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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The year 2023 was by far the warmest in Earths recorded history, and perhaps in the past 100,000 years , shattering the previous record set in 2016 by 0.27C (0.49F). According to recent data from NOAAs National Center for Environmental Information, 2024 is likely to be even warmer than 2023. But why were 2023 and 2024 so warm?

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Factbox- What are the key recommendations for reforming UK’s water sector?

Circle of Blue

Below are the highlights of the report’s 88 recommendations by the Independent Water Commission: SINGLE WATER REGULATOR The report recommends a single water regulator in England and one in Wales to replace the current fragmented regulatory system. Reporting by Catarina Demony. appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Damming the River by Feeling the Stones: China’s Mekong Hydropower Strategy

Circle of Blue

New regulations emphasized risk assessment, corporate social responsibility, and due diligence. This prompted it to more tightly regulate SOE activities abroad and further integrate national security considerations into hydropower policies.

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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

With every spill, every fine for violating environmental rules, every increase in emissions, and every lobbying push for subsidies and looser environmental regulations, Edwards cements his place as a true master of fossil-fueled villainy. Let’s just say “safety first” isn’t quite their motto.

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Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Review

National Law Center

Until recently, the contents of an EIS report were outlined in regulations issued by the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), the agency tasked with administering NEPA. However, following a series of court rulings from late 2024 and early 2025, CEQ has rescinded all of its NEPA-implementing regulations. Infrastructure Coal.

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Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

Union of Concerned Scientists

Through subsequent regulation adopted in 2015, the state took the lead in the country by requiring metropolitan planning organizations and MassDOT to evaluate the emissions impacts of transportation projects, which you can now see in state transportation plans. In 2016, the landmark decision in Kain v.

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The Transmission, Distribution, and Interconnection Crises Blocking New York’s Climate Goals

Law Columbia

From 2002 to 2016 demand for electricity grew by less than 2% in total. 2) Regulating the costs of distribution upgrades : To eliminate uncertainty about the costs of distribution upgrades and avoid imposing retroactive costs on developers, the state could take a more assertive role in regulating the costs of distribution upgrades.