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. The government has also pledged that a third of new cars will be electric or hydrogen by 2030. What is South Korea doing to cut its emissions?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Conservation Leadership - 2004 to 2022: -- 1,198 New Articles In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA -- 233 Stories: These Conservation Leaders Gave Us Cleaner Water, Land & Air In 2020! They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support! -- Be Inspired By Hundreds Of Environmental Stewardship Leaders From 2019!

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Circle of Blue

JULY 28, 2022

On the higher end, that amount of conservation is one-third of the Colorado’s recent annual flow. 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. Those are astounding figures. What’s that, you ask? 500-Plus Plan.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Liquid manure doesn’t run off of Greg Strayer’s Cumberland County beef farm and threaten the Conodoguinet Creek any longer, thanks to a new 185,000-gallon storage area made possible with cost-share funds through Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP). The conservation district received a total of $3.5

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) preempts a local ordinance in Berkeley, California that prohibits most natural gas hook-ups to newly-constructed buildings. . Constitution, and most states, including California, delegate some or all aspects of it to local governments within their borders. The case concerns whether the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2022

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 Women In Conservation Awards Program to recognize excellence in conservation and to forge a stronger network of women who are deeply committed to working to protect Pennsylvania’s environment. This woman can be active in communities, business, government and science fields.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

In 2019, Governor Wolf signed Executive Order 2019-01 to establish Pennsylvania’s first climate goals, as part of his strategy to fight climate change and protect Pennsylvania from climate dangers. ernor Wolf has also unveiled a Climate Action Plan , announced the largest government solar energy commitment in the U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The organizations featured on the list have triumphed in their efforts to provide everything from cash assistance to legal representation, food deliveries to waterways protection despite the constraint on fundraisers, reduced government funding and declining philanthropic support. Posted: October 19, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

These are people with real money at stake, unlike conservative politicians and talking heads. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund dropped the company from its portfolio because of environmental destruction from mining in Indonesia. It’s unlikely that anyone invests in Rio Tinto as a way of virtue signaling.

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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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2004, Pennsylvania’s Conservation Landscape Program has been using place-based partnerships to drive strategic investments and actions around sustainability, conservation, community revitalization, and recreation projects. These large regions in the commonwealth are recognized nationally as successful models of collaboration.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

While much of the public debate addresses the Farm Bill’s nutrition programs, the programs with the largest environmental impacts are conservation subsidies, research, and commodity production subsidies and insurance. The predominant modern government support is the federal crop insurance program. 

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It’s an expert, hours-long guided excursion across Lenawee County during which Taylor explains the cross-cutting complexities, underperforming government programs, ineffective conservation investments, and cascading ecological and health threats from liquid manure that aren’t visible but exist everywhere across her region’s bucolic landscape.

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Circle of Blue

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. For example, water rights must be used, or they are relinquished.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

By conserving and stewarding our Commonwealth's natural resources, DCNR is vital to Pennsylvania's booming outdoor recreation industry. According to the U.S. Recreation for All Ensuring access to outdoor recreation for all Pennsylvanians is a central part of DCNR's mission.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Looking back, we noticed that MPP David Piccini, Ontario’s Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, made some less than accurate claims about Ontario’s environmental record. The statistic is correct, but is it due to the Ontario government’s policies? MT in 2019. MT in 2019. MT in 2019.

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Cresforum

JUNE 8, 2020

Last week, Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), among a bipartisan group, introduced The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020 , which could become a watershed moment in the conservative clean energy movement. More importantly, it will demonstrate that strong climate policy does not have to be synonymous with big government.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Beginning with the start of FY2024 on October 1, funding for the federal government will – absent a continuing resolution (CR) – expire, as will the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill. So what, exactly, would a government shutdown mean for agriculture?

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Cresforum

JUNE 8, 2020

Last week, Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), among a bipartisan group, introduced The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020 , which could become a watershed moment in the conservative clean energy movement. More importantly, it will demonstrate that strong climate policy does not have to be synonymous with big government.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A bit of background on the case: In July 2019, the Berkeley city council voted to restrict natural gas lines in most new construction, in order to protect the health and safety of the city’s residents, as well as to transition their communities away from natural-gas infrastructure.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . Image Source: Ontario’s wetland conservation strategy (archived). Image courtesy of Conservation Ontario.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2022

In 2018, the GCF Task Force endorsed Guiding Principles for Collaboration and Partnership Between Subnational Governments, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. These partnerships are critical for conserving important forested regions of our world. Find more information on the 12 th Annual Meeting of the GCF Task Force here.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

GGGI membership includes representatives from academia, governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector dedicated to combat this most harmful form of marine debris. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. The GGGI also designates an annual recipient of the Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 14, 2024

Their suggested marker bills included provisions that would broaden access to US farm loans for historically underserved borrowers, help farmers address the climate crisis, better protect food and farm workers, halt industrial agriculture mergers by strengthening relevant antitrust laws, and expand SNAP benefits and government nutrition programs.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

These species are the most vulnerable and require species-specific conservation efforts to survive. Policies that had been put in place to protect species at risk have since been whittled down, most notably by the current provincial government, as a way to prioritize development. Many populations in Ontario are small and disconnected.

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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. He argues that the government should stop issuing mining licences in protected forests or conservation areas. “It Photo credit: Afriadi Hikmal / Alamy.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Legislation like this was vetoed by Gov. Wolf in 2022. Read more here. -- Expanding Bureaucracy/Cost Of DEP Permit Reviews: Senate Bill 185 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) expanding existing permit review bureaucracy and cost by adding a third-party review of DEP permit applications.

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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. Fish and Wildlife Service through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund. Click Here to sign up for regulator updates.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The recommendations also relate to government aid, including technical and financial assistance to low-income communities and utilities. Read said those are conservative estimates, but they do not include anticipated federal funding from the recently passed infrastructure bill. Still they are not planning to spend enough.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Nature Conservancy in Washington will be a part of that bustle and working to keep people and nature at the forefront of policy and budget decision-making. workforce development An area where the Nature Conservancy in Washington will be expanding our focus is around opportunities for workforce development. © Courtney Baxter/TNC.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2022

Jakarta, Indonesia in 2019. The study attributes the dysfunction to overlapping responsibilities across government agencies, a lack of incentives for efficient and effective water management, and “a legal and regulatory void” regarding the planning, conservation, and use of groundwater. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

The bill would also have changed the procedures employed by New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for issuing permits under the Environmental Conservation Law. .

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The revamped UK government, almost unrecognisable from the one led by Boris Johnson , has opened up new licenses for North Sea oil and gas production. The new license offering which will run until June next year is the first since 2019-2020 after it was put on hold due to a climate compatibility check. Energy Security.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

Through high school and college, I continued to spend my summers farming and eventually started my own mixed-vegetable operation, which I ran between 2009 and 2019. It’s a question of balancing resources dedicated towards economic development and conservation, and rewarding those who can do both simultaneously.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Earlier this month, ocean leaders from governments, businesses and expert organizations around the world gathered for the seventh annual Our Ocean Conference in the island nation of Palau. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. For example, in 2019 Norway and SeaBOS joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI).

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In 2019, the Town of South Bruce Peninsula was convicted on two charges of damaging piping plover habitat, contrary to section 10(1) of the ESA. It is also important to demonstrate that governments, individuals and industries cannot act with impunity. Beach conservation and tourism can co-exist. Background.

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Law Columbia

JULY 7, 2021

Energy Policy & Conservation Act (“EPCA”). Does the phrase “local regulation… concerning the energy conservation [or] energy use” capture a huge range of policies that effectively, but indirectly, preclude the use of an energy type, no matter how far from direct energy “standards” they may be?

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