Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

This is a corollary to my colleague Julie McNamara’s observation that fossil fuels are the problem, not the solution. Furthermore, there’s ample evidence from around the globe that nations whose economies rely heavily on oil and gas extraction are less secure and less stable than those that are less dependent on fossil fuel resources.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. The post 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted? Clean Energy. Ecological Conservation.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Coal mine reclamation has become a flashpoint in the partisan divide over fossil fuel use. Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. According to oversight documents, during 2021 Illinois’ Department of Natural Resources spent an average of $17,000 per acre cleaning up sites abandoned prior to 1977.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The Worth Protecting project reminds us of our innate desire to protect what we depend on: community and natural resources. The online edition includes photos that did not appear in the book due to space limitations.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

To be clear, their ‘interests’ are growing profit for their shareholders through the continued expansion, extraction, and production of fossil fuel s. The RCMP raided again in 2021. He was lobbied by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.,

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The measure, known as a continuing resolution, generally keeps funding at fiscal year 2021 levels. The House Natural Resource Committee held a hearing for the House version of this bill ( H.R. 2750 ) in June 2021. The Biden administration withdrew this rule in November 2021. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The bill repeals section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. degrees Celsius.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

Energy choices are key to climate resilience—but there’s resistance within state government Science tells us the extent and degree of future flooding depends on how fast we can reduce heat trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. It cannot be a plan that reflects the opinions and interests of the powerful.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Panel on Climate Change released its sixth assessment report , ahead of the UN Conference of Parties Climate Meeting in Glasglow, Scotland in October and November 2021. by George Cahlink, E&E Daily, 8/12/2021 . Energy and Natural Resources. Allocation : $198 billion. Chair : Sen.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The final bill includes just eight additional amendments, each of which added language to the bill but did not modify any of the initial provisions of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in mid-May 2021. by Annie Snider, Alex Gullien, Kelsey Tamborrino and Anthony Adragna, PoliticoPro, 6/11/2021.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Coca-Cola workers in Ghana protest unfair dismissal of colleagues Modern Ghana | January 11, 2021 Angry workers of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company Limited in Ghana have protested at the premises of the company following the alleged dismissal of about 30 of their colleagues.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore receives 2021 MacArthur fellowship. by Zack Colman, PoliticoPro, 10/6/2021. Jared Huffman (D-CA), who a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, is a co-sponsor of this bill. European countries agree to protects parts of the North Atlantic to conserve seabird species.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities. C pathway.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The House voted to approve a provision from House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul Grijalva that permanently bans new mining claims near Grand Canyon National Park. WHO slashes guideline limits on air pollution from fossil fuels – The Guardian. 2021 (Oct. 4, 2021 ( correction ). 577) to the bill.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Yet this Administration, along with others before it, has deliberately blinkered its review of the climate impacts of massive fossil fuel extraction projects like this one, in a way that allows federal agencies to conclude that these projects won’t jeopardize species. And there will certainly be more litigation.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

– Daniel Carpenter-Gold joins us as a Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy for 2021-23. – Heather Dadashi joins us as an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy for 2021-23, where she will pursue projects related to sea-level rise, water, and climate change. Dadashi earned her J.D. So earned her J.D.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 26, 2021

If Summer 2021 has made anything clear, its that we can no longer deny the truth: Climate change is a present day threat, not a distant probability. These truths all point to one direction: Canada needs to rapidly come up with a transition plan to phase out fossil fuel production without compromising on prosperity and community wellness.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

2021 is already poised to offer substantial growth in the area of carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”). The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (“ H.R. One such initiative authorizes the establishment of a Carbon Capture Technology Program within the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2022

In March 2021, just over one year ago, he announced that the department was putting a greater focus on getting more healthy food to more people. It wasn’t the first time Vilsack had used the term. But last week was the first time we’ve seen a summary of the steps being taken to do that.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

The European Commission proposes replacing natural gas from any source in key sectors of its energy economy, dramatically expanding energy efficiency, renewables “instead of funding the fossil fuel industry elsewhere.” They want energy jobs in the EU. Let's dash into renewable energy at lightning speed.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

billion for the National Institute of Agriculture, including $700 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which represents a $265 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021 levels. billion, a $400 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

As John Dernbach wrote in a recent blog for ACOEL, on July 21, 2021 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that this amendment required all state revenues from oil and gas leases to go to conserve and maintain public natural resources for the benefit of future generations. Now we have an important new decision from Montana.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2022

CNRL (Canadian Natural Resource Limited) $3.502 billion. In Q2 of 2021, Suncor net earnings were $868 million, CNRL’s were $1.551 billion, Imperial Oil with $366 million, and Cenovus at $1.365 billion. Profits, or “net earnings,” of the four were as follows: Suncor with $3.996 billion. Cenovus $2.432 billion.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

2021 is already poised to offer substantial growth in the area of carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”). The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (“ H.R. One such initiative authorizes the establishment of a Carbon Capture Technology Program within the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2021

The House Natural Resources Committee gets an update on drought conditions in the western states. Jared Huffman (D-CA), speaking at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on drought in the western states. Senate Republicans increase water spending in their infrastructure counteroffer. military bases. “For

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Brag

OCTOBER 12, 2021

” on October 5, 2021. The item looks at GAO’s September 2021 Science & Tech Spotlight: Advanced Plastic Recycling. Chemical recycling can produce high-quality raw materials, decreasing the demand for fossil fuels and other natural resources.

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to estimates from the Natural Resources Defense Council, Pennsylvania has missed out on more than $1.67 October 2021 On October 4, 2021, Sen. The Republicans on the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee have yet to hold the hearings Sen. Comitta suggested in 2021. Thank you.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2022

In spite of breathlessly urgent statements by Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry and their politicians about the need to ramp-up drilling in the Commonwealth, DEP’s latest Weekly Oil And Gas Workload Report shows 25.6 The PennEast Pipeline is most often cited by natural gas politicians as an example of a project canceled in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

DEP originally permitted the gas-fired plant in April 2021, but Renovo Energy Center has failed to secure financing to move forward. Why in the world would DEP break the law just to ensure that a giant fossil fuel power plant can dirty the community’s air? Renewable energy is cleaner, cheaper, and more abundant.”

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies to State Court. Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. 20, 2021), No. 20-1045 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. On April 15, 2021, federal defendants, defendant-intervenors, and environmental groups filed a stipulation for dismissal of appeals of a district court’s November 2020 decision finding that the U.S. West Virginia v. 20-1530 (U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2023

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report. Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). July 1, 2021). The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District v.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2021

13, 14, 15 [No More In 2021] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session Oct. 13, 14, 15 [No More In 2021] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session Oct. TODAY 9:30: DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Conversation Series - Economics and the Outdoors. Senate returns to session Oct.

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