Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

The report, initially scoped in 2024 and planned for completion by 2027, aims to provide technical guidance on measuring, reporting, and verifying emissions removals from CDR technologies. Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions.

Climate Change

Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

2024 was a year that might as well have been a decade. Heres what happened, as documented by Inside Climate News reporters.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MARCH 10, 2025

ITLOS published its advisory opinion in May 2024, and the IACtHR opinion is expected later in 2025. The Court received 91 written statements and 62 written comments on those statements, and 96 States and 11 international organizations presented oral statements at public hearings in the Hague in December 2024.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JULY 24, 2025

The Promise Institute Europe, led by Professor Kate Mackintosh, appeared before the ICJ on the case and convened a conference in May 2024 to explore the issues involved.) She’s also affiliated faculty at the UCLA Emmett Institute. The following transcript has been edited lightly for clarity.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Posted: November 17, 2024] PA Environment Digest Send articles, comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

The report, initially scoped in 2024 and planned for completion by 2027, aims to provide technical guidance on measuring, reporting, and verifying emissions removals from CDR technologies. Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A prototype of a small modular reactor designed by X-energy. Photo credit: Amazon. By Anders Lorenzen The world’s biggest profit-making company, Amazon, last week announced that, in addition to continued investments in renewables, to scale up their net-zero ambitions, they’re eying several nuclear energy projects.

2024

Circle of Blue

JULY 25, 2025

Note: Data is for February 2003 to December 2013 and January 2014 to April 2024. Water is being used as a strategic and political tool. Graphics by Lucas Waldron/ProPublica. The first time period contains seven more months of data than the second. Graphics by Lucas Waldron/ProPublica. Aaron Salzberg, former U.S.

Sea Level

Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2025

Filed in November 2022, the case was referred to the Supreme Court by the Nacka District Court in April 2024 for a preliminary assessment of justiciability. Such claims were considered political and not part of the courts role in administering justice (rttskipning). The applicants called for annual reductions of 6.4-9.4

Climate Change

HumanNature

MAY 2, 2025

Guest Post by Julia Choolwe Munsaka , 2024-2025 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. TK is thus an essential part of historical and cultural legacies and forms a pillar of cultural, political, economic and scientific identities.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This proposed legislation aims to curb dangerous dust emissions from aggregate facilities in the South Coast Air Basin, where industrial pollution has long threatened public health and the environment.

Recycling

ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Delegates at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, engage in important biodiversity discussions during the conference’s second week in October 2024. Structural setbacks: political tensions and gaps in accountability Geopolitical divides disrupt key decisions COP16 underscored the persistent divide between wealthier nations and the Global South.

2030

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Posted: December 22, 2024] PA Environment Digest 16 Webinar On Forest Carbon Markets And Payment Programs Expert Panel [PaEN] -- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Jan. 16 Webinar On Winter Salting and Local Waterway Impacts: Opportunities To Work For Change [PaEN] -- North Branch Land Trust: Jan.

Conservation

ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

ESA Delegate Zohra Zahir calls for economic change at COP16, 30 October 2024. Juniper discusses the role of environmentalists in economics during a conference at COP16, October 30, 2024. Tony Juniper and ESA delegate David Baldwin discussing Baldwin’s new book during a conversation at the COP16 conference, October 30, 2024.

2024

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2024

16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2 Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Down 2 From Last Week; Down 38% Since Aug. Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Unprecedented flooding in Barbados and Brazil in May 2024 displaced thousands, while floods in Pakistan in 2022 displaced approximately 8 million people. that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

In May 2024, Sen. The IFO projects another $100 million drop in revenue in calendar year 2024 fee revenue from 2022 to $170 million. Read more here. Yaw announced the introduction of legislation prohibiting the distribution of Act 13 impact fees to any county “that is actively suing over fossil fuel use.” Read more here.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2025

But this is more political opportunism than productive problem solving. Two key elements of the planning process are the Transportation Fuels Assessment , published by the CEC in August of 2024, and the Transportation Fuels Transition Plan , which is in progress under the leadership of the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

He was invited to speak at a high-level meeting convened by the COP Presidency—an unparalleled opportunity to personally cultivate political leaders from around the world and attempt to define the terms of the energy transition in ways that perpetuate reliance on fossil fuel products and grow corporate profits.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Posted: October 20, 2024] PA Environment Digest Send articles, comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.

Politics

Law Columbia

MAY 23, 2025

The Court emphasized that courts must not use political discretion or defer to legislative choices to shirk their responsibility in preventing environmental harm. In 2024, in R (Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group & Others) v. This is particularly critical when there is a risk of irreparable damage, as claimed in this case.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2025

In late October 2024, dozens of trees, salvaged from the land and potted as if they had just arrived from the nursery, watched over the quiet construction zone. Many options are on the table even a farfetched pipeline carrying desalinated water from Mexico but they require delicate political negotiation, wads of money, or both.

2025

Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2025

The fossil fuel industry used the election to flex their political influence and try to make gains during this period of change at the federal level. In anticipation of the federal election, oil and gas industry lobbyists targeted the leaders of the four main political parties in March. We cant let them cave to Big Oils influence.

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Volunteer Laurie Barr Leads Hunt For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania - By Ad Crable [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Announces 2024 Community Sentinel Award Recipients To Be Honored Dec.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2024

2023 In Anticipation Of Halt In Russian Gas Flows Thru Ukraine -- Reuters: What Happens When Russian Natural Gas Supply To Europe Via Ukraine Ends Jan.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Courts are emerging as critical players in climate action, especially as a lack of political will and obstruction by fossil fuel interests continue to impede bold outcomes and accountability in international processes like the COP negotiations. in the absence of federal leadership.

2025

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The climate impact of a second Trump presidency has given climate activists, advocates, scientists, and a host of organisations anxiety and concerns over the past months. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, those firms were confirmed as Kamala Harris no longer had a path to be given the keys to The White House.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Posted: November 3, 2024] PA Environment Digest Send articles, comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Posted: October 27, 2024] PA Environment Digest Send articles, comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2025

Shale Gas Well Permits In Westmoreland -- The Cool Down: Residents Plead For Help In Chester, PA As Hazardous Conditions Burden Community: ‘Our Children Literally Cannot Breathe’ [ House Bill 109 - Cumulative Impacts ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times Guest Essay: RISE PA Decarbonization- Investing In Industry Plays To Pennsylvania’s Strengths - By Dennis (..)

Politics

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Posted: October 27, 2024] PA Environment Digest Of Interior Announces Approval Of Another $244 Million In Funding To Pennsylvania For Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution From Abandoned Mine Lands; Local Mine Reclamation Grants Due To DEP Nov. 8 [PaEN] -- Penn State EarthTalks: Oct.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

MAY 6, 2025

This blog explores how Chile is navigating this complex terrain, examining the environmental impacts of lithium mining, the legal and political responses to social resistance, and the deeper tensions between economic ambition, Indigenous rights, and ecological stewardship. At the regulatory level, oversight has also intensified.

Politics

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

Renewable energy investments reached a record high in 2024 This sounds good, but 17% is hydropower. This means that when it comes to renewables replacing gas, there has always been resistance, whether its in terms of under-the-table politics or influencing decision makers. By 2037, Thailand aims to have 51% renewable energy.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2025

The subsequent 2023-2024 El Nio event proved even deadlier, with 5 fatalities out of 127 reported cases of heat-related illnesses. Yet, laws are meant to address the short-termism of politics, i.e., by ensuring credible climate commitments that endure beyond election cycles. Malaysia regularly experiences high temperatures.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Pay Raise For PA Governor, Lawmakers, Judges, Cabinet Secretaries -- Post-Gazette: Republican Cong.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

“DEP’s job is to protect people and the environment from pollution, and increasing minimum setback distances from fracking sites should be an obvious next step to protect everyone in the Commonwealth regardless of one’s politics.” There is no evidence that shale gas development can be done without harm to human health,” said Alison L.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2025

Thats Up To Shapiro, McCormick, Fetterman -- Post-Gazette: New Congress Convenes On Friday, Heres What It Means To PA -- Triblive: Report: Nippon Steel Offers 10-Year Guarantee To Gain Approval Of US Steel Acquisition -- Inquirer: Philadelphia Saw Historic Drop In Murders In 2024, What Changed?

Natural Gas