PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.]

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

December 27, 2019. The 2019 amendment extends special treatment with respect to capacity need to certain small hydroelectric projects (those with total capacity less than or equal to 5 MW). A short list of environmental and energy law changes compared to recent years: Fisheries. Boards and Commissions.

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Energy and Climate Law

MAY 19, 2020

The German energy regulator Bundesnetzagentur rejected an application of the Nord Stream 2 operating consortium to obtain an exemption from EU unbundling rules after the Gas Directive was amended in 2019. In 2017 the European Commission decided to alter the EU Gas Directive.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Feed-in tariffs are replaced by auctions for renewables. Renewables are 42% of electricity. Carbon emissions are 707 billion tons, a 30% cut below 1990 emissions.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In 2017, the company merged into DowDuPont, and in April 2019, the company’s parent, Dow Inc., is a multinational chemical company. It manufactures plastics, chemicals, and agricultural products. The Michigan-based company operates in 160 countries and has 54,000 employees. became public.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 24, 2022

students attended schools in districts that were affected by federally-declared natural disasters from 2017 through 2019. Read the full story from NPR. Almost 1 in 5 U.S. That’s according to the latest available analysis from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 23, 2022

The issue is over Senate Bill 2344 , passed by the Legislature in 2019 and, no surprise here, supported by the oil and gas industry. Denbury Resources determined in 2017 that subterranean pore spaces are owned by the landowner. Incidentally, the court in Mosser v.

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Physics World

JUNE 9, 2022

There he focused on zinc-cerium flow batteries under the supervision of Profs Carlos Ponce de León and Frank C Walsh, graduating in 2017. He was a research fellow at UOS, developing PEM fuel cells and electrochemical hydrogen pumps (2017–2019). He received the 2019 Schwa?bisch He became an ECS member in 2014.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Judging from a 2019 report , the drivers of lake level variability are still not well understood. That record lasted just one year: In May 2019, 8.25 degrees Fahrenheit between 1951 and 2017.” degrees Fahrenheit between 1951 and 2017.” inches, was spectacularly eclipsed in May 2018 when a record 8.21

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In 2017 (before the Ford government) emissions were 156 Megatonnes (MT). In 2018 emissions rose 5 MT to 163 MT and in 2019, the most recent year of data, the emissions held steady at 163 MT. During this time, emissions rose overall in Canada – from 716 MT in 2017 to 730 MT in 2019. MT in 2017 to 12.4

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Energy & the Law

MAY 12, 2022

September 2017: Hughes, as lessor, enters into a paid-up oil and gas lease with CJM. 2019 but effective 1/1/2018: Decatur reconveys the claims to Hughes (without success, it turns out). August 2019: Hughes again sues CJM alleging false representations, fraud and negligent misrepresentation in the lease negotiations.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

On October 6, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed and collected a $147,250 civil penalty from Rice Drilling B LLC for erosion and sedimentation violations that were documented in 2019 and 2020 at Rice’s Mac well site in Whitely Township, Greene County.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 17, 2019

Latham will continue to monitor CEQA cases in 2019, posting summaries to this blog. In 2017, only 43% of cases focused on EIRs. Overall, public agencies prevailed in 37 of 57 cases, or 65% of the time, the same percentage as in 2017, and won in 68% of EIR cases, compared with 55% in 2017. County of Fresno.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The well was inspected by DEP on October 1, 2017 and violations were issued, but the inspection report is not available. DEP previously performed an emergency mitigation project in 2019 to address stray soil gas in the area. DEP inspected the well on September 18, 2019 and found the “gas leak persists.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

During the large fire years of 2018-2020, Fresno experienced 51 high particle pollution days , up from 34 days for the period of 2017-2019. . Despite long-term air quality issues and intensifying wildfire seasons, Cal/OSHA did not update regulations to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke until 2019.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 15, 2022

When Secretary Zinke terminated the moratorium in 2017, litigation ensued and, in 2019, the Court ruled that the Zinke Order was subject to NEPA. Once more, Judge Morris found DOI’s NEPA analysis inadequate.

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Real Climate

APRIL 2, 2021

1 Average number of named storms by day of the year in the historical record from 1851–2019 (dark blue line). 2020), and can cause an increase in vertical wind shear over the Atlantic ( Kossin 2017 ; Ting et al. 2019 ; Kossin et al. 1987-2007, 2019. 390-393, 2017. Walsh, and L. Emanuel, and A. 447-458, 2013.

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Physics World

JULY 28, 2021

Her research group was recognized with a 2019 Sloan Fellowship in Chemistry, 2019 DOE Early Career Award, and 2017 NSF CAREER Award. She leads SciBridge, an award-winning international project at NC State that develops renewable energy research and education collaborations between universities in Africa and the United States.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

Tkach will succeed Jeff Moyer, who held the Institute’s most senior position since 2019. Since 2017, Tkach has served as Chief Impact Officer for Rodale Institute. In addition, he is a former member of the Rodale Institute Board of Directors, where he served from 2016 – 2017.

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HumanNature

APRIL 14, 2022

For example, the Palmer Drought Severity Index (Dai 2019) uses past history of a region to determine what categories drought falls into. Last modified 12 Dec 2019. Therefore, drought is an important phenomenon to understand, since it will impact both people and our natural areas. Although what abnormal means is not clear. Rippey, BR.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Over Last Year [PaEN] -- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles [PaEN] [Posted: December 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Her research has garnered numerous awards including the 2019 Harry B Gray Award for Creative Work in Inorganic Chemistry by a Young Investigator; the 2017 J Carlyle Sitterson Award for Teaching First-Year Students; 2016 Sloan Research Fellowship; and 2015 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. She joined UNC in 2012.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2017, Amazon bought up Whole Foods, an upmarket U.S. million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%. We have estimated that in 2017 Amazon’s tax avoidance from profit shifting alone cost the UK £52million. So far its reaction has only made matters worse.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2021

from the University of Notre Dame in 2017, where he explored the mineralogy and crystallography of the radioactive elements uranium and neptunium. From 2017-2019 Olds conducted post-doctoral research at Washington State University, as a part of the U.S. He obtained his B.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

DEP also imposed a nearly a year-long permit bar on Energy Transfer Partners from receiving any new DEP permits between February 2019 and January 2020 because of its poor compliance record. The PUC assessed additional penalties for this catastrophic event. Read more here. [In

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Physics World

AUGUST 27, 2021

She has received prestigious awards including the 2020 Michael Faraday Medal of the Royal Chemical Society; 2019 International Battery Association Battery IBA Research Award; 2018 and 2019 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists Finalist; 2018 American Chemical Society ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Young Investigator Award; 2017 IUMRS-Singapore (..)

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In 2017, Amazon bought up Whole Foods, an upmarket U.S. million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%. We have estimated that in 2017 Amazon’s tax avoidance from profit shifting alone cost the UK £52million. So far its reaction has only made matters worse.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In 2017, Amazon bought up Whole Foods, an upmarket U.S. million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%. We have estimated that in 2017 Amazon’s tax avoidance from profit shifting alone cost the UK £52million. So far its reaction has only made matters worse.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

McKean - Wells are leaking gas Chesapeake Appalachia (2019) -- Heartwood 2 ESG - Keating Twp., McKean County EQT Prod (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) -- ASHBAUGH 1H - Ashland Twp., Lycoming County Rice Drilling (2017, 2020) -- Lohr Well Pad - Somerset Twp., Jordan 6 - Hempfield Twp., Clarion County -- EMRICK 1H - Elk Twp.,

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In 2017, Amazon bought up Whole Foods, an upmarket U.S. million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%. We have estimated that in 2017 Amazon’s tax avoidance from profit shifting alone cost the UK £52million. So far its reaction has only made matters worse.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In 2017, Amazon bought up Whole Foods, an upmarket U.S. million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%. We have estimated that in 2017 Amazon’s tax avoidance from profit shifting alone cost the UK £52million. So far its reaction has only made matters worse.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

A history of North Korean nuclear tests North Korea conducted six explosive nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017. Source: Google Earth If North Korea had satisfactorily verified its nuclear capabilities as it claimed in 2017 , is further testing driven predominantly by political or technical motivations?

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JUNE 18, 2021

From 2017 to 2019, I served as the Chair of the USC Economics Department. Romain Ranciere took over as Chair in Summer 2019 and he has done an outstanding job building up the department's research, teaching and outreach activity. Josh Aizenman served before me and he taught me the ropes. Point taken.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a government delegate, I have been involved in the UN climate negotiation process since 2017 to uphold Bangladesh’s and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group’s position. Negotiations over Article 6 were highly technical and contentious in COP24 (2018) and COP25 (2019) but were then finally agreed at the last moment of COP26.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon agrees to $1 million fine over 2011 Yellowstone River oil spill Reuters | June 5, 2019 Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle U.S. A LOOK BACK: 30 years since Exxon explosion in Baton Rouge Graham Ulkins | WAFB9 | December 24, 2019 Christmas Eve 1989 is a night many in Baton Rouge will never forget.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 30, 2022

Kelly sent a letter via certified mail to Aethon Energy Operating, LLC on December 15, 2017, requesting information regarding sixteen wells in the two units. Kelly Land Company owned unleased interests in two compulsory units in Bossier Parish. This letter also did not include a specific reference to 30:103.1 or 30:103.2,

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