Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

This process mirrors China’s broader governance style—flexible and adaptive rather than rigidly planned. For years, Beijing had relied on SOEs to manage their own overseas ventures, assuming its deluge of financial support for the projects ensured that host governments would implement them smoothly.

2011

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The 2020 CEQ regulations did contain language that presumptively limited the geographic scope of the impact statement, so Congress would have had no trouble writing such limits into law if it had wished to do so. Yet would anyone say that the government should therefore ignore the risk of a lab accident.

Air Pollution

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

Yet not enough attention is given to the river’s care by the local government or population. A year later, the government approved proposals for two hydroelectric plants worth $447 million on the grounds that they would increase the availability of electricity, create jobs and spur economic growth. of whom grow crops.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. the federal government is trying to move us backwards on addressing climate change. Madison is our home.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Background information: In 2009, 15-years ago, wealthy countries agreed to mobilize $100-billion a year for the countries most vulnerable to climate change for every year between 2020 and 2025. That was first successfully delivered only in 2022. An extension of negotiations through the weekend is possible.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

CNX did not comply with Act 14 notification requirements to local governments, failing to provide updated notices to affected townships. -- Environmental Concerns: The Chapter 102 Erosion and Sediment permit states that 30.9 However, the project implements none of these critical safety measures. “We

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In short, developed countries committed to providing $100 billion to vulnerable countries every year between 2020 and 2025. Even worse, oil and gas companies operating in Canada have huge plans to expand the production of fossil fuels – and governments in Canada are letting them do it. This is what is known as climate finance.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

20 Webinar [PaEN] -- USGS Releases New Video: Susquehanna River Story - What Does The Science Say About Water Quality?

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Our team will also be tracking the participation in the negotiations and proceedings by the Government of Canada, provincial leaders, and oil and gas lobbyists. This new framework aims to replace the existing 2009 commitment from developed countries to provide $100 billion annually between 2020 and 2025 — a target missed by years.

Fossil Fuels

Nanotech

JULY 11, 2025

Since February 2020, Kunkler has been directing government affairs for the American Soybean Association (ASA) in Washington, D.C., Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP). with a focus on the biotech and crop protection portfolio.

Government

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

Yet not enough attention is given to the river’s care by the local government or population. A year later, the government approved proposals for two hydroelectric plants worth $447 million on the grounds that they would increase the availability of electricity, create jobs and spur economic growth. of whom grow crops.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

The PA-AG’s Office charged Coterra in 2020 after a grand jury investigation into the contamination of well water in Dimock. In 2022, then-AG Shapiro announced that Coterra had pleaded no contest to criminal charges related to environmental crimes in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Instead of protecting vulnerable buyers, the government is often the seller and beneficiary. Government programs intended to protect disadvantaged people in these areas instead pull them into the trap. Homeowners in a flood zones are often required to purchase this insurance from the government and get a U.S.

Sea Level

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

This suggests that courts should afford substantial deference to agencies in the context of standalone NEPA claims that do not implicate the agency’s obligations under the substantive statutory framework governing the action. 3] See Prosser & Keeton on Torts, 5th Ed. 1984; Knobe & Shapiro (2021). [4]

Fossil Fuels

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

states and local governments indicate increased receptivity around psilocybin use, too. Notably, citizens residing in our Nations capital voted to decriminalize adult use in 2020, making psilocybin among the lowest law enforcement priorities for the District of Columbia.

Law

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The US only exited the Paris Agreement days after Joe Biden won the 2020 US Presidential Election and swiftly joined it again once Biden was inaugurated in January 2021. However, he can make several technologies, such as solar, less economically viable by putting in place import tariffs and cancelling government incentives and programmes.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Read more here ] In June 2020, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the findings and recommendations of Pennsylvanias 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury report on the unconventional oil and gas industry. million penalty and restitution in Beaver County; Third- Equitrans $1.1 million penalty for uncontrolled release of 1.1

2014

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Studies conducted in New Jersey indicate that many residents believe the government is not doing enough to regulate. Many of the states polluted sites are clustered around major cities like Jersey City, Newark, Trenton, and Atlantic City, all of which have predominantly African American and other minority populations.

Ozone

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2025

The Ontario government has taken the brakes off of waste reduction in the province to paint growing piles of garbage as inevitable. TAKE ACTION: Tell the Ontario government you oppose expanding the Brampton waste incinerator! TAKE ACTION: Tell the provincial government to save the Ontario alcohol deposit-return program!

Waste

A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

2020 Earth Day went digital due to Covid-19, reaching over 100 million online viewers. Reduce the dependency on fossil fuels It urges governments, companies, and individuals to reduce fossil fuel dependency and scale up sustainable alternatives. 1990 Earth Day expanded globally to 141 countries.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Inactive status expired on February 21, 2020. Inactive status expired on February 21, 2020. Inactive status expired November 7, 2020. Drilled in 2013 but not produced. [ DEP inspection report ] -- Ridgebury Twp.: Drilled in 2011 but not produced. [ DEP inspection report ] -- Ridgebury Twp.: Drilled in 2010 but not produced. [

2011

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 12, 2025

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report later confirmed that USDA did not follow best practices for evaluating the relocation, underestimated costs, and failed to account for the massive attrition and disruptions to agency operations. As of September 2024, ERS staffing levels remained 15% below pre-location levels.

2019

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN] -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- PA Assn. 1 RiverWatch Video Report [Posted: November 2, 2024] PA Environment Digest

Conservation

Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

Over the last five years, several states, including New York (2020), California (2022), Illinois (2023), and Michigan (2023) have adopted comprehensive permitting reforms that curtail the power of local governments to block development of large-scale renewable energy projects.

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

2020 for example, the Amazon saw its highest deforestation rate in over a decade. However, recent efforts have focused on reversing this trend, with the government implementing stricter enforcement of environmental regulations and bolstering sustainable initiatives, such as promoting conservation efforts and enforcing land-use restrictions.

2025

Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2025

Remarkably, the vast majority of these cases have been filed since 2020, as shown in the chart below, reflecting the accelerating pace and momentum of climate litigation at the national level.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

As the organizations head of government affairs, Ms. That system includes Pennsylvanias 2025 Trail of the Year, the Path of the Flood Trail in Johnstown, as well as the 49 -mile Ghost Town Trail , designated Trail of the Year in 2020. billion to reclaim abandoned mine sites and clean up polluted watersheds in Pennsylvania.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Here are 108 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Penn State Ag Council Recognizes Cong.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

Between 1990 and 2020, national concentrations of ozone were reduced by 25 percent, but this progress is eroding. States and local governments are required to take steps to attain the standards 5. From 2000 to 2020, national PM 2.5 Both short-term and long-term exposure are associated with increased mortality.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

By Kelly Jedrzejewski, Penn State News In 2020, Bethany Canner became an inaugural member of the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward volunteer program in the Lower Susquehanna region. However, her curiosity and interest in watershed management date back to her childhood. Its geared toward all members of the community.

2025

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

However, as wind turbine prices have decreased in China, they have increased elsewhere since 2020. The reports authors cite onshore wind turbines as an example where they cut 24% less than the global benchmark of $38 per MWh.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Project 2025 calls for rolling back CAFÉ fuel efficiency standards to 2020 levels (35 mpg). 627-629] And the federal government should stop funding mass transit. [p. 420] Specifically, the report calls for weakening protections against interstate air pollution [pp. 424-425] and toxic air pollution [427]. #6. Embracing gas guzzlers.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

According to a recent state legislative hearing, the state has seen 1,154 more oil and gas wells abandoned since 2020 while, over the past two and a half years, plugging only 308 abandoned wells. This comes after the state received $76 million from the federal government to speed up the process of capping abandoned wells.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

And 75 trees were planted throughout the wetlands, increasing biodiversity and providing habitats for wildlife. -- Clarence and Mary Ann Harms Center for the Environment at Westminster College – Apiary: Westminster College’s apiary in Lawrence County was established in 2020 beginning with six hives.

2025

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Many initiatives outside of the Federal government aim to mitigate the Presidents environmental policies. State governments might not have the reach or the resources that the federal government possesses, but they have the drive and support to address change where they can.

Paris Agreement

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

The term “final agency action” comes from the Administrative Procedure Act, the federal law that governs agency procedure, and is defined as an agency action that is “made reviewable by statute” or “for which there is no other adequate remedy” other than in a court of law. 5 U.S.C. § The plaintiff in CTM Holdings, LLC v.

2013

Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 23, 2024

According to the most recent stock assessment produced by the Northwest Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the recruitment events from 2020 and 2021 are the highest on record. Some of these smaller black cod are being caught as unavoidable bycatch, which is a challenge for fishery managers.

Ocean