Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

FIRO started in California and has since gone worldwide Once upon a time, there was (and still is) a megadrought in California that peaked in the acute drought of 2012 to 2016. In other words, FIRO avoids the fear of missing out (FOMO) on water that you could have stored if you had better forecasting.

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Real Climate

MAY 31, 2025

As a minor aside, from 2007 to 2014 there was a spate of un-peer reviewed claims from a few scientists (Peter Wadhams and Wiesaw Masowski notably) that used non-linear statistical fits to the observed sea ice indices to predict essentially ice-free conditions by 2013, or 2016 or so.

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Real Climate

MARCH 20, 2025

As you can see though, the size of the residual for 2023 was comparable to 2016 and 1998 (years that started with large El Nio events), and 2024 had the highest residual in decades despite the recent El Nio only being a moderate event.

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Real Climate

JULY 13, 2025

While even the earliest climate projections from the 1980s suggested that the climate change signal around Antarctica would be muted (especially compared to the Arctic), they did not predict that it would actually cool – which it actually has (at least until around 2015/2016).

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Take Action: Tell Canada to Stop Big Oil’s Climate Villains Chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Limited: 1989 – present President of Edco Financial Holdings Ltd: 2003 – 2015 Penn West Petroleum (later Penn West Energy Trust): 1992 – 2005 Founding member at FirstEnergy Capital Corp: 1993 – 2016 Co-founder at Peters & Co. (..)

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A Greener Life

JULY 3, 2025

During severe Mekong River droughts in 2016 and 2019, upstream emergency water releases helped ease shortages downstream. In 2016 alone, 12.65 This has improved power generation efficiency across wet and dry seasons and optimized the joint operation of reservoirs. Such systems contribute to regional water resilience.

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Nanotech

JULY 8, 2025

This virtual conference marked the ninth Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Annual Conference, reflecting on the accomplishments and challenges since the implementation of the 2016 Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act) and where TSCA stands today.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

Innovative Programs: The Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps In 2016, DCNR introduced the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps, a program designed to engage young people in outdoor conservation work while providing job training and educational opportunities.

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Scientific American

JUNE 19, 2025

That group tracked trash collected at more than 45,000 volunteer-powered shoreline cleanups between January 2016 and December 2023. So Oremus and Papp wondered whether they could find any sign of what happens when a town, county or state creates a policy meant to limit single-use plastic bags.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

billion to date for reclamation efforts. This investment has enabled award-winning projects like the Penn Hills site transformation and the Morgan Run natural area restoration – both of which turned once-hazardous landscapes into community assets.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Over 140 such cases have been filed globally since 2016, with 47 new filings in 2023 alone. These cases, which challenge companies for making deceptive claims about their climate commitments or sustainability efforts, are becoming a cornerstone of climate litigation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

billion in climate finance for developing nations since 2016, which closely matches estimates of China’s south-south finance contributions from US-based experts at WRI. On the issue of expanding the contributor base, it was encouraging to see China announce that it has already provided and mobilized $24.5 trillion by 2035.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2025

I also spent time with Bibiana Angel Gonzalez, who runs Estrelas da Babilônia, a local guesthouse that has been powered by solar energy since 2016, thanks to a pilot installation by Revolusolar.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 19, 2025

Data collected in 2014-2016 documented levels of 1,4 dioxane exceeding acceptable health exposure levels and identified wastewater treatment plants in the upper Cape Fear River Basin as the likely source: …four areas of high 1,4-dioxane concentration were identified.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Bill is widely regarded for his diligence in researching and writing three editions of the “History of State Parks” with the latest edition covering 2016 to 2023 published in 2024. Two previous editions were “History of Pennsylvania’s State Parks: 1893-1983” and “History of Pennsylvania State Parks: 1984 to 2015.” [ Click Here for copies.]

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Physics World

APRIL 14, 2025

A530 (2016) ] was among the top ten most downloaded in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society for five months in 2016. Among his 59 journal papers and 14 patents and patents pending, his work that introduced Na-ion battery-based desalination using porous electrode theory [ Smith and Dmello, J. Electrochem. Energy Environ.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 20, 2025

Data between 2016 and 2022 show that the MDBs have increased their adaptation finance by a factor of 4 in 6 years (see the first figure, top). This ratio indicates the share of the project that is considered to be climate adaptation, based on the investment’s adaptation intent.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

Furthermore, the filing states that prosecutors possess evidence that hacked materials were subsequently published: From early 2016, shortly after the hacking, emails show the D.C.

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Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2025

From 2002 to 2016 demand for electricity grew by less than 2% in total. Second, New York is anticipating rapid growth of demand for electricity over the next few decades. Importantly, load growth is a relatively new phenomenon in New York.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 2, 2025

In 2016, the landmark decision in Kain v. Yet, while MassDOT’s State Transportation Improvement Plans since then have all predicted slight statewide GHG reductions, driving per capita grew around 4 times faster after 2015 than it did in the 25 years prior.

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HumanNature

APRIL 17, 2025

The transition phase is important Early career engineers face ethical challenges in their workplace, as shown by various research works ( Bielefeldt and Canney, 2016; Adams, 2020 ; Rottmann et al., In 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2021 ; Stepback et al., A recent study by Agha et al. Barley, S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Latshaw 9 conventional well was first issued a permit as a waste injection well by DEP on June 10, 2014 and by the US Environmental Protection Agency on June 28, 2016. LLC for abandoning an oil and gas wastewater injection well in Cranberry Township, Venango County.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

2016 The Paris Climate Agreement was signed on Earth Day. Photo Credit: Cup of Couple Earth Day timeline: key milestones Year Milestone 1970 First Earth Day held in the United States, with 20 million participants. 1990 Earth Day expanded globally to 141 countries.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

DEP said the well was not operating for 7 years (since 2016). DEP notes well owner believed to be nonexistent per 2016 inspection comments. Original violation for abandonment December 7, 2021. 4,200 gallon wastewater tank on site. 2021 violations continued. No response requested of well owner. DEP inspection report. .

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HumanNature

MAY 2, 2025

The contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe: A big call to practitioners. Jmb: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 10, Article a493 3. Indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction: An African perspective. Jmb: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 8(1). Leal Filho, W., Simpson, N.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2025

During the 2015-2016 El Nio cycle, it reported 200 cases of heat-related illnesses, including 2 fatalities. Additionally, sea levels around Malaysia are projected to rise by a maximum of 3 to 10 mm by 2030 and 11 to 21 mm by 2050. Malaysia regularly experiences high temperatures.

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 17, 2025

Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) will publish a positive 90-day finding on a 2016 petition (Petition) to delist the golden-cheeked warbler ( Setophaga chrysoparia ) (GCWA). On January 20, 2025, the U.S. The decision comes on the heels of the agency’s recent recommendation to downlist the GCWA from endangered to threatened.

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National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Carbon Checkoff Programs Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance Disaster Assistance Programs Environmental Law Equine Activity (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

It was a primary advocate for the overhaul of Americas chemical safety laws in 2016 and the passage of historic climate investments in 2022. In 2024, EDF launched MethaneSAT, a satellite to measure and map methane pollution and help usher in a new era of climate accountability.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Another example of these tactics emerged in 2016 when UCS was issued a subpoena by then-Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Lamar Smith, demanding our communications with state attorneys general and other nonprofits related to climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Million Natural Gas Royalty Restitution From Chesapeake Energy For PA Property Owners [March 2021] -- Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The rest break policy is set at a minimum of 15 minutes every two hours rather than progressively longer breaks as the temperature rises, as was suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in their 2016 recommendations. Shorter-than-needed acclimatization periods.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

[PaEN] -- Stars and Stripes Guest Essay: Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities Right Move For National Security - Rivals Like China Are Using US LNG To Build Influence - By Steve Anderson, US Army Brigadier General - Retired [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp: Natural Gas Electric Generation Is Threatened (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Read more here ] DEP Banned Similar Shale Gas Wastewater Road Dumping The 2016 update to DEPs regulations for unconventional shale gas drilling bans the practice of road dumping wastewater from those operations because of the threats it posed.

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Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

Environment Program, were calculated using a global baseline year of 2016. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Breaking down environmental impacts by stage allows for targeted reduction efforts. The values shown here, as published by the U.N. At that time, apparel was estimated to comprise 30% natural fibers and 70% human-made fibers.

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National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Carbon Checkoff Programs Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance Disaster Assistance Programs Environmental Law Equine Activity (..)

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Similarly, the aerosol fields in the UKMO decadal prediction system are from a simulation of 2016 and are assumed fixed going forward. But these fields are the predictions made around 2004 and are now about half a solar cycle out of sync with the real world. What can be done?

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