Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the fastest-growing occupation from 2019 to 2029 is expected to be wind turbine service technicians, with a growth rate of 61%. The post What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 9, 2025

It is timely given substantial investment by the federal government in geological mapping since the early 1990s, with significantly enhanced … Continue reading Economic Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Geological Mapping in the United States of America from 1994 to 2019

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

By Nathan Gilles, Columbia Insight In 2019, conservation activist and longtime Washington state resident Stephen Kropp did something he’d never done before: he explored a forest managed as state trust land by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2025

In 2019, Pacific Gas & Electric filed for bankruptcy because of billions of dollars of potential liability from fires the previous summer. The fires in L.A. have put litigation over wildfires on the front page and spotlighted Californias unique approach. But such litigation isnt new. billion settlement.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom called on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to accelerate the closure of Aliso Canyon. However, following high gas prices in the winter of 2022-23, the CPUC permitted Southern California Gas Co.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 11, 2022

Since 2019, a Texas state agency and its industry partners have been actively working to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) own science on the harms of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas that affects thousands of people across the nation, especially those living in underserved communities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Shutoffs peaked in 2019, but they still impact hundreds of thousands of Californians.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Corey (2019). The Supreme Court declined to review either of those rulings,although it did review and partially reverse another portion of the D.C. Circuits decision. Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. This 9 th Circuit case involved an attack on Californias Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 11, 2022

The 2019 GlobalWebIndex, Sustainable Packaging Unwrapped data cites that 64% of consumers say recyclability is the most important aspect of environmentally friendly packaging. . The post Vital Pet Life Incorporates Recyclable Packaging in New Pet Food Line appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Yale E360

JULY 23, 2021

power sector emissions dropped 10 percent between 2019 and 2020, owing to greater energy efficiency, less reliance on coal, and the coronavirus pandemic suppressing demand for electricity, according to a new report.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the fastest-growing occupation from 2019 to 2029 is expected to be wind turbine service technicians, with a growth rate of 61%. The post What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Yale E360

MARCH 18, 2022

Smoke from bushfires that spread across Australia in late 2019 and early 2020 destroyed high-altitude ozone in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a study that offers new insight into the threat posed by wildfires. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

SB 615 is the culmination of stakeholder conversations that began in 2019 when the California Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Advisory Group first met. Encourages the sharing of battery state of health, which could increase the ease and safety of remanufacturing and repurposing of batteries retiring from an EV for other uses.

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January 2019, Brazil has approved 57 pieces of legislation that weaken environmental laws, from relaxing forest protections to declassifying the toxicity of dozens of pesticides, according to a new analysis published in the journal Biological Conservation.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

California has done well in terms of total emission reductions – about a 10% reduction from 2009 to 2019. Electric power related emissions went down about 40% from 2009 to 2019. Total direct transportation emissions in 2019 were about the same as those a decade earlier. What’s the Overall Verdict?

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In the nearer term, it wants to reduce its emissions by 56% by 2030, using 2019 as a baseline. H&M's goal is to be carbon positive by 2040. Meanwhile, it aims to make all of its clothing using recycled components by 2030. It says it is 65% of the way there now. .

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

Unlike previous floods in 2017 and 2019, this storm spared no parts of the city, triggering mudslides in areas rich and poor. Campaign signs from South Africa’s 2019 elections patch up a damaged home in one of Durban’s many informal settlements. The destruction was concentrated in the slums. It’s probably our greatest strength.”.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Down 2 From Last Week; Down 38% Since Aug. Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

However, his average before 2019 was more like 1%. His lifetime average was pulled up by scores of 7% in 2019, 10% in 2020, and 22% in 2021. Emmer’s scores from the League of Conservation Voters are about par for a House Republican: 5% for both the 2022 scores and the lifetime score.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2 Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In the spring of 2019 we launched Riparian Rangers , a volunteer buffer tending project. Brian Koser, who has been a Riparian Ranger since the very beginning of the program in 2019, poses at his site in Manheim, PA [Lancaster County].

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2 Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Our 2019 Killer Heat report found that without action on climate change, the number of days each year with a heat index over 100F will jump 783%, from six to 53 in the Midwest. The impact will be felt most acutely by outdoor workers and vulnerable populations including children, the elderly, and those who are pregnant.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2022

A recent analysis from UCS studied how gas plants operated in regional wholesale electricity markets in the Midwest in 2019. This analysis looked at each week in 2019 at when power providers were operating gas plants in the regional markets MISO and SPP (covering 20 states across the central United States).

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New Scientist

MARCH 28, 2025

The US has confirmed more than 480 measles cases across 19 states, the highest total since an outbreak in 2019 sickened more than 1200 people

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Perhaps the closest to a climate anthem is the 2019 Fatboy Slim mash-up of Greta Thunberg’s U.N. Take “ Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince ” from her 2019 Lover album for example. There’s a history of environmentalism in American music, from Joni Mitchell and Neil Young to newer artists like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. climate speech.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 15, 2022

Fig 13, from Lenssen et al (2019). 6307-6326, 2019. Uncertainties arise in the raw data directly, in any homogenizations that are performed, in the data interpolation, in corrections for non-climatic effects etc. The results across the products are comparable, though they differ, particularly in the earlier parts of the record.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In the nearer term, it wants to reduce its emissions by 56% by 2030, using 2019 as a baseline. H&M's goal is to be carbon positive by 2040. Meanwhile, it aims to make all of its clothing using recycled components by 2030. It says it is 65% of the way there now. .

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

Customers $900,000 So Far; Oil & Gas Waste Plant Fails To Report Wastewater [PaEN - 2025] -- PA State Seismic Network Has Detected Only 1 Fracking-Inducted Seismic Event, So Far [PaEN - 2019] -- DEP Documents Connection Between Fracking, Earthquakes In Lawrence County [PaEN [ 2017] [Posted: April 8, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%. Actual generation is tilted a bit more toward fossil fuels and nuclear.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

In 2019, the city declared a climate emergency. The plan contained a big call call to reduce vehicle usage: “By 2030 it outlines a goal of making sure that the majority of Londoners live within walking distance to their daily needs and that they reduce the number of in-town automobile trips by 30 to 50 per cent from 2019.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

EPA proposed changes to its MON rule in 2019, regulating toxic emissions for about 200 chemical plants that produce solvents, plastics, and pesticides across the country. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also acknowledged that it has a role to play in identifying alternatives to EtO for sterilizing medical equipment.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

Tom Wolf signed the bill on April 23, 2019, designating the Eastern hellbender as Pennsylvanias official state amphibian. When a new legislative session began in January 2019, the measure was reintroduced as Senate Bill 9. She was Student Leadership Council president in 2019 when the bill was signed.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

percent of disposable income on water and sewer in 2019, up from 10.9 Teodoro, who co-authored the 2019 national water affordability study, has offered alternatives to the percent-of-income metric. percent two years earlier. Disposable income was defined as the money remaining after taxes, housing, health care, food, and home energy.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change. Two months later, in January 2019, the claimants sued the state before the Conseil d’Etat for rejecting their demands.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Smaller vehicles and big fleets are leading the charge Where just a handful of zero-emission trucks and buses were deployed annually in the US just a few years ago (around 600 total in 2019), over 27,500 zero-emission MHDVs were deployed in 2023. While this represents a small fraction of the national MHDV sales (around 2.5

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

In adopting this law, California joins a handful of other states with extended producer responsibility laws on the books, which brings me back to the history: A substantially different version of this bill failed in an end-of-session vote in 2019.

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