Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In the earliest days of electricity provisioning, fixed charges were common in residential rates due to the limits of metering technology. Utilities swiftly adopted cheap, flat volumetric rates as metering technology improved. Environmentalists have successfully advocated for low fixed charges on the basis of conservation.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

However, the 2018 Farm Bill authorizes $867 billion over 10 years across 11 different titles covering an array of USDA programs with important environmental consequences, including the commodity programs, rural infrastructure and economic development, trade, conservation, energy, horticulture, forestry, and crop insurance. smaller programs.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A frequent contributor to National Geographic, Stefan Lovgren often writes about freshwater conservation issues. Construction began in 2014. But technical reviews pay little attention to environmental costs of dam building. By Stefan Lovgren – September 15, 2021. Follow on Instagram @mekongwonders or visit his website : .

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 22, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Plenty of other tweaks are on offer, including the installation of wind shipping technology that can cut emissions by 20% or more. Inside the IMO and here at home, Ocean Conservancy will continue to campaign with you to ensure a healthy climate and ocean now and into the future.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

A sampling protocol was developed, as well as a field sampling tool using Field Maps in ESRI to record data for reporting purposes. -- Natural Lands for the Bryn Coed Farm Conservation: In 2017, Natural Lands acquired a 1,505-acre mosaic of forest and fields known as Bryn Coed Farms—which means “wooded hill” in Welsh.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Utilities in Florida and Oklahoma have urged customers to conserve water so that treatment plant operators do not run out of oxygen. In 2014, a very dry year, nearly 200 complaints were filed, three times as many as the previous year. Oxygen is also used to remove odors from treated water.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 18, 2023

Commissioner Stephen DeFrank, Vice Chairman of the Public Utility Commission, told the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee in June-- “I think that Winter Storm Elliot, over the Christmas holiday, showed some vulnerabilities in our grid and in our system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But solar’s growth, especially in large arrays, has made it much more visible in communities and landscapes across the country, sparking a lot of conversations about land use, technology options, community engagement, and how best to site the many more megawatts of solar we need.

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HumanNature

APRIL 28, 2022

We interact with nature everyday – all the materials used to build our homes and technology were once found in trees, rocks, and rivers, and our backyards are full of plants and animals. In this new era of ubiquitous human influence around the world, perhaps the best way to care for and protect nature is to intervene in it. Jaquish, B.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM. An average of more than 130 million liters were spread on Pennsylvania roads each year from 2008 to 2014.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection said in a statement that energy intensity increased 9.5% billion) over the three years 2014–16. It should also link technology upgrades with capital allocation, creating new business models and opportunities.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

On June 13, Public Utility Commission Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille told the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee Winter Storm Elliot has again demonstrated extreme weather can have a significant impact on electric grid operations in terms of reliability and resilience.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

PGE will attempt to use new underground “micro-tunneling” technology for the natural gas pipeline, down steep slopes on both sides the Creek. DCNR likewise refused to provide residents with a written pledge that, should the technology fail, PGE will not be allowed to clear-cut the steep forested slopes to run pipelines up both mountain faces.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

To account for this ruling, forthcoming standards should be supported with fact-based analysis of what is economically and technologically feasible to implement. There have been promising developments in control technology, such as a new. In 2014, three of the island’s native fox species were taken off the endangered species list.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Seawater desalination is a hopeful technological solution for industry, farmers, and residents that do not want their businesses interrupted by water shortage, drought, and rising cost. between 2014 and 2015, which complicate how seawater desalination. McDonald, Conservation for Cities. , (2015). [2]. cost effective.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 29, 2021

Researchers at the Center for Neighborhood Technology, a think tank that works on urban sustainability issues, analyzed flooding data across Chicago neighborhoods. In partnership with The Nature Conservancy, Wilson’s group wants to encourage more private investment by offering carrots. They found an important statistical relationship.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

Thankfully, our understanding of these interactions is expanding rapidly as technology, experimental assessments, and synthesis efforts are improving. Now that you have this background, dig a little deeper into what practices local farmers are using and support those that emphasize more sustainable approaches that conserve soil health (i.e.,

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HumanNature

JANUARY 23, 2023

Currently, the United States spends approximately $300 million annually on conservation. The competition to receive conservation funding can be fierce. The use of charismatic species for conservation funding is widespread. This is true in conservation as well.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In 2020, the Academy created Center for STEAM Equity (STEM with an “A” for “art”) as an umbrella organization for the Academy’s science, technology, engineering, math and art programs. All of those data inform conservation policies and practices for imperiled species. 7 Climate and Year for the Future. Courtesy of Gideon Mendel.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The British coal-mining industry, which in the 1980s comprised 175 working pits, had been judged by the then-Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher, to be uneconomic. Still, opponents, of which there are many, even within the governing Conservative Party, argue that you would create many more jobs by investing in the green economy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

2025 is a deadline, not a finish line, and was envisioned in the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement. The use of technology like satellite imagery can help credit where conservation practices are being implemented across the watershed. Click Here to review the entire report. However, the Commonwealth has momentum.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2022

While farmers are adopting conservation practices, a massive influx of technical and financial assistance is required for implementation at the scale and pace necessary. Between 2014 and 2018, the Chesapeake Bay watershed had a net loss of 270,000 acres of forest—an area nearly three times the size of Washington, D.C.,

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HumanNature

MARCH 28, 2023

However, recent advances in DNA sequencing technology are bringing new tools to bear in the fight against wildlife trafficking. From 2014-2017, for example, a team of international researchers analyzed thousands of shark fin trimmings taken from markets in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China 4. Kerry, R.G., Das, A., & Chauhan, N.S.

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Physics World

MAY 11, 2022

During its first years of operation, it was the most powerful example of particle accelerator technology in operation in Europe. Having achieved this technological leap, Liverpool’s synchrocyclotron would be used to make a more fundamental breakthrough at the heart of how matter behaves. Making strides and breaking laws.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

in 2012: “In an increasingly carbon- constrained world, our existing environmental laws and regulatory process no longer achieve their underlying goals of long-term ecosystem conservation. We have little time left to create a practical path to achieving an 80% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050.” But today, it’s . life cycle im.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

Elder, a conservative talk radio host, is probably the leading Republican candidate at this point. The sunshine state only receives 19% of its power from solar, and much of it doesn’t even use the latest technology.” Ose’s lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters was 12%. I think there are some benefits to it.”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

EPA’s final rule leverages the latest cost-effective, innovative technologies and proven solutions to prevent an estimated 58 million tons of methane emissions from 2024 to 2038, the equivalent of 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide – nearly as much as all the carbon dioxide emitted by the power sector in 2021.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On April 7, 2020, the District of Delaware rejected DOJ's bid to block Sabre's acquisition of Farelogix, a travel technology company.[[N: The Sabre decision is also a reminder that that government often faces an uphill battle defining a relevant market and proving anticompetitive effects in spaces with rapidly changing technology.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Billion AI Contract With Israel Richard Nieva | Forbes | September 12, 2022 Hundreds of Google and Amazon workers on Thursday staged protests around the country to speak out against the two tech giants’ cloud contracts with the Israeli government, fearing the military could use the technology to surveil Palestinians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Billion AI Contract With Israel Richard Nieva | Forbes | September 12, 2022 Hundreds of Google and Amazon workers on Thursday staged protests around the country to speak out against the two tech giants’ cloud contracts with the Israeli government, fearing the military could use the technology to surveil Palestinians.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council — have failed to implement recommendations from their own scientists about how to improve outcomes at the hatcheries they support. That hatchery, one of 23 facilities overseen by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, opened in 2013.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

In general, environmental data are organized according to media, such as air or groundwater, analytical fraction, such as VOCs, and sampling round, such as 2014 data. This is becoming a popular technology and I hope it works over the long term. Soil data are probably least sensitive to time. Will we have a Superduperfund?

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Following a five-week tribunal, it was found that KPMG staff misled the FRC during the latter’s routine inspections of the audit of Carillion’s accounts for 2016 and the accounts of Regenersis for 2014. With this in mind, the intent behind the prohibitions is to prevent Russia accessing these professional services.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The technologies in question are suspected as a possible cause of fatal crashes, and capable of causing “a serious risk of accident and injury.” United States: Tesla employee’s firing and Elon Musk tweet on union were illegal, labor board rules. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The technologies in question are suspected as a possible cause of fatal crashes, and capable of causing “a serious risk of accident and injury.” United States: Tesla employee’s firing and Elon Musk tweet on union were illegal, labor board rules. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The technologies in question are suspected as a possible cause of fatal crashes, and capable of causing “a serious risk of accident and injury.” United States: Tesla employee’s firing and Elon Musk tweet on union were illegal, labor board rules. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The technologies in question are suspected as a possible cause of fatal crashes, and capable of causing “a serious risk of accident and injury.” United States: Tesla employee’s firing and Elon Musk tweet on union were illegal, labor board rules. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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