Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2017, Hurricane Harvey —one of the worst—drenched Houston with more than 4 feet of rain, killed at least 88 people, and caused $125 billion in damage. Since 2017, Moody has received nearly $339,000 from oil and gas companies and electric utilities as well as $300,000 from RAGA, according to Transparency USA data.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. 19, 2017); In re Constitution Pipeline Co. , Reorganized Peabody Energy Corp. County of San Mateo (In re Peabody Energy Corp.) , No. 16-42529 (Bankr. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Sierra Club v.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

2011 Supreme Court decides AEP case, barring lawsuits against carbon emitters using the federal common law of nuisance. 2017 Trump announces U.S. House of Representatives passes major climate legislation, the Waxman-Markey climate bill, which dies in the Senate. Obama helps negotiate Copenhagen Accord. 2020 U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2024

The report explained, “The Guardian Pad B 6H was drilled in 2011 and has not been produced to date; this well was granted Inactive Status for a period of five years beginning on 9/7/2012. Inactive Status expired for the Guardian Pad B 6H on 9/7/2017.

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Real Climate

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In 2017, a group of colleagues and I wrote a perspective on the use of statistical methods in climate research where we also discussed common EOFs (Benestad et al., 697-703, 2017. I think common EOFs are a clever concept and have used them as a framework for empirical-statistical downscaling since 2001 (Benestad, 2001). Uotila, C.F.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The CES, first enacted in 2017, requires retail sellers of electricity in Massachusetts to provide increasing quantities of clean electricity over time. The amendments are intended to accelerate progress towards decarbonization of the electricity sector and further ensure the state meets its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. What’s the CES?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million in across-the-board cuts to help fill gaps caused by reduced federal Medicaid appropriations-- $2.4 million; DCNR: $1.5

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Physics World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Her postdoc at ETH Zürich was followed by a position as Researcher at the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan (2011), and Visiting and Senior Scientist at MIT (2011–12). She has published more than 110 papers, holds 19 patents, and is a frequent speaker and panel member of the World Economic Forum.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2022

When DCED provided funding for Silk Mill in 2017, it was the only project of its kind in Bloomsburg,” said Deputy Secretary Vilello. The site was developed following the destruction of hundreds of homes during historic flooding from Tropical Storm Lee in 2011. The new complex is protected from the threat of future floods.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Fortunately, there are additional CERES instruments on Suomi-NPP (launched in 2011) and NOAA-20 (launched in 2017) that can be used. Koonin, "Earth's Albedo 1998–2017 as Measured From Earthshine", Geophysical Research Letters , vol. References. Shoumko, S. Shoumko, P. Rodriguez, and S.E. Johnson, T.J. Thorsen, J.M. Lyman, F.G.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

While agricultural burning declined between 2003 and 2011, reducing particulate pollution by more than 50%, California’s record-breaking drought has led to a tripling of the amount of waste burned , with some fearing further escalation of burning as drought persists.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Forbidden in 2011 from easy disposal of wastes into waterways, and with few other convenient disposal choices, all eyes turned to dirt roads. The outcome of the 2017-18 Environmental Hearing Board lawsuit is hard to bear. There was no choice, we would try to help everyone. Its immediate success was rapidly clouded by its shortcomings.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 23, 2023

Conservation and Society 15 , 313–321 (2017). 14 18–24 Preprint at [link] (2011). Conservation Biology 25 , 9–20 (2011). WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES Wildlife Conservation Education Programmes : It is Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques : 21 , 305–316 (2011). Krause, M. &

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Published in the journal Global Environmental Change , this research combined information from 22,508 ICC beach and land cleanups across 116 countries from 2011-2017 with 7,290 PADI AWARE underwater cleanups across 118 countries from 2011-2018. Ocean Conservancy has worked closely with CSIRO scientists Drs. Never miss an update.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The 2011 General Plan EIR ultimately established three thresholds of significance—one for residential, one for commercial and industrial, and one for transportation activities—based on the strategy and assumptions underlying AB 32’s year 2020 GHG emissions reduction goal, estimated in the 2008 Scoping Plan as 15% below 2005 levels.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In 2017, only nine percent of San Francisco’s population was Black. Officials have taken precautions like setting up barriers and sandbags in order to avoid a repeat of the devastating 2011 monsoon season, during which a fifth of the city ended up underwater and 500 people died. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. ON THE RADAR.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon agrees to $1 million fine over 2011 Yellowstone River oil spill Reuters | June 5, 2019 Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle U.S. charges involving a 2011 pipeline rupture that spilled oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana. Environmental Impacts Three Exxon refineries top the list of U.S.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Food Safety Modernization Act, an umbrella law, was signed by President Obama in 2011. The Government Accountability Office report tracked disaster recovery funds handed out in 2017 to Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the U.S. Shallow groundwater in the area was pumped into the canal. Virgin Islands.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The South African Department of Water and Sanitation’s Master Plan Call to Action from 2018 found that between 1999 and 2011, the number of main rivers in South Africa classified under poor ecological conditions increased by 500 percent, with some past the point of repair. The FSO Safer, a tanker in the Red Sea, was abandoned in 2017.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Dodd, Arnold & Porter, former US Senator and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1981-2011). Juster , former Ambassador to India (2017–2021). Ambassador Paul Myler, Embassy of Australia, Minister-Counsellor. Bellinger, Arnold & Porter, former State Department Legal Adviser (2005–2009), Moderator.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. California significantly expanded its use of renewable energy starting in 2011. 5] The U.S.

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Physics World

AUGUST 27, 2021

Dr Meng is a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society; Editor in Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability ; and co-founder of Unigrid LLC.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2011, an earlier deep freeze caused blackouts. In 2017, a hurricane drowned Houston. After a deep freeze lifted across the state, water from frozen pipes flooded streets and buildings. That wasn’t the first time Texans failed to prepare for water crises. Water supply is in a precarious state across the southern industry hub.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon agrees to $1 million fine over 2011 Yellowstone River oil spill Reuters | June 5, 2019 Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle U.S. charges involving a 2011 pipeline rupture that spilled oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana. Environmental Impacts Three Exxon refineries top the list of U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Kirk, a 2011 Allegheny graduate and currently a Murray State postdoctoral research associate. “We From 2011 to 2017 (which is the last year of updated information), PFBC and their partners have assessed 5,932 streams across the state with 12,410 miles of streams surveyed.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 26, 2023

What has become a national wave of closely-related climate change litigation began in California in 2017, when San Mateo and Marin Counties, along with the City of Imperial Beach, filed suit in state court against many of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies. In 2011, a unanimous Supreme Court held in American Electric Power Co.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

In 2011, President Obama interfered with the EPA and pressured the agency to withdraw their draft ozone rule, delaying the rulemaking process by two years. The Obama administration continued this ugly tradition. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, the Trump administration took this sidelining of science to a whole new level.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

According to the AR6 findings, Earth’s average temperature in the last decade (2011-2020) was 1.09? That’s also in line with earlier research (Henley and King, 2017) on the high RCP8.5 4256-4262, 2017. But let’s take a step back before going into the more detailed comparison below. Some background. Henley, and A.D.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. Everything is going according to plan,” Gary wrote in his journal on February 25, 2011.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

barrel) for the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2042. Under the COA, Shell will pay a civil penalty of $4,935,023 – and as required by Act 57 of 2011, 25 percent of this penalty will be directed to local communities. Read more here.] The PRM tax credit is equal to $0.05 per gallon of ethane purchased ($2.10/barrel)

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

From 2017 to 2019, the agency counted 321 emergency department visits related to harmful algal bloom exposure. million from 1978 to 2017. million from 1978 to 2017. million acres in both states in 2017. The EQIP program is making the blooms worse, said the group. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

2017 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, U.S. representative for Oregon’s 1st congressional district, was recognized for her advocacy for science and her stellar record of supporting STEM. 2016 Fort Lauderdale Annual Meeting Shannon Estenoz, Director of Everglades Restoration Initiatives, U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

Even in the highly-resourced United States, particulate pollution triggers 16,000 preterm births a year, according to a 2017 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States a Black baby is 50 percent more likely to arrive in a preterm birth than a White or Hispanic baby.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017. Pennsylvania had formally asked companies to stop disposing of oil and gas wastewater from unconventional formations in these wastewater treatment plants in 2011, but disposal of wastewater from conventional operations continues to be allowed.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Thus, it is crucial to understand how placing the environment alongside notions of security shapes the way environmental issues are understood and also governed by whom and for whom. Photo Credit: John Englart, Flickr References: Barnett, J., Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict. Political Geography 26 (6): 639–655 Browning, C.,

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

He served as vice chairman of the Commission from 2011 to 2015, and from October 2021 through September 2022. He served as a board member of the Organization of PJM States or OPSI from 2013 to 2017. Coleman Jr. During his tenure, he was nominated by three different governors—Governors Edward G. Rendell, Tom Corbett and Tom Wolf.

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