A Greener Life

MARCH 15, 2022

The energy analysts found that despite all the efforts to curb emissions, in 2021 global energy-related CO2 emissions rose to their highest ever level as the lockdowns put in place by many governments due to the pandemic were eased. IEA said that in 2021 alone China’s CO2 emissions rose above 11.9 billion tonnes.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

A World Meteorological Organization report highlights climate and extreme weather in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020. The WMO’s report on climate and extreme weather showed that 2020 was the second-warmest year on record in South America, while Central America was hammered by hurricanes that affected more than 8 million people.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

In Australia , many of the same areas that endured brutal bushfires in 2019 and 2020 are now drowning in record-setting rainfall. Australia smoldered during the epic “Black Summer” bush fires of 2019 and 2020. ” —Christina Southwell, resident of Wee Waa, New South Wales.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 12, 2021

Ken Austin, the emergency services manager in Fresno County, California, had started to discuss the challenges government agencies face in responding to drought, when he stopped, then apologized for being distracted. The post What’s Up With Water – July 12, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Members of Congress from Oregon are asking the federal government to declare an emergency declaration as the state’s salmon population continues to die off in warming waters. In 2020, the value had more than halved. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Climate catastrophes are threatening the rivers Amazonian Indigenous tribes depend on. 245 MILLION.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

New data finds that 2020 was the deadliest year on record for environmental activists around the world. 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.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 10, 2021

Rivers in the country of Wales are being polluted with raw sewage and other contaminants, despite government clean-up efforts. Although the Welsh government has spent millions on river clean up, water utility D?r r Cymru Welsh Water’s own figures found that raw sewage was dumped into rivers more than 100,000 times in 2020.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 18, 2021

A new report out of the UK calls on the government to improve the country’s climate adaptation plan. But because the trend lines do not look promising, government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for a difficult summer in which thousands of wells could fail. In Case You Missed It: . 8,000 HOMES.

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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).]]. In addition, in the 2020 case U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 30, 2022

Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [Ottawa, ON] – A new report released today by Environmental Defence, Buyer Beware: Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Carbon Capture Fairy Tales in Canada , reveals Canada’s federal government provided at least $8.6 2021 was a horrific year for people in Canada and around the world.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2021

A decades-long drought in one of the warming world’s most arid regions, heightened by what many consider to be governmental mismanagement, has set the stage for a severe, dangerously dry 2021. Since late 2020, Iran has received only four inches of rain, 40 percent less than the nation’s long-term average.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This newsletter is our seventh annual review of significant state court decisions relevant for private company M&A transactions and related governance matters and disputes. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2021 All Rights Reserved.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

What’s Up With Water – September 20, 2020 – This week’s episode covers another deadly year for environmental activists, an Indigenous community in Canada celebrating the arrival of clean drinking water, and the risk of flooding throughout the United States. The post The Stream, September 22, 2021: Water in the Largest U.S.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

California did this despite substantial growth over the decade from 2010 to 2020, adding about 2.4 The answers may be out there somewhere on government websites, but if so I didn’t find them: Why didn’t total emissions from California’s in-state generation decrease? reduction is attributable to California).

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ESA

MAY 25, 2021

The ESA Governing Board members met for its spring meeting over Zoom May 11-12. Agenda topics focused on advancing ESA’s strategic priorities, the health of ESA’s finances, discussions of future ESA Annual Meetings, and important, forward-looking changes to ESA governance. by Kathleen Weathers, ESA President.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

San Francisco-based Antitrust/Competition partner Daniel Asimow was named to Daily Journal's 2021 "Top Antitrust Lawyers" report. The Raiders case poses the question of “whether a sports league can regulate the number of teams it governs and who has standing to challenge its decisions,” he told Daily Journal.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Representatives Scott Peters (D-California) and María Elvira Salazar (R-Florida), the NCARS bill would improve how the federal government prepares and responds to extreme weather and climate-related disasters. Over a decade, from 2007-2017 , the direct costs of extreme weather events to the federal government was $350 billion.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People — With Canada’s 2021 federal election just five weeks away, a coalition of 34 Canada’s leading environmental organizations are calling on everyone in Canada to vote on September 20 — and when they do, vote for a green and just recovery from COVID-19.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Debt diverts PhDs from academia and government Unless those numbers are themselves reversed, Espinosa told Inside Higher Education that the ranks of university-based scientists will never become as diverse as the nation’s population. Instead, she predicts that a disproportionate number of Black and Brown scientists will go into industry. “If

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The gravamen of the plaintiff’s lawsuit was that Lewis, which delivered only on-line instruction through the remainder of the 2020 school year in light of COVID-19, was liable for breach of contract and unjust enrichment because it retained the full amount of student tuition and fees. 19-1751, 2021 WL 1306120 (4th Cir.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

million for calendar 2021, an increase of $87.6 million from 2020. In 2020, revenue totaled $146.3 million 2021 revenue will be divided primarily for these uses-- -- Local Governments & Housing: $129.3 However, this total is still short of 2018 revenue of $251.8 million, 2019 $200.4 million, 2018 $251.8

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Germany is expected to increase its fossil fuel consumption for electricity generation in 2022, if its weather conditions and electricity demand are similar to 2021, a new analysis from Environmental Progress finds. Emissions from Germany’s power sector could thus rise from 244 million tons in 2021 to 264 million tons in 2022.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector.

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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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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

20-616, 2021 WL 922749 (2d Cir. 11, 2021), the Second Circuit recently ruled that broad immunity under Section 230 protects internet providers who block third-party content they deem objectionable from liability. 20-10856, 2021 WL 805534 (11th Cir. 2020-1909, 2021 WL 865359 (Fed. § 230(c)(2). In Domen v.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. 15, 2021, incident that harmed Mikaila and another farmer is just one in a larger pattern of growing hostilities between herders and farmers in this region. between 1984 and 2021, while the area experienced a 71.9% We grew up here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 22, 2023

Since local and state governments are on the frontlines of paying for worsening wildfires, they should also be on the leading edge of holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Perhaps less obvious is the importance of state and local governments in holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Source: CCST 2020.

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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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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. 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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Enviromental Defense

JULY 8, 2021

Ontario government revokes MZO following pressure from local, environmental and Indigenous Groups. In late 2020, the Ontario government authorized an MZO for the construction of a warehouse and other facilities on this important coastal wetland complex. ECOJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ONTARIO NATURE. Toronto, Ont./

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Shapiro’s office supporting “key recommendations” in a 2020 Grand Jury Report that concluded DEP’s oil and gas regulatory program failed to protect public health and the environment. Our government has a duty to set, and enforce, ground rules that protect public health and safety. Read more here. Read more here. 27 Released 1.1

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

We start this month with a focus on the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), considering how we see the agency framing its work in 2021. * * * * *. During 2020, and going into 2021, the SFO has been met with both achievement and setback. Retrospection can often be a good indicator of what is to come.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Following on from last month's review of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Part 2 considers the position in relation to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and how we see its regulatory actions developing over 2021 and beyond. * * * * *. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2021 All Rights Reserved.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Strategic acquirors and private equity firms often pursue acquisitions of small-business government contractors with an attractive niche or technology but also understand that, following the acquisition, the small business affiliation rules[[N:13 C.F.R. 66146 (October 16, 2020) (effective November 16, 2020).]] 14, 2021).]]

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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. percent in Fiscal Year 2020-21. Commonwealth agencies and commissions under the governor’s jurisdiction reduced energy usage by 3.2

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