Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

Scientific evidence is clear that climate change is affecting winter storms, making extreme events happen more frequently. Like most older millennials, climate change has shaped my time on planet Earth. Data: NOAA 2023. Count of extreme events in Yolo and Sacramento counties from Sept 2011 to July 2019.

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Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2023

On July 21, 2023, the Sabin Center launched its latest report, Modelling Climate Litigation Risk for (Re)Insurers. Insurance and Climate Change The increasingly apparent physical and societal impacts of climate change are “ shaking the foundations ” of the insurance industry.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The PA Association of Environmental Educators has issued a call for presentation proposals for their 2023 Annual Conference to be held March 13-14 at Camp Hebron in Halifax, Dauphin County. The PAEE will hold its 2023 Virtual Annual Conference March 13-14. Click Here to submit a proposal. Deadline: November 11.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2023

Climate change In early August 2023, a high-pressure system remained north of the Hawaiian Islands, and later became Hurricane Dora which eventually intensified into a Category 4 hurricane. Experts have blamed the increase on the spread of non-native vegetation and hotter, drier weather due to climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

This article first appeared on TribLive.com August 2, 2023 -- Local nonprofits with a commitment to clean energy/utility efficiency can win $50,000 and media coverage through a new program from Citizens Financial Group and Trib Total Media. The deadline is August 18.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

By Ama Francis* Ama Francis speaking in the “People on the Move: Seeing the Opportunities” session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 19 January. The attention on climate migration this year was rightly placed. We have plenty of solutions.

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Environment, Law, and History

JULY 25, 2023

If you're interested in joining (in person or remotely, you need not decide now), please submit a proposal through this link by 18 September 2023. The field of environmental law, so salient in pressing issues such as climate change and biodiversity conservation, tends to see itself as brand new, overlooking centuries of environmental laws.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

SB 922: Exemption for Transit/Sustainable Transportation Projects Senate Bill 922, another bill authored by Senator Wiener, expands upon his previous legislation (SB 288 in 2020, which sunsets on 1/1/2023) to expedite bike, pedestrian, light rail, and rapid bus projects. The bill amends Public Resources Code sections 21080.20

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On December 7, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved the state implementation plan (SIP) revisions for the Baton Rouge ozone nonattainment area that Louisiana set forth in response to EPA’s 2015 SIP Call rule. 85112 (December 7, 2023). 85112 (December 7, 2023). LAC 33:III.2201.K

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

A Life Dedicated To The River's Flow [PaEN] -- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Blog: Nearly 190 People Attended Keystone Coldwater Conference In February - By Sigrid Sharif [PaEN] -- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Conservation District 2023 Accomplishments; Grants Coming Up; County Accomplishments; Much More [PaEN] -- EPA Opens Regional $1.5

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 24, 2023

The year 2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record, and many people are feeling the heat. Animals around the world and throughout our ocean are impacted by changing temperatures. Predicting how animals will respond to climate change is complicated because there are so many factors at play. Let’s break it down.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Mandelbaum , a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig , LLP’s Philadelphia office , is among the professionals recognized on the 2023 City & State Pennsylvania Fifty Over 50 list. Greenberg Traurig received a first-tier ranking in the “Environmental Law” and “Litigation — Environmental” categories in the U.S.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 4, 2023

Building on the specialized literature that observes a rise in litigation seeking more ambitious climate change policies across the Global South (so-called “pro-regulatory” climate litigation), the Sabin Center published a report today considering the rise of just transition litigation in Latin America. Read the report here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Together with partners, we are building the economy of tomorrow, a regional economy that helps us address the urgency of climate change while working to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate, thrive, and reach their full potential,” shared Joylette Portlock, Ph.D., Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Guest Post by Michelan Wilson , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As we head into the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), issues surrounding the impact of climate change in the Caribbean are high on the agenda.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2023

T o understand how properties’ exposure to and damage from tropical cyclones will be impacted by climate change, this report introduces the First Street Foundation Wind Model (FSF-WM). 22 [PaEN] [Posted: March 2, 2023] PA Environment Digest With this increase in exposure, the annualized damages are expected to increase by 50.3%.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

On April 7, 2023, the Third District Court of Appeal filed a lengthy published opinion – the latest installment in one of the longer ongoing CEQA battles in recent memory – affirming a judgment finding an EIR for the Federal relicensing of Oroville Dam and related hydropower facilities legally adequate. of Water Resources (2023) Cal.App.5th.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 17, 2023

In December 2021, the Sabin Center launched the Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation (Network) , through which practitioners and scholars from the around the world act as “rapporteurs” for their jurisdictions, helping to update and maintain the Global Climate Change Litigation database (see also here and here ).

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

By Fu Xiyao Worries about climate change are affecting the family planning decisions of young Chinese. “If I chose to leave my hometown but… climate change is a global issue. When the nest is upset, no egg is left intact.” – Chen Feng, 40, father of one “[Climate change] will only make [raising children] harder.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2024

Put another way—earlier this year, ExxonMobil released its annual greenwashing report, outlining its purported progress towards addressing climate change, a problem the company helped to create. I reviewed ExxonMobil’s two most recent reports (2023/2024) to evaluate the scientific rigor of its claims. Double yikes!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While this, along with climate change mitigation, should be the primary focus of the rule, the ACF should also be tailored to avoid impacts on small businesses. Volvo, for example, plans to have a California corridor of high-powered chargers online by the end of 2023.

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Ivy Protocol

JULY 25, 2023

2023) , over 8,296 entities had joined the United Nations-backed ‘Race to Zero’ campaign by February 1st, 2023, and the Science Based Targets initiative has approved science-based targets for 2,217 companies. The aim here is to clarify that offsetting should complement — not replace — emission reductions and other climate initiatives.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The deadline to apply for fiscal year (FY) 2023 funding for both the Classic CIG and On Farm Trials competitions is October 30, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET. For this FY 2023 CIG application period, up to 10 percent of national funds are set aside for projects targeting Historically Underserved (HU) farmers or ranchers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

To dig into how the country got here, it’s helpful to split up the contributing factors into the three main “gas value chain” categories: the production of gas via drilling (“upstream”), the transportation of gas via pipelines (“midstream”), and the facilities that receive the gas, such as gas-fired power plants (“downstream”).

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

The temporal and substantive proximity of these cases, across no less than four different international forums, is a reflection of the immense frustration that civil society and State actors who are the most vulnerable to the harms resulting from climate change feel with the status quo. Duarte Agostinho and Others v.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Regulatory approval for CCUS falls under two broad categories. Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. It is currently anticipated that primacy for Louisiana will be granted in late 2022 or early 2023. This article focuses on the latter.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The trees and vegetation removed when these mining sites were cleared would have aided with the erosion problem while also helping to combat global warming and climate change. I can’t think of a better tribute to the heroes and families of Flight 93 than what has developed at this memorial.” PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

These parts have three high-level impacts: Increasing electric truck purchase requirements for large commercial, federal, state, and municipal fleets, beginning as early as 2024 and ramping up to a 100-percent zero-emission fleet requirement in 2042, based on vehicle category. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035.

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Ivy Protocol

JUNE 21, 2023

Interview with: Natalia Dorfman ( CEO, Co-Founder of Kita ) Author: Ieva Blazauskaite (Marketing Lead, Ivy Protocol ) In the labyrinth of efforts aimed at combating climate change, voluntary carbon markets (VCM) offer a unique solution to provide economic incentives for carbon reduction.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Conclusion The 2023 Farm Bill can both establish a dedicated, permanent source of funds for farmers addressing climate change within their operations and significantly improve producers’ ability to get support for traditional conservation practices. Appendix Table 1. Rice Irrigation Water Management $7,412,341 $7,412,341 0.6%

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In 2022, tech firms’ payrolls fell by 164,000 employees, with a further 166,000 jobs cut in the first quarter of 2023, according to tracking platform Layoffs.fyi. The decarbonisation target prompted a shift towards climate change. Around the world, tech and finance companies have been laying staff off.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This new law, approved by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 7, 2023, applies to companies that operate in California or make the relevant claims in California, potentially making its application incredibly broad and wide, applying to California businesses and businesses organized outside of the state and there is no minimum activity threshold.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 2, 2022

But even with the oversized flow of dollars into this category, this is not the key driver of ESG (. may see more pandemic and germ theory related issues into 2023. While the number seems tripe, at the beginning of 2022 more than $17 trillion of U.S. is it likely more accurately the end in and of itself, not the means).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2023

ExxonMobil, meanwhile, argued in its 2023 proxy statement that Scope 3 reporting would force consumers to turn to dirtier sources of energy, such as coal. The standard includes 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions, such as transportation and distribution of products, employee travel, and use of commercial products.

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Brag

JUNE 28, 2023

Hutton On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program that will establish the biofuel volume requirements from 2023 to 2025. Bergeson and Carla N. ” EPA states that the final rule strengthens U.S. Advanced biofuel 5.94 Renewable fuel 20.94

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th City of Irvine (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th Citing Concerned Dublin Citizens v. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 4th 1301, 1311 (my 4/10/13 post on which can be found here ); Lucas v. 5th 508, 538 (my 6/27/23 post on which can be found here ); see Pub. Resources Code, § 21083.3.)

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

Three drafting puzzles : the two overlapping provisions about non-discretionary projects, the seemingly superfluous exclusion of some “non-Federal” actions from the category of “Federal actions”, and the exclusion of notices of intent from the category of environmental documents. Exceptions to categorical exclusions.

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