal government. However, since 2010 its fleet fuel economy in the U.S. mpg, compared to 22.6 mpg, according to EPA data ).

Clean Air Act

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

However, recent efforts have focused on reversing this trend, with the government implementing stricter enforcement of environmental regulations and bolstering sustainable initiatives, such as promoting conservation efforts and enforcing land-use restrictions. This decline marks a notable shift after years of rising deforestation rates.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Drilled in 2010 but not produced. [ Inactive status expired on February 21, 2020. Drilled in 2011 but not produced. [ DEP inspection report ] -- Ridgebury Twp.: Inactive status expired on February 21, 2020.

2011

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reforming Oceanic Governance: A Department of Oceans by Joseph Lepak Current federal ocean governance is spread across a myriad of federal agencies in different departments and the time has come to bring them all together. Governing this vast area, four agency mandates prioritize oceans, while other mandates involve oceans.

Ocean

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2025

The Trump government wants to dismantle the climate and weather science conducted by NOAA because evidence of a warming world resulting from burning their products is a pesky reality for the fossil fuel industry that gave millions to his campaign. This is not speculation. This is very, very harmful. million times. million times.

2010

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

The plaintiff in the case was a limited liability company that owned 1,075 acres of farmland in Iowa, including nine acres that were designated as “wetland” by USDA in 2010 prior to the plaintiff’s purchase of the land. Iowa, May 29, 2025) was initially filed by a landowner in Iowa on April 16, 2024. 5 U.S.C. §

2013

Law Columbia

MARCH 19, 2025

3] Best interests of the corporation is further defined to include the following factors: (a) the interests of shareholders, employees, retirees and pensioners, creditors, consumers, and governments; (b) the environment ; and (c) the long-term interests of the corporation. [4] 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S.

Law

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Heres what governments can do. Ports and governments can facilitate the change through incentive programs , charging a per-container fee on polluting drayage trucks, and taking advantage of federal and state grants. That speaks to a historical lack of urgency from government in addressing the harms of the freight system.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2025

Take, for example, a confidential internal Shell report from 1998 that outlines a scenario set in 2010 in which a series of violent storms devastate the US east coast, prompting public outrage over the fossil fuel industrys role in climate change. UCS continues to press for accountability for the perpetrators of the criminal hacking scheme.

Fossil Fuels

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

It examines the implications of the 2010 earthquake on toxic waste management, and how the nations ongoing political crisis exacerbates the challenges of waste regulation. 2] For example, on January 12, 2010, an earthquake struck Haiti near Port-au-Prince in a catastrophic event, affecting approximately 3.5 million people.[3]

Waste

Global Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Earth Day Womens Summit will feature top womens voices from the halls of business, government, civil society and media who are committed to addressing the climate crisis in ways that serve all socioeconomic levels, drawing from the influential and extensive networks of Electric LadiesPodcast and Global Green.

Earth Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Even with these targeted programs in place there are still disparities in the distribution of government aid across racial groups and farm sizes. White farmers received an average of $3,398 in government assistance for the pandemic bailouteight times more than the average $422 Black farmers received. percent of the $8.5

Government

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

Well drilled in 2005 (or so) and waste disposed of onsite in 2010. Owner did not respond to 2023 notices of violations. This well had a string of violations since it was first drilled. Violations from previous inspections continued. No response requested. DEP inspection report. Big Dog Energy holds 26 permits.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

Between 2010 and 2021, not only did the frequency of new warehouse construction rise, but the size of these new warehouses increased by nearly 150 percent compared to the norm. These facilities are largely concentrated around areas with existing logistics infrastructureports, railyards, and the like.

Ground-Level Ozone

Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 4, 2025

In 2017, she founded Highland Strategies, which supported the work of nonprofits, foundations and government agencies. During that time, she spearheaded the Greenworks Philadelphia initiative, which united the citys sustainability efforts and won the 2010 Siemens Sustainability Award.

Natural Sciences

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Drilled in 2010 but not produced. [ Inactive status expired on February 21, 2020. Drilled in 2011 but not produced. [ DEP inspection report ] -- Ridgebury Twp.: Inactive status expired on February 21, 2020. DEP inspection report ] Blackhill Energy holds 90 permits.

Waste

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Sabin Centers brief underscores the essential role local governments play in addressing the climate crisis, highlighting their frontline position in mitigating and managing climate impacts. Since 2010, EPA has been regulating GHG emissions and other air pollutants from new motor vehicles.

Clean Air Act

Circle of Blue

APRIL 1, 2025

At the governments request, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland canvassed the island to assess the most favorable rivers from which to extract glacial meltwater. Its report , published in 2020, noted that the Government of Greenland actively supports the prospect of drinking water export from this immense resource.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In 2010 the Pennsylvania Conservation Commission awarded Paul with the Leadership Excellence Award for his outstanding leadership in water resource management spanning back to 1974. (The During his tenure SRBCs regulations governing major water withdrawals and consumptive water uses were significantly strengthened.

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

For example, reconciliation was used to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, and the Inflation Reduction Act in 2021. Currently, the federal government pays fully for the cost of SNAP benefits, and the USDA and states split the costs of administering the program.

2013

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

A permanent ban prohibiting high volume hydraulic fracturing in the Delaware River Watershed was adopted by the DRBC in February 2021 following a moratorium on gas drilling instituted in 2010 and after more than ten years of comprehensive research and public deliberation. The Comptroller is to report back in one year.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

JULY 23, 2025

In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency set a 2025 deadline for Bay states to get serious about cutting pollution. The federal government has spent tens of billions of dollars, much of it from the U.S. The deadline is passing and the goal is unmet. It’s a solution, though, that has evaded federal and state regulators for decades.

2016

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JULY 16, 2025

Currently, sequestration is enforced through three laws: the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, the Budget Control Act of 2011, and the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO). In particular, PAYGO prevents “new revenue and mandatory spending legislation enacted during a session of Congress from increasing the net deficit”.

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

In 2010, the California legislature followed with AB 1437 , a law that imposes those Prop 2 living conditions on egg producers in any other state or country that intended to sell their products in the state of California. There are no federal requirements governing the living space required for laying hens. 1052(b).

Law

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

Millions of customers, including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies, rely on AWS to advance their A.I. These efforts reflect Amazon’s ongoing commitment to supporting U.S. leadership in A.I. and helping customers across all industries harness A.I.-driven

Carbon Emissions

Scientific American

JUNE 19, 2025

Along with four others, the UCLA department was founded in 1940 as the government rushed to train hundreds of new meteorologists. Carol Sutton Lewis: This commute was part of how June readied herself for her day as a government forecaster. It all came down to the pressing military needs of World War II.

Atmosphere

Nature

JULY 22, 2025

This letter reflects our personal views, which are separate and distinct from our official duties as special government employees, and those of the organizations we represent. In our opinion, these developments threaten the health and well-being of the people of the United States. How Trump 2.0 Cleary et al. JAMA Health Forum.

2025

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Scientists estimate that Brazil hasn’t seen a normal period of rainfall since 2010. Scientists estimate that the country hasn’t seen a normal period of rainfall since 2010. The Chilean government declared an agricultural emergency in many provinces, estimating that rainfall is down between 62 and 80 percent in some regions.

Rainforest

Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

The earliest government estimate of the social cost of carbon was for 2010: $21/ton with a 3% discount rate and $35 at a 2.5% billion in 2010 dollars. The social cost of carbon is an estimate of the harm done by one additional ton of carbon dioxide. discount rate. billion tons, or $78.4

2010

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

But when he ran for Governor in 2010, he attacked a Republican rival’s support for renewable energy. Emmer said: “There are many different factors and variables [increasing energy costs], but one of the primary variables that when government gets involved in mandates that you must have renewables in wind, solar and biofuels.

Biofuels

Legal Planet

APRIL 8, 2024

In terms of the economy, Nigeria experienced a surge of growth at the beginning of this century, averaging over 8% from 1999 to 2010. Probably the more serious barrier to adaptation is that Nigeria has what is politely referred to as a governance problem. Sluggish economic growth is one reason why Nigeria may have trouble adapting.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. The government has also pledged that a third of new cars will be electric or hydrogen by 2030. What is South Korea doing to cut its emissions?

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 1, 2022

and Canadian governments assess the state of the Great Lakes. 420 Million : Funding for water infrastructure and education improvements included in a compact signed with the government of Timor-Leste. government water policy. The Rundown. The EPA will fund research into drinking water contamination following fireworks shows.

Technology

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Another of the group’s members is Lynn Henning, an earlier Petoskey Prize winner who also was awarded the 2010 Goldman Prize, the world’s leading honor for environmental activists. Government agencies, nevertheless, are trying. Government pays all or a share of the cost of implementing the practices. Henning is a farmer, too.

2020

Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Debt diverts PhDs from academia and government Unless those numbers are themselves reversed, Espinosa told Inside Higher Education that the ranks of university-based scientists will never become as diverse as the nation’s population. Instead, she predicts that a disproportionate number of Black and Brown scientists will go into industry. “If

Government