ESA

JANUARY 26, 2024

By Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald (Editor-in-Chief, Earth Stewardship ) ESA Executive Director Catherine O’Riordan and Earth Stewardship Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald man the ESA booth at the British Ecological Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting. The British Ecological Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

2023 69

2023 Natural Sciences Environmental Science Conservation 69

Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2023

But these governments are not interested in enforcing sanctions and intercepting shipments. In 2019, when Indonesia was last inundated with widespread fires, the country experienced economic losses of $5.2 Neither American nor NATO forces are able to police these waters without the support of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.

2023 130

2023 Recycling Politics Ocean 130

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.

Paris Agreement 240

Paris Agreement 2018 Climate Change 2019 240

Legal Planet

MARCH 13, 2023

On Thursday, March 2, 2023, California’s principal energy agencies – the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) – held a first-of-its-kind, joint en banc hearing at Cal Poly Humboldt with Tribal government leaders and all 10 commissioners of the CEC and CPUC.

Government 210

Government 2011 Climate Change Renewable Energy 210

Washington Nature

APRIL 18, 2023

TNC staff and trustees, from left to right: Kathleen Hebert, Maud Daudon, Emily Heber, Skippy Shaw, Mike Schaefer, Governor Inslee, Mike Stevens, Lilianna Ayalla, David Mendoza © Hannah Fitinich This year’s lobby day was especially energized by being back on the capitol campus in person for the first time since 2019.

2023 52

2023 Clean Energy 2019 Conservation 52

Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Applicant) in 2019. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2023 All Rights Reserved. Later Alibaba assigned the application to Advanced New Technologies Co., This newsletter is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice.

2023 52

2023 Law 2020 2015 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As of posting, Congress has one week – just 4 session days – until the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 on September 30. Amidst this focus on appropriations, both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are continuing to draft the farm bill, but the looming government shutdown is slowing progress.

2018 126

2018 Government 2023 Natural Resources 126

Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Applicant) in 2019. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2023 All Rights Reserved. Later Alibaba assigned the application to Advanced New Technologies Co., This newsletter is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice.

2023 52

2023 Law 2020 2015 52

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.

Nuclear Power 240

Nuclear Power Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions 2030 240

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So it’s most satisfying to end 2023 with some good news regarding water in the Golden State. Westlands is a quasi-local government agency formed in 1952, and the largest agricultural water district in the United States. The federal government chose–wisely, as it turned out–not to participate in the case.)

2016 183

2016 Government 2007 Climate Change 183

Circle of Blue

JULY 28, 2022

The so-called 24-month study — tentatively scheduled for August 15 — determines how much water Mead and Powell will release in 2023. The tiers were updated in 2019 in the DCP. Short for drought contingency plan, the DCP was approved by the basin states and the federal government in 2019. What’s that, you ask?

Conservation 347

Conservation 2019 2022 2007 347

Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al.

Climate Change 202

Climate Change Paris Agreement Deforestation Rainforest 202

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Bureau released new projections that showed a one-in-three chance that Lake Powell, absent interventions, will be low enough in 2023 that it will not be able to generate hydropower. The modeling also found a 34 percent chance by 2023 that Powell is too low to generate hydropower. government water policy. By the Numbers.

Nuclear Power 147

Nuclear Power Clean Water Act 2004 Regulations 147

Law and Environment

JULY 10, 2023

On June 26, 2023, the Cambridge City Council voted to amend the city’s Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) to require large non-residential buildings to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 and mid-size non-residential buildings to do so by 2050. It does not apply to any residential buildings.

2026 130

2026 Renewable Energy 2030 2018 130

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In an opinion in a much-publicized case, filed December 28, 2022, and later ordered published on January 26, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__ 5th 1357 (see recent summary dated January 3, 2023, which can be found here ).) Susan Brandt-Hawley (2022) 86 Cal.App.5th

Government 90

Government 2009 2013 2014 90

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 18, 2023

The federal government has the power to give people more and better choices about what we eat, and this year presents an excellent opportunity for positive change. Farmers’ markets are a popular way to do this—in 2019 there were more than 8,700 in the United States. This does not mean that the situation is hopeless.

2014 222

2014 Government 2009 2023 222

HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries. Zerbib, Olivier David.

Renewable Energy 105

Renewable Energy Paris Agreement 2015 2020 105

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2024

Two years after Prime Minister Trudeau first promised to limit and reduce Canada’s oil and gas emissions, the federal government finally released a regulatory framework at COP 28, in December 2023. Of course this means that the federal government has to fast track the development of the cap. The framework is by no means perfect.

2030 112

2030 Climate Change Greenhouse Government 112

PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2023

Since 2019, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Land Conservancy of Adams County , and Adams County Office of Planning and Development have worked together to protect a total of 11 parcels of land, owned by Hanover Shoe Farms Inc., in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Conservation 74

Conservation 2019 Natural Resources Government 74

Brag

AUGUST 29, 2023

Hutton On August 3, 2023, the Joint Subcommittee on Environment, Innovation, and Public Health Sustainable Chemistry Strategy Team (Sustainable Chemistry ST) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) published a report entitled Sustainable Chemistry Report: Framing the Federal Landscape. Bergeson and Carla N.

Renewable Energy 45

Renewable Energy 2019 Technology Technology 45

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

Clean Air Act 52

Clean Air Act 2019 2018 2014 52

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2024

As we explain below, it brings impacted parties to the table, proposes ways to address their needs, and commits the government to regularly updating its plans as the reality on the ground evolves. Can’t the government just do that without being legally forced to? That is what the Sustainable Jobs Act sets out to do. It’s a mouthful!

Fossil Fuels 75

Fossil Fuels Government Paris Agreement 2025 75

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Federal government releases new policy aimed at ending international public financing for fossil fuels, next step is ending domestic financing . The Government of Canada estimates that this policy will redirect $2.5 We applaud the Government of Canada for showing much-needed climate leadership today.

Fossil Fuels 106

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Renewable Energy Government 106

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

On September 14, 2023, DEP inspected the Coretsky shale gas well pad operated by XTO Energy Inc., Records indicated it was drilled in April 2019. The inspector noted this well did not appear to be part of the consent order and agreement signed with Diversified Prod LLC in 2019 on plugging conventional wells. Read more here.

Natural Gas 113

Natural Gas 2023 Waste 2019 113

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

In 2019, the DRBC established the Advisory Committee on Climate Change to provide the Commission with scientifically based information and recommendations. In 2023, the Commission released a report exploring the feasibility of additional freshwater storage to meet future water management and climate adaptation needs.

Sea Level 81

Sea Level Climate Change 2024 2019 81

Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. Since 2019, more than seventy local and state jurisdictions have followed Berkeley’s lead in requiring or strongly incentivizing all-electric or fossil-fuel-free new buildings, with more considering similar approaches. City of Berkeley. In exploring what the CRA v.

Conservation 115

Conservation Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 115

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The 2021 climate audit by the Auditor General is the follow-up to one produced in 2019, which provided 22 recommendations for the province to improve its climate outcomes. It turns out that, two years later, the government has only implemented six of those recommendations. And this anemic plan won’t even be implemented until 2023.

Fossil Fuels 97

Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Climate Change 2030 97

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 24, 2023

Canada’s current plans are promising, but insufficient In 2019, the current federal government was elected on a promise of passing a Just Transition law that would prepare workers and communities for the transition. After four years of inaction on this topic, it released in late February 2023 its Sustainable Jobs Action Plan.

Fossil Fuels 94

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2023 Climate Change 94

Corp Watch

DECEMBER 8, 2023

He’s still paying the price Financial Times PaulaR Fri, 12/08/2023 - 13:31 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Yuan Yang Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. million in tax in 2019 - a 3% increase from the previous year, despite pre-tax profits growing by more than 35%.

2020 52

2020 2019 2017 2021 52

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Amazon sued by three employees who allege gender discrimination and ‘chronic’ pay inequity CNBC PaulaR Thu, 11/23/2023 - 13:10 Monday, November 20, 2023 Read more Annie Palmer Three staffers in Amazon’s corporate research and strategy division sued the company alleging gender discrimination and retaliation.

2020 52

2020 2019 2017 2021 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 29, 2024

This update, current with launches through May 1, 2023, collects 28 pieces of data on 7,560 actively-operating satellites. The Satellite Database has subscribers from inside and outside governments from all over the globe. Over the last 18 years, Teri has produced 45 updated versions of our database.

2005 190

2005 2007 2008 2021 190

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 20, 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%.

2020 52

2020 2019 2017 2021 52

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. 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. compared to 2005.

Paris Agreement 137

Paris Agreement 2030 Climate Change Regulations 137

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 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%.

2020 52

2020 2019 2017 2021 52

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

billion in latest US trial loss over Roundup weedkiller Reuters PaulaR Mon, 11/27/2023 - 13:42 Monday, November 20, 2023 Read more Tom Hals Nov 19 (Reuters) - A Missouri jury ordered Bayer (BAYGn.DE) to pay $1.56 The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides by Mitchel Cohen (Skyhorse, January 2019).

Biotechnology 52

Biotechnology 2019 2007 2013 52

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Most Recent Annual Revenue $282.616 billion (2019) Most Recent Annual Revenue Link Source Most Recent Net Income $4.025 billion (2019) Most Recent Net Income Link Source Stock Exchange Tickers LSE: BP, FWB: BPE, NSYE: BP Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING).

2010 52

2010 2020 2013 2019 52

Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Whole Foods did not break the law by banning Black Lives Matter apparel, judge rules CNN PaulaR Tue, 01/02/2024 - 13:37 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Read more Ramishah Maruf New YorkCNN — Whole Foods did not act unlawfully by banning employees from wearing items with Black Lives Matter messaging, a judge ruled Thursday.

Law 52

Law 2020 2019 2017 52