Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. The hearing will examine State perspectives … Continue reading EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for the Power Sector Watch the hearing recording and read associated documentation from Hill Heat.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 16, 2023

Mar 22, 2023, 1 pm CDTRegister here. This training will educate attendees on how to use the eProject Builder (ePB) greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation tool to develop estimates of project GHG emissions and to compare different project scenarios’ potential GHG emissions impacts.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2023

On July 24, the Department of Community and Economic Development announced it awarded a $501,136 grant to UGI Utilities to construct a new natural gas pipeline to serve the Little Leaf farms greenhouse in Banks Township, Carbon County. Posted: July 24, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JULY 12, 2023

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) applauds USDA’s commitment of funds to improve the tracking and analysis of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. As the agency increasingly focuses on implementing incentive-based support for reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, effective measurement becomes ever more vital.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Shapiro In Support Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [PaEN] -- Re-Imagining A Christian Response To Changing Climate - Comments By Dr. Julia O’Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary [PaEN] -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Oct. Mitchell Hescox is President of EEN Action, Inc.

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Ivy Protocol

MAY 18, 2023

The year 2023 stands as a testament to this synergy, with a plethora of companies innovating in the carbon removal terrain with a shared goal of fighting climate change. These nature-based solutions actively contribute to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and harnessing the immense potential of forests as carbon sinks. 2023, May 17).

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 9, 2023

Today kicks off the 2023 state legislative session for our elected state leaders. As 2023 is the first year in which the state will be collecting revenue from the Climate Commitment Act, the stakes for these budget decisions are especially high. © Courtney Baxter/TNC.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Shapiro's Administration in support of Pennsylvania reaffirming its commitment to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Related Article: -- Re-Imaging A Christian Response To Changing Climate - Comments By Dr. Julia O’Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary [PaEN] [Posted: October 11, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On February 28, DEP Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley told the House Appropriations Committee funding for DEP’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Program will be in the red by Fall and an “all sectors” greenhouse gas reduction program will not be recommended to implement the PA Climate Change Action Plan. It wasn't something that we're pushing.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 29, 2023

According to the UNDP , Senegal produces less than one tenth of one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, which are a driving factor of global ice melt, which causes seas to rise around the world. The post The Stream, March 29, 2023: Mass Fish Die-Off Reignites Concerns on Overuse of Australian River appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Global wine and spirits company Bacardi announced today that its BACARDI rum brand will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% from 2023. Read the full story at ESG Today.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

On December 6, the Shapiro Administration announced it has capped and plugged 132 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells so far in 2023-- plugging more wells in the Governor’s first 11 months than in the previous eight years combined. Read more here. Josh Shapiro. “We 25 to Dec. 25 to Dec.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Hydrogen is all the rage because when it is burned, it doesn’t create any greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A new fossil fuel subsidy in 2023! Hydrogen doesn’t typically exist by itself in nature and must be produced from compounds that contain it. Check out this blog for a backgrounder on hydrogen.) The post What?

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager: It is disappointing to see that the Ontario government continues to pay lip service to tackling “gridlock” while throwing away public money on discredited highway and sprawl schemes it knows will make motor vehicle traffic – and the resultant greenhouse gas emissions – far worse.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As Lars Peter Riishøjgaard , director of the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch, said: “We are not treating this as a scientific problem, which is what the text of the Paris Agreement actually says that we should.” The inaugural Awards Ceremony took place at Frontiers Forum in Montreux in April 2023. 

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On October 18, the FracTracker Alliance announced the winners of the 2023 Community Sentinel Awards to honor the leadership of individuals working to protect communities from the harms of the fossil fuel industry. Each winner receives $1,000 and the award, and will be recognized at the 2023 Community Sentinel Awards Ceremony.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The COP28 climate summit kicked off with a report on the many records broken in 2023, including unprecedented rises in greenhouse gases, global temperatures and sea level

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This post is adapted from a Client Alert to commercial real estate owners and tenants in those buildings in Maryland about the new regulations requiring that beginning January 1, 2024 greenhouse gas emission data be collected for reporting to the state government.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Guest Post by Julieta Juncosa Calahorrano , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2020. Candidate in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Growing up in Latin America, food was at the center of many family gatherings. trucks), ruminant animals (e.g.,

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 3, 2023

We have all the technological solutions to slash greenhouse gases emissions and reach a carbon neutral future. On a personal note, 2023 will mark another beginning. I am still optimistic, even if on many days it’s hard. But the worst is still not certain. We have all the means to restore Nature and regenerate our planet. (Cf

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The global climate crisis requires immediate action, and we can start here at home in our Commonwealth, where we produce more than one percent of global greenhouse gases annually. Posted: October 26, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Law and Environment

MARCH 26, 2024

In 2022, Pennsylvania became the 12th member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). 1, 2023, declaring the RGGI rulemaking void. In December 2023, the DEP initiated an appeal of the decision to the state’s Supreme Court by filing a notice of appeal. The Commonwealth Court issued an Order on Nov.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2023

For the first time ever, the CER, an independent energy regulatory agency, has modelled a net-zero scenario in their Energy Futures 2023 report – and what they found is no surprise. Climate action in Canada needs to increase in pace and in its ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To keep global average temperature to 1.5

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Brag

APRIL 10, 2023

Hutton On March 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced the release of its 2023 Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP). Bergeson and Carla N. The MYPP is used as an operational guide, setting forth BETO’s mission, goals, and strategic approach.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Twenty-one school, business and community projects were honored with the 2023 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence. Utilizing manure nutrients efficiently means that risk of loss of nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and greenhouse gas is minimized. Posted: May 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

January 4, 2023. By coincidence rather than design, two different approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector have been under discussion by North Carolina agencies since 2021. The delay means the EMC may not be able to take any action on the proposed rules until later in the summer of 2023.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Georgina Gustin Climate change was the primary driver of a massive drought in the Amazon basin in 2023 and will likely cause future extreme droughts, with potentially dire consequences for global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from World Weather Attribution.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Legislature also increased efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions with the passage of Assembly Bill 1279 and Senate Bill 1020, setting net zero emissions targets and renewable energy and zero-carbon targets for California retail electricity sales. None of the amendments, however, more broadly limit CEQA’s reach.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual [Posted: December 29, 2023] PA Environment Digest Related Article: -- Southwest PA Commission Hosts Jan.

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SPR Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

On October 30, 2023, the New York Supreme Court, New York County dismissed a significant legal challenge to New York City’s building emissions law, Local Law 97 of 2019. The law’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caps… The post New York Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Local Law 97 appeared first on Sive Paget Riesel.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Shapiro released the consensus recommendations by the Climate and Energy Work Group of organized labor, energy industry, consumer and environmental stakeholders to discuss Pennsylvania’s energy future, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. NewsClip: -- AP: Gov.

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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.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Multiple lines of evidence indicate that, due to insufficient mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs), no pathway remains that avoids exceeding 1.5°C Overshooting 1.5°C C is fast becoming inevitable. Minimising the magnitude and duration of overshoot is essential. Minimising the magnitude and…

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Brag

AUGUST 22, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 18, 2022, that it is accepting nominations for the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards from companies or institutions that have developed a new green chemistry process or product that helps protect human health and the environment.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On September 21, 2023, the Biden administration outlined plans to expand federal agencies’ consideration of the social cost of carbon—a metric for the economic cost of each additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere.

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