Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

During the evening hours of February 8, 2021, Phillips’ Carson refinery – for approximately five-and-a-half hours – discharged approximately 480,000 gallons of non-compliant industrial wastewater, which contained at least 33,700 pounds of oil and grease, to LACSD’s sewer system.

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Yale E360

AUGUST 12, 2021

Ulwandle Lushile: Meeting the Tides,” the second-place winner in the 2021 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest, shows how Sokhulu women persevered and are again harvesting mussels sustainably. In apartheid South Africa, the Sokhulu practice of gathering mussels was outlawed. Read more on E360 ?.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

The third-place winner of the 2021 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest vividly depicts how, as the Venezuelan state collapses, the nation’s corrupt leaders are controlling — and profiting from — a flood of illegal mining in what was once one of South America’s wildest regions. Read more on E360 ?.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the ILO's Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2022, the number of renewable energy jobs increased by around 700,000 globally between 2020 and 2021. The post Green Energy Jobs Rapidly Expanding appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In September 2021, Minister Wilkinson re-designated the project. Last weeks move reversed the 2021 redesignation decision. However, that decision was challenged by the company, Coalspur, and Ermineskin Cree Nation. Coalspur once again challenged the decision.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

2021) also reported on a two decade estimate of Earthshine measurements which appear to confirm a small decrease in albedo (and decrease in reflected short wave (SW) radiation). 2021) show that the trends in the EEI derived from CERES match what you get from the changes in ocean heat content. 1297, 2021. Similarly, Loeb et al.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

10 from IPCC (2021). 2 from IPCC (2021). in Canadell et al (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). in the underlying chapter; Canadell et al (2021)). in Canadell et al (2021). Source: Figure SPM.10

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Yale E360

JULY 26, 2021

So far in 2021, hunters have illegally killed nine rhinos, an eight-year low, and four elephants, a five-year low, Reuters reported. Rhino and elephant poaching is significantly down in Namibia, according to data from the country's Ministry of Environment and Tourism. Read more on E360 ?.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 4, 2022

billion in 2021. The global green packaging market size had a revenue holding of $229.46 It is expected to reach $409.2 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 7.5% from 2022–2030. The post Global Green Packaging Market to Reach $409B by 2030 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2022

These forecasts are very similar to the 2021 ones from NOAA and CSU , which reflected well the observed activity that year (21 named storms). Here are some in our minds right now: Will this season exhaust the list of 21 names from the World Meteorological Organization, like 2020 and 2021 did? Of course, we have questions!

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

McKesson Europe aims to be carbon neutral by 2030, while McKesson Corporation set in 2021 a science-based target initiative to keep temperature increases in check and aligned with the Paris climate agreement.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 2, 2023

Allegiant Travel Company has released its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report that details the company's efforts to reduce its climate impact and enhance the communities where employees live and work. The post Allegiant Teams with Schneider Electric to Tackle ESG Goals appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 11, 2023

Samsung Heavy Industries is on a roll, having netted roughly $12 billion in sales in 2021 and $9.4 billion in 2022 — the same goal for 2023. Asia and Europe are thirsty for the liquefied natural gas its ships carry, mainly because their domestic manufacturers are paying high prices for natural gas.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

In 2021—the second year of a statewide drought—the SWRCB had to wait for the Governor to declare a drought emergency for a particular watershed before it undertook a months-long process to develop and implement emergency curtailment regulations for that watershed. This is not just a theoretical problem.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In 2021, the market for disposable cups was estimated to be worth $14.82 billion, and by 2028, it is anticipated to be worth $22.08 billion, a CAGR of 5.7%. 2022–2028), according to a recent report. The post Global Disposable Cups Market to Hit Sales of $22.08 Billion appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Tier 1 shortage was triggered because the water level in Mead is projected to be 1,065 feet above sea level at the end of 2021 — 10 feet lower than the shortage threshold. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – August 17, 2021. Mead and Powell, the basin’s largest reservoirs, are the lowest they have been since they were first filled.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2024

According to her press release at the time of bill introduction, “A 2021 study found that children who lived less than a mile away from an airport had 21% higher lead levels in their blood compared to children who lived farther away.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 5, 2024

This pattern was important for recent record or near-record years like 2016 or 2020 which started with El Niño, as well as below-trend years like 2017, 2021 etc. 2021 1.16 ± 0.14 that started with La Niña. 2017 1.06 ± 0.13 2018 1.05 ± 0.14 2019 1.18 ± 0.15 2020 1.21 ± 0.14 2022 1.23 ± 0.14 2023 1.22 ± 0.14

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The US solar industry was valued at $33 billion in 2021, employed more than 230,000 people, and continued to grow in power capacity at an average rate of 33 percent per year. Solar panels generated almost 4 percent of electricity in the US in 2021, up from less than 1 percent in 2015.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 10, 2025

More broadly, the state treated over one million acres of land for fire risk in 2023, an increase of 25% in terms of total treatment acreage from 2021. The totals from 2023 are three times higher , with about 250,000 acres treated with prescribed burns. And most of that increase came from state agencies increasing their activity.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We pointed out in March that Scafetta had totally neglected observational uncertainty in calculating the observed change in temperature (2011-2021 compared to 1980-1990). Note that the short period 2015-2021 is not long enough to have the differences in emissions make a big dent in the concentrations or, subsequently, the climate).

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Yale E360

AUGUST 24, 2023

In 2021, the South African government committed to shutting down the country’s captive-lion breeding industry, which provided animals for canned hunts. Among the sticking points slowing progress is what should happen to the thousands of lions that remain on private ranches. Read more on E360 →

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Legal Planet

APRIL 1, 2025

In 2021, as the leadership team started planning over how to best celebrate SEWAs 50 th Anniversary, the founder challenged them to understand how SEWA can stay relevant to the grassroots women workers for the next 50 years.

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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. The numbers I am able to cite now, in May 2023, were published in September 2022, citing research from December 2021. Of course, a lot has happened since December 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This assessment wasn’t ExxonMobil’s idea, but was compelled by a successful shareholder resolution that was part of a 2021 investor revolt against the industry’s climate inaction that ultimately displaced several members of ExxonMobil’s Board of Directors. ExxonMobil’s withdrawal from IPAA is certainly a positive development.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 30, 2025

In southeastern Pennsylvania, Hurricane Ida in 2021 was a preview of a flood-prone future. A report recommends construction projects and other fixes to save lives and property.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

According to the 2021 report of Elsevier’s parent company, RELX, roughly 2.5 million articles were submitted for review to Elsevier last year, and the company published more than 600,000 articles in 2021 alone.

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MARCH 17, 2025

Figure 1: Future annual CO 2 emissions in the five illustrative scenarios Source: Sixth Assessment Report of IPCC Working Group I, 2021 By combining radiative forcing (the climate side, represented by the numbers at the end of each scenario name e.g. 1.9

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 15, 2022

In 2021, 9 percent of US electricity came from those graceful kinetic sculptures, up from less than 3 percent in 2011. Wind power generation will continue to rise, including in the near term as a result of one of the US wind industry’s best years ever in 2021. Eight states generate more than 25 percent of their electricity from wind.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The WMO’s GHG bulletin’s headline takeaways are stark: Atmospheric concentrations of three major heat-trapping gases, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) hit all-time highs in 2021 (see table below). Methane emissions showed their biggest annual increase in 2020 and again in 2021. A truly scary prospect.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

Since April 2021, travel has returned to pre-pandemic levels and has kept increasing, though with a different flavor—increasing truck traffic, less commute trips but more non-work trips, and unfortunate declines in transit ridership. FHWA, 2021 ). Total VMT has steadily increased and bounced back to pre-pandemic levels.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

His lifetime average was pulled up by scores of 7% in 2019, 10% in 2020, and 22% in 2021. However, his average before 2019 was more like 1%.

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Vorys Law

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Like the current 2021 MSGP, the 2026 MSGP would only apply in DC, MA, NH, NM, and certain other jurisdictions; however, states often look to the Federal MSGP when revising their own industrial stormwater permits. On Friday, Dec. The MSGP is a general permit that regulates stormwater discharges from various industrial facilities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Last year, US drivers bought more than 800,000 new electric vehicles (EVs), 65 percent more than in 2021, even as overall car sales declined. percent in 2021. Since the beginning of 2022, electric vehicle sales in the United States have been downright electrifying. Those 807,956 EVs accounted for 5.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A 2021 report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences found that in 1790, each representative had about 35,000 constituents, but by 2021 that figure grew to nearly 777,000. The US House of Representatives has not been expanded since the Great Depression and the Reapportionment Act of 1929 when the chambers size was set at 435.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2025

This research uses the same climate modeling approach used in the 6th IPCC report (2021) to project future temperatures under different emissions scenarios. The main advancement of this particular study is the look to the future, which the updated methodology allowed us to do.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

2021-69012-35916 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Dahlke, Robyn Grimm, Sarah Null, Ellen Bruno, Safeeq Khan, Sarah Naumes, and Joshua Viers. This work is part of the Secure Water Future project and was supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no.

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