A Greener Life

APRIL 4, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The emissions from methane , a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose in 2023 despite several pledges and initiatives to reduce emissions. One super-emitting event, detected by satellites, was a well blowout in Kazakhstan that lasted more than 200 days.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right To Know request shows DEP took enforcement action against 14 conventional oil and gas well operators that resulted in collecting $422,365 in penalties and bond forfeitures in 2023. Read more here. Read more here (2017-2021). Read more here (2022).

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Legal Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2020, the Energy Information Administration projected that by 2023, there would be 580,000 zero emission vehicle sales in the U.S. On February 21, the Rhodium consulting group released a preliminary finding that in 2023, 9.2% On February 21, the Rhodium consulting group released a preliminary finding that in 2023, 9.2%

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2020 Clean Energy 2023 Electricity 298

Real Climate

JANUARY 5, 2024

Until 2023. 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. 2020 1.21 ± 0.14 2023 1.22 ± 0.14 The RMS forecast error (not including 2023), is 0.07ºC, compared to 0.10ºC for persistence or smoothed trends.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2023

Aerial view of Melsisi village in Vanuatu on April 13, 2020, a week after Tropical Cyclone Harold made landfall on the island nation. The post The Stream, April 5, 2023: Vanuatu Takes World’s Climate Inaction to International Court appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

By Jodi Sulpizio, Master Watershed Steward Coordinator, York County The Penn State Master Watershed Stewards in York County proudly recognize Betsy Leppo from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and Gifford Pinchot State Park as their 2023 Outstanding Partners. Amphibian presence and populations are recorded.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We launched the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag in July 2020, knowing that partnerships would be required to enact systemic change. Download the report.

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Waste 2023 2020 40

Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards.

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2023 Clean Water Act Waste Law 52

Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2023

Horn of Africa: Scientists have concluded that the drought in East Africa — which since 2020 has killed millions of animals and made tens of millions of people in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia acutely food insecure — was caused by climate change, InsideClimate News reports.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2023

announced the recipients of the 2023 Champions of the PA Wilds Awards. The winners will be honored at the 2023 PA Wilds Dinner & Awards , to be held on July 27 at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County. The tenacity, drive and passion of our 2023 Champions is to be commended!

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2023 Conservation Sustainable Development 2022 95

Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The panel held that the lease contract Desigual signed in January 2020 required the company to pay rent even in the event it could not use the property due to natural occurrences, changes to law, or other conditions beyond the landlord's control. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2023 All Rights Reserved.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The panel held that the lease contract Desigual signed in January 2020 required the company to pay rent even in the event it could not use the property due to natural occurrences, changes to law, or other conditions beyond the landlord's control. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2023 All Rights Reserved.

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2023 Law 2020 2015 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JULY 26, 2023

347.563.6408 Release: NSAC Praises Introduction of the Supporting Urban & Innovative Farming Act of 2023 Washington, DC, July 26, 2023 – Today, Senators John Fetterman (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Supporting Urban & Innovative Farming Act.

2023 73

2023 Waste Natural Resources 2018 73

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

2020) 51 Cal.App.5th The trial court later issued a ruling requiring the university to freeze enrollment at the same level as 2020-21 until the campus fully identified the impacts of increasing enrollment. The Regents of the University of California , et al. The bill amends Public Resources Code sections 21080.20

2023 76

2023 2011 Greenhouse Electricity 76

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

From July to September 2023, production was 1,870 billion cubic feet, up from 1,857 billion cubic feet in 4th quarter 2022, 1,845 billion cubic feet in first quarter 2023 and 1,864 billion cubic feet in second quarter 2023. If the current pace holds, there will be fewer wells drilled in 2023 than any year in the last decade.

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Natural Gas 2022 2023 2020 110

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

In August of 2020 when the last permit fee increase was put in place, DEP estimated it would need the revenue from 2,000 unconventional shale gas permits a year to adequately support the regulatory program for both conventional and unconventional oil and gas drilling. In calendar year 2022, DEP received 731 unconventional shale gas permits.

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Regulations 2023 Natural Gas 2022 95

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

ENERGY STAR certified products, homes, buildings, and plants helped save American families and businesses more than 520 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and avoid $42 billion in energy costs in 2020 alone. Posted: April 5, 2023] PA Environment Digest Read more about the ENERGY STAR Awards and Award Winners’ achievements.

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2023 Clean Energy Electricity Climate Change 95

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Required state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave broad authority to CARB to implement the standard. 2023 SB 253. Required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set standards for greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) new vehicles. 2006 AB 32. Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions. 2015 SB350.

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Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy Climate Change 2002 231

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

Before going to my polling place to vote in the November 2023 local elections, I searched online to find a sample ballot. Already steadily rising since the early 2000s, the percentage of voters who mailed in their ballots was 43 percent in 2020. For example, in 2020 New York, New Mexico, and Arkansas had more than 2.5

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Frontiers

JULY 5, 2023

Open access publisher Frontiers is participating in the One Sustainable Health for All Forum 2023 co-organized by the One Sustainable Health for All Foundation and the French Development Agency (AFD). COVID-19 highlighted the challenges of interconnected systems for health, which integrate health, food, water, energy, and ecosystems.

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2023 Sustainable Development 2030 2021 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Every month in the past two calendar years—and in 45 of the 48 months of 2020 through 2023—solar and wind supplied at least 10 percent of US electricity. Solar and wind hit their current peak on the graph in April 2023, at more than 21 percent. kilowatt-hours in 2023. Some years bring faster growth, some slower.

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Electricity 2013 2023 Clean Energy 138

Arnold Porter

MARCH 15, 2023

Arnold & Porter partner Matt Douglas was named to Law Week Colorado 's 2023 "Top Litigators" list, which recognizes "the leading trial attorneys in the state who had the biggest wins (and saves) in the courtroom during 2022."

Law 40

Law 2023 2022 2020 40

Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

On October 29, 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued three proposed decisions intended to address potential electric capacity shortfalls in 2022 and 2023. In November 2020, the CPUC opened a rulemaking (R.20-11-003) 21-11-003, to ensure reliability during the summers of 2022 and 2023. Background.

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2023 2022 2021 Electricity 52

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Guest Post by Ben Platt , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. In 2020, this number was 10,566 kWh per year [4]- representing a mere 7% improvement in energy efficiency in more than 10 years. Eia.gov 2023. [2] Eia.gov 2023. [3] Eia.gov 2020. [5] Eia.gov 2020. [5] Amazon.com 2023. [6]

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Renewable Energy 2009 Solar Power 2023 105

Nanotech

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On November 7, 2023, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Eastern District of California’s (District Court) June 22, 2020, decision granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs.

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2020 2023 105

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. On April 26 Inside Climate News published a comprehensive article by Stacey Burling on issues surrounding the disposal of 2.6 Read more here. 27 Released 1.1

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Natural Gas 2020 Regulations Air Pollution 96

Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The CAISO had requested changes to its interconnection procedures due to the massive increase in the number of interconnection requests it received this year—373 interconnection requests representing 150,000 megawatts of generating capacity, as compared to the 155 requests in 2020. January 13, 2023. April 15, 2023. Mav 19, 2023.

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Nanotech

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

According to EPA’s October 23, 2023, press The post EPA Proposes to Ban TCE appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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Toxic Substances Control Act 2020 Environmental Protection 2023 59

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Q: So, what happened with global temperatures in 2023? Measured by this longer-term trend, the most recent IPCC report, released in March 2023, projected that we would pass 1.5 Remember, 2023 was a shocker. That’s right, 2023 on average was 1.48 Because the Earth warmed a lot through 2023 – December was 0.5

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Paris Agreement Climate Change 2023 Politics 258

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Note: In 2023, DEP issued at least 512 notices of violation to 95 conventional oil and gas well operators for new or continuing well abandonment without plugging them. On July 29, 2020, DEP inspected the well in response to complaints it was leaking gas and issued notices of violations for that and for abandoning the well without plugging it.

2015 84

2015 Natural Gas 2017 2018 84

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

2023 was already the warmest year ever recorded, based on data since records began, dating back to 1850. The previous warmest January was recorded three years ago, January 2020, showing that extreme weather events and temperature records are being broken on a more and more frequent basis. .” again over the next 12-month period.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

The Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) of 2023 was re-introduced in Congress today. Between 2016 and 2020, only 25 cents of every $1,000 going to government research have been used for sustainable nutrition science projects, and although the USDA recently supported more projects in this area, additional funding is needed.

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Climate Change 2023 Natural Resources Government 249

HumanNature

MARCH 15, 2024

Guest Post by Emilia Ravetta , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University The 2023 was the warmest year on record of history (World Meteorological Organization 2023). 2023 “Raw Materials and Society in Latin America”. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt.

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2023 Natural Sciences 2017 Politics 105

HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries. Egli, Florian.

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Renewable Energy Paris Agreement 2015 2020 105

HumanNature

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In 2023, the U.S. 2023, November 15). 2023, November 17). 2023, October 31). 2023, October 31). Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2023). link] , DOI: 10.25921/stkw-7w73 [5] USGCRP, 2023: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Satellite image of Hurricane Otis on Oct. News and World Report.

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Climate Change 2023 Atmosphere Sea Level 110

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Allegheny College was one of only four higher education institutions recognized as Better Buildings Challenge 2023 Goal Achievers and among only 21 higher education institutions that have committed to the challenge. Posted: November 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest Click Here for the complete announcement.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2023

On May 31, the Independent Fiscal Office released its first quarter 2023 report on unconventional shale gas production in Pennsylvania showing quarterly production is down 118 billion cubic feet since the fourth quarter peak in 2021. The IFO reported first quarter production in 2023 was 1,838 billion cubic feet. percent decrease.

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