Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 22, 2023
To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A decade ago, a review of nearly 12,000 studies conducted between 1991 and 2011 found that 97.2 percent agreement.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system. 2023 SB 253. Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. 2009 CARB established Low Carbon Fuel Standard for vehicles. 2015 SB350. Renewable energy target raised to 50% by 2030.
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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
My foray into Germany climate policy left me with unanswered questions: What was the politics behind Germany’s history of climate action? 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.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Jessica Shirley Jessica Shirley was named Acting Executive Deputy Secretary at DEP in February 2023. She joined the DEP Policy Office in 2011 and worked as the Policy Director and most recently served as the Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator for programs related to the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
HotSpots H2O: In Afghanistan, Political Upheaval Aggravates Drought-Fueled Famine – Drought, a financial crisis, and political collapse are accelerating the country’s decline into all-out famine. Rainstorms Wreak Havoc in British Colombia.
Circle of Blue
MAY 24, 2023
Political violence in the region restricts humanitarian access to refugee camps. Mali The Inner Niger Delta has become a hotspot for two compounding crises: political conflict and water scarcity. Water scarcity is intertwined with political conflict. Fighting in Sudan is not helping the region’s politics.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 26, 2023
In 2011, he authored Clean Politics, Clean Streams: A Legislative Autobiography published by the Lehigh University Press. For this book, and for his decades of wise environmental leadership and respected political activism, Frank deserves our thanks.” constitutional amendment on environmental rights.
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