PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2023

Rare, exotic exceptions are anaerobic life forms dwelling at out-of-the-way places like ocean-bottom volcanic vents. Indur Goklany, and published by the CO2 Coalition, indicates that up to 50 percent of Earth’s vegetated areas became greener between 1982-2011. We cannot overstate the importance of the gas.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Steffy (McGraw-Hill, 2011). In the early 2000s, BP attempted to re-brand itself as climate-friendly oil company by suggesting that its initials stood for “Beyond Petroleum.” This initiative was quietly dropped after the Texas city explosions. Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit by Loren C.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 23, 2023

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Seasonal Outlook for September through November, the majority of the country is expected to see above-normal temperatures during this time. This unrelenting heat is far longer than the 100-degree day streak back in 2011 that lasted 27 days.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 15, 2024

The world’s nations, particularly the top burners of fossil fuels such as the United States, have yet to unify to prevent uncontrolled global warming. Such communities are often already overburdened with pollution associated with fossil fuel burning and proximity to polluting industries. across the US from 2011 to 2020.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Mine Cleanup Law Weakened By Coal’s Decline 0 Comments / October 6, 2022 Reclamation is a flashpoint for the partisan divide over fossil fuels. The last famine in Somalia occurred in 2011, when about a quarter-million people died. Rising seas pushed saltwater inland, rendering drinking water wells on the U.S. Laura Gersony.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Australia passes first climate legislation since 2011. He is a career NOAA employee who most recently worked as the director of NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. Australia’s first climate law since 2011 seals green comeback – The Straits Times. ‘I California passes climate legislation. International. ET on Sept.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Steffy (McGraw-Hill, 2011). In the early 2000s, BP attempted to re-brand itself as climate-friendly oil company by suggesting that its initials stood for “Beyond Petroleum.” This initiative was quietly dropped after the Texas city explosions. Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit by Loren C.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. Here’s a roundup of what these AGs have been doing to make a bad situation worse.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. Center for Biological Diversity v. 1:17 -cv-02031 (D.D.C., filed Oct.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

The project will also contribute to “ carbon lock-in ” – the process by which expanding oil and gas infrastructure causes continued dependence on fossil fuels. 2011) ; Regehr et al. direct temperature stress, ocean acidification, sea level rise, extreme events, and alterations to food chains). See, e.g., IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.3

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 13, 2025

National adaptation plans, based on national priorities, were incorporated into the UN climate process in 2011. degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial times, when the burning of fossil fuels began in earnest. Most of that heat is going into the ocean, where temperatures in the upper reaches also set a record.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

A federal district court in the District of Columbia ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) fulfilled its obligations under NEPA in connection with two offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. The fossil fuel companies asked the court to grant only a 30-day extension. County of Los Angeles , No.

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ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

In recent years, coastal states have used their authority under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to veto fossil fuel export facilities, angering politicians in landlocked fossil fuel-producing states. At the same hearing, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. DECISIONS & SETTLEMENTS. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.

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Law Columbia

MAY 5, 2025

President Trump retook the White House in the midst of a booming transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. While fossil fuels still generated approximately 58% of electricity nationwide, wind and solar generated at least 33% of electricity in ten states. To read other posts from the series, click here. Empire Wind.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Sanders and progressive Democrats in the House are opposing Manchin’s permitting proposal, citing concerns that the reforms would helps fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. universities from 2011 to 2020 Sept. 8802 ) requiring the Interior Department and the U.S.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Global Treaty Needed to Halt Deep Sea Mining, Greenpeace Investigation Concludes Carly Nairn | EcoWatch | December 9, 2020 The investigation, Deep Trouble: The murky world of the deep sea mining industry, decries the increasing use of the ocean floor by large corporations, such as U.S. Its answer: no.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Big-ticket Interior rules: The Interior Department does not anticipate even providing advanced notice of a rule modifying the “fees, rents, royalties, and bonding requirements” for fossil fuel leasing until September and does not anticipate a proposed rule until May 2022.

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