Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A private contractor in Florida is responsible for water outages among 250,000 people in 2019, a jury finds. What’s Up With Water—December 13, 2021 – This week’s episode covers water scarcity in the Middle East and water contamination in Hawaii. Heavy rainfall batters northern Spain , flooding roads and killing two people. 20 PERCENT.

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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? Some Puzzles Remain.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 25, 2022

EPA repealed the Clean Power Plan in 2019 and replaced it with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, stating that Section 111(d) did not authorize the generation-shifting measures contained in the Clean Power Plan. In January 2021, the D.C.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 3, 2021

Why it matters: Groundwater wells across the country being drilled deeper to locate sufficient fresh water supplies, a 2019 study Although the study did not examine the causes of deeper wells, the authors suggested several contributing factors, including contaminated surface water from agricultural runoff. 29 PERCENT.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019. By 2019, the largest growth in absolute emissions occurred in carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry. As one example, according to an analysis by Client Earth , in 2019 Chevron’s disclosed emissions amounted to 697 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

A report from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources found that nearby drinking water wells were not affected by a 2019 leak of hydraulic fracturing waste in Washington County. The post The Stream, August 12, 2021: Major Rivers in India Are Rising To Dangerous Levels appeared first on Circle of Blue. ON THE RADAR.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A 2019 paper from a United Nations think tank found that the amount of brine generated by the world’s nearly 16,000 desalination plants is 50 percent larger than earlier assumptions. According to Al Jazeera , fishing permits can cost up to $1,200 a year—plus thousands of dollars to build a fishing rig that meets government regulations.

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 19, 2021

2, 2021); Mark Epley et al., 6, 2021).]]. This anticipated spending provides significant opportunities for government contractors. But companies seeking government contracts should be aware that there is a new cop walking this beat. 28, 2021).]]. 4, 2021).]]. Past Division Enforcement in Key Spending Areas.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. and Australia.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A look back at significant decisions in climate litigation in 2021. 2021 was a significant year for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. Perhaps the most significant decision in climate litigation in 2021 came from the Netherlands.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

When they converge on Glasgow this fall to rekindle pivotal global climate negotiations that were dampened during the pandemic, diplomats and government ministers will confront a world much changed since their last convention. Environmental activist deaths rose from four in 2018 to 14 in 2019.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund dropped the company from its portfolio because of environmental destruction from mining in Indonesia. In 2019, it signed an agreement with a Chinese steelmaker to find ways to reduce emissions from steel making. In 2021, it release plans to spend $7.5 aligned were achieved.”.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As described previously on this blog , in 2019, Berkeley enacted its so-called “natural gas ban,” setting off a wave of building electrification requirements across the state and, to some extent, the country. In July 2021, the U.S. The police power is reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

million for calendar 2021, an increase of $87.6 million, 2019 $200.4 million 2021 revenue will be divided primarily for these uses-- -- Local Governments & Housing: $129.3 On January 18, the Independent Fiscal Office issued a report estimating the Act 13 drilling impact fee revenue will total $233.8 million from 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

Tom Wolf released the Pennsylvania GreenGov Council 2021 Annual Report , marking further progress in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s work to promote sustainability and environmentally-friendly policies. ernor Wolf has also unveiled a Climate Action Plan , announced the largest government solar energy commitment in the U.S.,

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Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

This is an historic effort though it falls short of the broader ‘ Green New Deal ‘ goals that were proposed in 2019, and doesn’t include all of the elements that were in the proposed 2021 reconcilliation package (the American Jobs Plan in “ Build Back Better “) that ultimately floundered.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On November 24, Queen’s Park Today reported that in response to the Ontario Liberal Party’s campaign proposal to offer electric vehicle incentives, Minister Piccini claimed the Progressive Conservative government policies have already led to “a 210 per cent increase in EV (electric vehicle) sales year over year from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021.”.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

GW record from 2021. In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 micrometers or less.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 30, 2021

As a matter of first impression, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit determined that the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, rather than the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, govern cases that come into a federal court’s jurisdiction because they are “related to” a pending bankruptcy proceeding. June 2, 2021).

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

By Eli Francovich, Columbia Insight — December 7, 2021. In 2019, that same company was in the news for purchasing water rights throughout the state and attempting to sell and lease them, prompting an ongoing legislative review of water marketing. In Washington—and elsewhere—there are rules governing the sale of water.

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Law and Environment

JULY 10, 2023

Covered buildings will be required to gradually reduce emissions, relative to a 2018–2019 baseline, over compliance periods starting in 2026 and 2030. It remains to be seen whether the BEUDO amendment signals a broader trend among local governments to push for ambitious emissions building reductions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Satellite Database has subscribers from inside and outside governments from all over the globe. Since 2005, there have been destructive, space debris-producing anti-satellite weapons tests by China (2007), the United States (2008), India (2019), and Russia (2021).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. million yuan in 2019 over price-fixing on Lexus cars in eastern Jiangsu province. It paid out a fine of $1.2

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Understanding that such investments would not be made by farmers without a guaranteed market, the Indian government also created a minimum support price (MSP) for wheat in 1966-67. A 2019 Indian government report estimated that 74% of the area where wheat is cultivated, and 65% of the area where rice is grown, will face water shortages.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

Between 2000 and 2019, Indonesia lost more forest to mining than any other tropical country, with coal extraction the main driver, the first ever biome-wide assessment has found. In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 Photo credit: Afriadi Hikmal / Alamy.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Two-thirds of the G20’s public finance for energy went to fossil fuels in 2019–2020. Subsidies reached new highs in 2021, even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Climate Transparency analysis finds. In total, 63% of the G20’s public finance for energy went to fossil fuels in 2019–2020. Photo credit: Jiri Vondrous / Alamy.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So after returning home, he launched Dat Bike in 2019. Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy. Above, a VinFast vehicle charges in Quang Ninh, Vietnam, in 2021. The grants are part of USAID’s Energy Secure Philippines project, launched in 2021.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 9, 2023

According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), 10% of households in the United States were not sure where their next meal was going to come from in 2021. It turns out that we don’t actually know current food insecurity levels—at least not based on federal government sources.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3), upheld the City of Livermore’s (“City”) approval of a 130-unit affordable housing project on a downtown infill site and its accompanying determination that the project was CEQA-exempt under Government Code section 65457 (“Section 65457”). ( Save Livermore Downtown v. 2021) 74 Cal.App.5th City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists, December, 2004). The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides by Mitchel Cohen (Skyhorse, January 2019). June 2007).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

It also owns one of the world’s largest clusters of ‘cloud’ computer networks (Amazon Web Services) that millions of individuals, businesses and government agencies use to host their data, including the Central Intelligence Agency. million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Founded in 1942 as a state-owned enterprise by the Brazilian government, it was originally named Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD). It was partially privatized in 1997 but the Brazilian government retains control. The Fundão disaster led to an initial R$20 billion ($4.8 to adequately repair.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Founded in 1942 as a state-owned enterprise by the Brazilian government, it was originally named Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD). It was partially privatized in 1997 but the Brazilian government retains control. The Fundão disaster led to an initial R$20 billion ($4.8 to adequately repair.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It also owns one of the world’s largest clusters of ‘cloud’ computer networks (Amazon Web Services) that millions of individuals, businesses and government agencies use to host their data, including the Central Intelligence Agency. million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%.

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