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Chesapeake Bay Program Reports Highest Number Of Forest Buffers Planted Across Watershed Since 2016

PA Environment Daily

When data was captured in 2013/14, 69.3% That number fell to 68.85% in 2017/2018, a loss of 21,743 acres or by.47%. While jurisdictions have planted 11,340 acres of community trees since 2014, the watershed lost over 25,000 acres between 2013/14 and 2017/18, outpacing the gains from community tree plantings.

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A Handy New Chart Shows Clean Energy’s Remarkable Progress

Union of Concerned Scientists

Then came a crescendo: Solar and wind generated more than 5 percent of monthly electricity for the first time in 2013, passed the 10 percent point in 2017, and soared past 15 percent in 2021. It didn’t pass the 1 percent mark on a monthly basis until 2007. kilowatt-hours in 2023. Some years bring faster growth, some slower.

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2022 updates to the temperature records

Real Climate

Back in 2013/2014, the differences between the surface indices (HadCRUT3, NOAA v3 and GISTEMP v3) contributed to the initial confusion related to the ‘pause’, which was seemingly evident in HadCRUT3, but not so much in the other records (see this discussion from 2015). 1841-1856, 2017. Thorne, and G.J.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million cut in FY 2010-11; -- FY 2012-13 budget for the State System of Higher Education zeroes out funding again for the PA Center for Environmental Education ($368,000) and McKeever Environmental Center ($213,000); -- FY 2013-14 budget continues the $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2 million; DCNR: $1.5

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United States Fifth Circuit Weighs in on La. R.S. 30:103.1 and 103.2 Notice Requirements

The Energy Law Blog

Kelly moved for partial summary judgment against Aethon, citing a December 15, 2017 letter and April 17, 2018 letter as satisfying the requirements of La. The district court made this ruling despite the fact that the December 15, 2017 letter closely tracked the language of La. respectively.

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Susannah Pierce: A Climate Villain Painting Big Oil Green

Enviromental Defense

a joint venture of Shell, Petronas, Mitsubishi, PetroChina and Kogas): 2013 – 2021 Shell Canada Ltd.: 2010 – 2013 Shell Oil Company Inc.: She was a board member of the pro-oil Fraser Institute from 2017-2020. As always, the format is satirical but the information is real. Shell Canada Products Ltd.:

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Why Aloha sees big sustainability potential with its new protein bar

Environmental News Bits

Aloha was initially founded by three longtime residents of Hawaii in 2013, and reformed when Charron took over the company in 2017. Read the full story at Food Dive.

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