PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1058 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) abrogating the final regulation reducing carbon pollution from power plants [RGGI]. Off the Floor. [No No video coverage] February 5-- NEW. Rules Room. Off the Floor. [No No video coverage] February 8-- NEW.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 17, 2024

Fires in British Columbia cost the provincial government $1 billion for firefighting and piling up almost $750 million in insurance claims. 2024 likely to bring more devastation 2024 is predicted to be hotter, drier and smokier than 2023. This means governments that stop handing out billions to fossil fuel polluters.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

Developing the Pathways Alliance project is currently projected to cost over $16 billion dollars , and Pathways Alliance CEOs like Pourbaix are insisting that governments should cover most of it – even as these companies are making record profits. Both were eventually rejected by governments. Sometimes the industry tells on itself.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

May 21-- House Housing And Community Development Committee meets to consider House Bill 1179 (Borowski-D-Delaware) prohibiting bans of outdoor clotheslines and drying racks. Click Here to watch online. Million Available For Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Projects, Deadline To Apply Aug. Increase In Cost Of Gas Starting June 1, Another 7.3%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At a time when we are experiencing increased reliance on and benefits from advancements in science, alongside the need to regulate emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence , we need STEM students and professionals to be politically engaged.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. Their inclusion appears to be the result of a political compromise with Member States rather than of scientific appraisal as in the case of nuclear energy.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He retired in January 2024. He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. His fourth conference is scheduled for Friday, April 19, 2024.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change. As a result, the Conseil d’Etat requested the government to justify how the reduction path to 2030 can be respected without stricter measures.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we begin 2024, it’s useful to identify and assess the many environmental issues that the U.S. 22-1074 First up before the Court in 2024 is this “regulatory takings” case from California. 22-859 The Jarkesy case directly involves federal regulation of securities markets–not environmental law.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

Their tools include satellites, airplanes with specially equipped air monitors and ground-based remote-sensing cameras like those used by government regulators and gas operators to find leaks. Sharing Findings Environmental groups that share findings from their high-tech devices with regulators and gas operators report mixed results.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa Common Dreams PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:46 Friday, January 12, 2024 Read more Brett Wilkins "As Africans, we need to show TotalEnergies the red card," said one climate campaigner. BRETT WILKINS Jan 12, 2024 4 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Proposed regulations clarify FEOC restrictions and clean vehicle tax credit compliance for manufacturers aiming to produce eligible EVs. On December 4, 2023, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service published proposed regulations under Section 30D of the IRC (the Proposed Regulations). [2]

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2021

A recent study in Nature concluded Bitcoin operations in China are on track to produce 130 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2024 – more than the entire economy of the Czech Republic. Regulating Bitcoin would be difficult due to its decentralised nature; there’s no company to “fine” for breaking the rules. Photo credit: AP.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Aside from the constitutional issue, legislative intervention in a permitting action sets a precedent for direct political intervention in permit decisions. The legislature directed DEQ to do a human health risk assessment of 1,4 dioxane in drinking water based on peer-reviewed studies and report back to the legislature by May 1, 2024.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times | February 7, 2018 New regulations, which corporate interests delayed for almost a decade, require explicit labeling and limit the marketing of sugary foods to children.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Allegheny County; Private Gas Well, Propane Found And Secured -- Post-Gazette: 2 Killed In An ‘Absolutely Extreme’ Home Explosion In Crescent Twp., Allegheny County; Private Gas Well, Propane Found And Secured -- Post-Gazette: 2 Killed In An ‘Absolutely Extreme’ Home Explosion In Crescent Twp.,

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So too have the overpumped groundwater aquifers in California’s San Joaquin and Salinas Valleys that belatedly prompted state political leaders to enact California’s first-ever groundwater regulatory program in 2014. aquifers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 29, 2024

As we head toward the November 2024 election, the rise of generative artificial intelligence has real potential to disrupt the 2024 elections through massive disinformation and disenfranchisement of voters. Bad actors often lead coordinated disinformation campaigns to simply sow doubt and mistrust in our government and elections.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This post includes preliminary comments on the Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards regulations proposed to be published on December 15, 2023. That the schedule for these regulations, prescribed in statute, has been missed (. The regulation of Energy Use Intensity is not authorized by the statute. In section 26.28.02.B.(10),

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 9, 2024

In a 2023 national poll , 60% of respondents across party lines said that Big Tech has too much power, and nearly half said government should do more to regulate these companies. Google, Apple, Amazon, and Meta have all been accused of using their market power to undermine competition and limit consumers’ choices. The average U.S.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

APRIL 11, 2022

The New York Times has publishe d a good opinion piece by a Professor of English on the unintended consequences of federal subsidies and regulations for living in flood plains. The key to this smooth adaptation dynamic is for government to retreat. Government is taxing people on higher ground to subsidize people taking risks.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 11, 2024

Brazil: Uber Driver Accused of Anti-Candomblé Religious Intolerance Bitter Winter PaulaR Thu, 01/11/2024 - 14:09 Saturday, May 13, 2023 Read more Massimo Introvigne He refused to take to a terreiro a family dressed according to their religion, and is now under police investigation.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments Fox PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:06 Thursday, February 29, 2024 Read more Thomas Catenacci NY AG says company's net zero goals aren't feasible considering its high carbon footprint Corporation JBS S.A.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison Radio Free Asia PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:44 Thursday, January 11, 2024 Read more Nguyen Van Hoa was arrested in 2017 following massive demonstrations against a Taiwan-owned steel plant. By RFA Vietnamese 2024.01.11

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. The Brazilian meatpacking company congratulated itself as “the first major company in its sector to set a net-zero target.” Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

Release of the report falls on the heels of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment that sparked national media coverage and renewed political attention to the region and the critical role the Ohio River has in the heartland. The Lehigh River in Pennsylvania was also included on this year’s Most Endangered Rivers list.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Germany that the federal government must adopt an immediate action program (‘Sofortprogramm’) under the Federal Climate Change Act (CCA). The program is intended to ensure compliance with the annual emission targets for the building and transportation sectors for the years 2024 to 2030.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

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