A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Pakistani prime minister is visiting Moscow as Russia looks for new clients to build infrastructure, and Pakistan seeks a steady supply of natural gas. The long-term consequences, though, have almost everything to do with the future of natural gas. Russia is the world’s second-biggest producer of natural gas.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

FERC’s authority to approve interstate pipelines stems from the NGA which was passed in 1938–a time when gas was a limited resource to be conservatively rationed. For example, in a 2017 decision– Sierra Club v. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—i.e., This has prompted criticism from the courts. FERC –the D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And it reveals how American families and businesses bear the brunt of wild price fluctuations in fossil fuels and deserve more stable, cleaner sources of energy. for example, our natural gas system is very price responsive, so nobody drilled when prices were so low. According to the U.S. On top of that, the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I got involved after the city filed reports and maps to support its claim that it was fulfilling the requirements of a historic 2017 settlement to find and replace Flint’s lead pipes. It is mainly methane, which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat for the first 20 years after it is released.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Inventory was updated to include 2018 numbers which show greenhouse gas emissions increased for the second consecutive year in Pennsylvania from 236.21 million tons in 2017 to 241.12 The mix of electric generation fuels switched from 55.5 percent coal and 5 percent natural gas in 2005 to 20.5 million tons.

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Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

On Friday, November 22, the Sabin Center submitted comments opposing an Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposal to rescind regulations limiting methane emissions from new oil and natural gas facilities (the “Methane New Source Performance Standards” or “Methane NSPS”). That view is, however, refuted by EPA’s own documents.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 25, 2024

Image by Maxim Tolchinskiy (Unsplash) In November of 2022, when the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) proposed new rules to control venting, flaring, and leaks from oil and gas leases on federal land (the “Fossil Fuel Waste Rule”), they noted that these leasing rules would have an enormous ancillary climate benefit.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Public Citizen, Inc. Trump , No. 1:17 -cv-00253 (D.D.C. billion over a 30-year period.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1]. In October 2017, RGGI, Inc. million metric tons] of carbon pollution.”. [35]. As of 2017, some $3.4

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Citing Shortcomings in NEPA Analysis of Cumulative Climate and Groundwater Impacts, Montana Federal Court Vacated Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Montana vacated 287 oil and gas leases issued by the U.S. The fossil fuel companies asked the court to grant only a 30-day extension.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

By Karen Ellas, Climate Reality Project, Susquehanna Valley PA Chapter This guest essay first appeared in the Lock Haven Express September 13, 2021 -- The technology known as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is currently being discussed in Congress as part of President Biden’s infrastructure bill.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

New York City filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court against three oil and gas companies and American Petroleum Institute alleging that the defendants violated the City’s Consumer Protection Law (CPL) by systematically and intentionally misleading New York City consumers about their products’ role in causing climate change.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

Now comes the court’s crippling of the most important federal weapon available to avoid catastrophic climate change and its associated killing of tens of thousands of Americans every year with fossil fuel air pollution. The talks ended with no serious agreements and carbon dioxide levels soaring to new records.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 20, 2021

The working group is expected to announce new estimates for the social costs of carbon, methane, and nitrous oxide in January 2022. These include two major regulatory rollbacks: the weakening of motor vehicle standards and the repeal of methane controls on the oil and natural gas sector. Circuit struck down last year.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Renewable Fuels Association , No. DECISIONS & SETTLEMENTS. 20-472 (U.S. Louis area.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

/DEP Publish New Go Solar And Save Toolkit For Schools [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: Climate Summit At Millersville University Emphasizes Education, Empowerment -- NorthcentralPA.com: EQT Gas Invites Applications For PA Qrew Camps For Students Grades 9-11 To Teach about Natural Gas Industry, Careers -- Penn State Students Help PA Communities Track Carbon (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2022

But few people think that it might be possible to craft an entirely new story about this part of the country, a story that doesn’t revolve around fossil fuels. Cracker” is shorthand for the process used to break down the gas molecules into smaller molecules. million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking -- EPA Honors Energy-Efficient Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. 2017); [link].]] Comm'n , No. N: Missouri v. Zinke , No.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

At a recent victory tour rally in West Allis, Wisconsin President-elect Trump succinctly stated his energy policy: “On energy we will cancel the restrictions on the destruction of American energy, including shale, natural gas and clean beautiful coal.”. [1]. in domestic or international efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

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