Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

That was repealed in 2014, and the ensuing period saw little progress. In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Why it matters: With rainfall totals less than half of normal at best and just 10 percent of normal in the worst areas, Circle of Blue reported in 2014 that farmers were leaning on water from the Ogallala aquifer more than ever before. The post The Stream, September 22, 2021: Water in the Largest U.S. ON THE RADAR.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 17, 2021

Government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for difficult months ahead. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 17, 2021. So many wells went dry in 2014 in the town of East Porterville that Tulare County supplied portable public showers. It is trying to reach people who might be leery of government intervention.

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 19, 2021

2, 2021); Mark Epley et al., 6, 2021).]]. This anticipated spending provides significant opportunities for government contractors. But companies seeking government contracts should be aware that there is a new cop walking this beat. 28, 2021).]]. 4, 2021).]]. Past Division Enforcement in Key Spending Areas.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

Circle of Blue reported that the researchers combed an industry database and compiled information on nearly 264,000 wells drilled between 2000 and 2014. The post The Stream, August 12, 2021: Major Rivers in India Are Rising To Dangerous Levels appeared first on Circle of Blue. ON THE RADAR.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 18, 2023

The federal government has the power to give people more and better choices about what we eat, and this year presents an excellent opportunity for positive change. Funded both through federal grants and private dollars, 1,325 sites participated in 2021 and supported 763,962 people across the country, contributing more than $56.7

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Satellite Database has subscribers from inside and outside governments from all over the globe. One of my favorites is from Quartz in 2014. Since 2005, there have been destructive, space debris-producing anti-satellite weapons tests by China (2007), the United States (2008), India (2019), and Russia (2021).

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Boats on the shore of Lake Chad in 2014. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — December 20, 2021. At present, the western reaches of the country are torn apart by an ongoing armed conflict between government forces and separatist groups. Photo © EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid / Flickr Creative Commons.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3), upheld the City of Livermore’s (“City”) approval of a 130-unit affordable housing project on a downtown infill site and its accompanying determination that the project was CEQA-exempt under Government Code section 65457 (“Section 65457”). ( Save Livermore Downtown v. 2021) 74 Cal.App.5th 2014) 227 Cal.App.4th

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

Developing the Pathways Alliance project is currently projected to cost over $16 billion dollars , and Pathways Alliance CEOs like Pourbaix are insisting that governments should cover most of it – even as these companies are making record profits. Both were eventually rejected by governments. Sometimes the industry tells on itself.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company sued the government of Argentina in 2012 for $10 billion after the country nationalized YPF with the backing of 80 percent of legislators of parliament. The case was settled in 2014 after Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING). Federal Government (via SAM).

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

The motion asks the company to produce a report examining how Enbridge’s governance systems are functioning. The motion asks the company to produce a report examining how Enbridge’s governance systems are functioning. That’s 20 times greater than the company reports, and more than all of Canada’s emissions.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 22, 2021. In 2014, during the last severe drought, she helped start the lake water testing program that has drawn government attention to the degradation of Clear Lake. A ‘Do Not Drink’ advisory covers about 280 homes and could last a month or more.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

billion in 2014 to the U.S. for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. It paid out a fine of $1.2 China fines Toyota 87.6 million yuan ($12.5

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million from the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Fund to balance the state budget; -- FY 2014-15 budget continues the $102.8 Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Back in 2018, California legislators were considering a bill that would have created an independent governance structure for California’s grid operator , the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). In February 2021, SPP launched its Western Energy Imbalance Service which competes directly with the CAISO’s WEIM.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2021, overall annual emissions from oil and gas globally were 40,800 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). The oil and gas industry is asking governments for tens of billions of dollars in subsidies for CCUS, which hasn’t been proven to work and doesn’t address the emissions from the use of oil and gas.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 2, 2022

Delhi’s government will fund two reservoirs along the Yamuna River to boost water supplies. The move comes after Ukraine cut off fresh water supplies along the canal in 2014. The government in Delhi has approved an additional two reservoirs along the Yamuna River to store excess monsoon water. In Recent Water News. 9 PEOPLE .

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The country managed to halve in 10 years its coal consumtion (from 249 TWh in 2014 to 113 TWh in 23) all the while closing its nuclear reactors too. Renewables accounted for 42,8 % of total electricity generation in 2021. Coal, like everywhere else in Europe has been plunging, from 19,4 % in 2015 to just 5 % in 2021.

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 21, 2023

The NFT, created by digital artist Kevin McCoy in 2014 and associated with his digital artwork Quantum , sold through Sotheby's in 2021 for $1.47 The court's 43-page decision includes a deep dive into blockchain fundamentals and found that standard legal tenets govern the ownership of NFTs. Free Holdings Inc.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

But instances of noncompliance have cropped up over the past few years, as have accidents that strained the state’s groundwater reserves — including Enbridge Line 3’s puncturing of aquifers in 2021, or farmers overdrawing water during drought that same year. According to NOAA data, average ice coverage this year was 6.2

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 He argues that the government should stop issuing mining licences in protected forests or conservation areas. “It According to the study, deforestation related to industrial mining peaked in Indonesia between 2010 and 2014.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Guest Post By Anna Clare Monlezun , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. I work with government-owned conservation lands, coupled human-natural systems, that are managed to protect and conserve natural resources, provide public access to wild open spaces, and sustainably produce quality food for growing populations.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Law 1715 of 2014 on non-conventional renewable energy sources. Law 2169 of 2021 on carbon neutrality and climate resilience. For example, the law ordered the Colombian government to issue specific rules on the specific definition of short-, medium- and long-term as it relates to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) (art.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 29, 2021

I have repaired my own home and my truck, but it was a financial disaster for me, and I got no help from the government.”. Singh, Jawahar Nagar Srinagar Kashmir, India, October 2014 @Gideon Mendel. Jeff and Tracy Waters outside their home in Staines-Upon-Thames, England, 2014 @Gideon Mendel. 17, 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

A 2021 UCS study quantified the impact of nitrates—a by-product of nitrogen-based fertilizers—in drinking water in Iowa, a state heavily impacted by farm runoff. For three full days in 2014 , nearly half a million people were told their tap water was unsafe to drink, bathe in, or even touch.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The community action group Detroit Water Brigade delivered water in August 2014 to city residents whose water had been shut off because of late payments. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 2, 2021. A growing number of Michigan households are burdened by high water bills, report finds. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The Stourbridge Project is a coalition between the Wayne County Government, Wayne Economic Development Corporation and Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance who embraced an opportunity to reinvigorate and repurpose this piece of Honesdale history. The Clean Energy Co-op Inc. was started within the Community Solar Circle of SEEDS in 2013.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The two industry-funded studies ( NERA 2008 and ACT Research 2022 ) claim much higher impact on sales than either the academic (RZW 2018) or government ( EPA 2021 ) studies. Four studies purporting to examine whether a pre-buy effect occurred on heavy-duty truck sales can’t agree on the magnitude or timing of any such effect.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

By Stefan Lovgren – September 15, 2021. Yet the Cambodian government revived the project in 2007, and in 2012 the dam became a joint venture between Cambodia’s Royal Group and China’s state-owned Huaneng Group, which remains the majority stakeholder. Construction began in 2014. Lun, the fisherman, also thinks so.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Conservation Leadership - 2004 to 2022: -- 1,198 New Articles In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA -- 233 Stories: These Conservation Leaders Gave Us Cleaner Water, Land & Air In 2020! They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support!

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Persistent dry conditions are driving up the cost of water and prompting more resistance from government and citizens to new development. In 2021 the Arizona Department of Water Resources halted new residential home construction in Pinal County, south of Phoenix, because groundwater pumping exceeded the supply. .

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Nelson has been supportive of municipal efforts to transition local government facilities to 100% clean and renewable energy. from Villanova University School of Law.

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

The first, executed under the government of former president Evo Morales, brought a capacity of 50 MW. The second, seen through under Luis Arce’s current government and completed in February 2021, increased capacity to 100 MW, which supplies the National Interconnected System (SIN), Bolivia’s national grid.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – August 11, 2021. Thousands of wells in the state went dry in the previous drought , in 2014 and 2015, mostly in the southern San Joaquin Valley. In this time of need Glenn County officials are looking to higher levels of government for assistance. Photo courtesy of Maralee Childs.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 16, 2021

June 9, 2021).]] The CBCA decision arose from a different disease outbreak than we are experiencing today: the 2014 Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. The CBCA held that the constructive change doctrine did not apply because the government was not obligated to change the contract, nor did the government make any changes to the contract.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

With the federal government now projecting that Lake Mead will drop precipitously in the next two years — perhaps to levels not seen since the Great Depression, when the country’s largest reservoir was first filled — that emergency has arrived. trillion in economic activity, according to one 2014 study. million acres.

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