Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2025

Despite that good news out of China, the IEA is sticking to its prediction that global demand will peak by 2029. China’s amazing EV growth has the International Energy Agency now predicting that the country’s oil demand will peak in 2027. By contrast, BloombergNEF now predicts EVs will make up 27% of U.S.

Clean Energy

Physics World

JUNE 17, 2025

NASA would also lose planned missions to Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the asteroid Apophis that will pass close to Earth in 2029. NASA’s science funding, meanwhile, would reduce by 47% year on year, and the agency as a whole would see more than 5500 staff lose their jobs as its workforce gets slashed from 17 391 to just 11 853.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2025

Visit DCNR’s 2025–2029 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan webpage for more information. Governor Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis provided a proclamation and resolution, respectively, recognizing July 19 as Outdoors for All Day. Click Here for the DCNR announcement. Click Here for video and photos from the event.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2025

Assume for the sake of argument that we have a new President in 2029 who wants to grant California the ability to adopt a version of the same programs covered by the waivers but with later implementation dates. Under the CRA California can’t adopt new policies and seek a waiver if the polices are “substantially similar.”

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

One of the key findings out of more than 8,000 responses revealed Pennsylvanians strong connection between outdoor recreation and mental well-being.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

ACT Zero-Emission Truck Sales Percentage Schedule Model Year Class 2b-3 Class 4-8 Class 7-8 Tractors 2024 5% 9% 5% 2025 7% 11% 7% 2026 10% 13% 10% 2027 15% 20% 15% 2028 20% 30% 20% 2029 25% 40% 25% 2030 30% 50% 30% 2031 35% 55% 35% 2032 40% 60% 40% 2033 45% 65% 40% 2034 50% 70% 40% 2035+ 55% 75% 40% ACT requires truck and bus manufacturers to sell (..)

Nitrogen Oxides

Circle of Blue

MAY 29, 2025

It is now developing its first nuclear plant, deploying six modular reactors to generate 462 megawatts, scheduled to open in 2029 in Romania. The companys first proposal to build a powerplant at the Idaho National Laboratory collapsed the same year, due to the cost of construction. Three others operate in China, Russia and Japan.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

Air monitoring is likely to be completed in 2029. [Note: During the lifecycle of a shale gas well pad there are other hazardous air pollutants emitted from these operations, for example, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, acrylonitrile, methylene chloride, sulfuric oxide, nitrogen oxides.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Billion In Products To China In 2024] -- TribLive/AP: Steelmaker Cleveland Cliffs To Idle 2 Steel Plants In PA, 1 In Illinois Due To Sluggish Demand, Pricing -- Financial Times: China Says It Can Live Without US Farm, Energy Goods [PA Exported $3.1 Billion In Farm Products To China In 2023] -- AP: US Economy Shrinks 0.3%

Politics

Legal Planet

APRIL 9, 2025

Taking advantage of a loophole in the Clean Air Act, Trump is extending the deadline for coal plants to comply with new mercury restrictions from 2027 to 2029. Another presidential action is technically a proclamation rather than an executive order, a distinction of no importance to anyone.

Clean Air Act

New Scientist

JUNE 11, 2025

3 Metas AI memorised books verbatim – that could cost it billions 4 Ancient humans’ extraordinary journey to South America 5 Dead Sea Scrolls analysis may force rethink of ancient Jewish history 6 IBM says it will build a practical quantum supercomputer by 2029 7 Weve figured out how our brains sort imagination from reality 8 There’s growing evidence (..)

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National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

For fiscal year 2028, a state can choose to use its payment error rate from 2025 or 2026; however, for fiscal year 2029 and beyond, the payment error rate for the third fiscal year preceding the fiscal year being calculated will be used. For example, in fiscal year 2029, the payment error rate of 2026 will be used.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

“It is crucial that we take immediate action by submitting robust and constructive testimony and comments, ensuring that all segments of the industry can thrive beyond March 2029. The time to engage is now; tomorrow is uncertain. If you’re not part of the solution, you risk being part of the problem.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2025

Scott Perry -- PA Capital-Star: Out-Of-State Group Cant Sue For PA Voter Registration Records, Federal Appeals Court Rules -- TribLive: PA Educators Push For Additional Dollars To Equitably Fund Schools -- WHYY: PA Companies Brace For The Cost Of Retaliatory Tariffs On Products They Export As A Result Of Presidents Trade War [PA Companies Exported (..)

Air Pollution

New Scientist

JUNE 10, 2025

The company has unveiled new innovations in quantum hardware and software that researchers hope will make quantum computing both error-proof and useful before the end of the decade

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Scientific American

JUNE 23, 2025

The satellite is now on schedule to fly by Mars in May 2026—and then slingshot into orbit around a very unusual asteroid (also named Psyche) in August 2029. When Psyche meets up with its asteroid namesake in 2029, the probe’s instruments should be able to detect any uncovered core metal that collisions have blasted clean of rock.

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Scientific American

AUGUST 5, 2025

Duffy’s directive is more ambitious: it calls for NASA to solicit proposals for reactors that would yield at least 100 kilowatts of power and be ready for launch by late 2029. The space agency is tasked with appointing an official to oversee the effort within 30 days and to issue its solicitation within 60 days.

Physics World

JULY 15, 2025

A 4 MeV acceleration with 1000 muon/s is planned for 2027 and a 212 MeV acceleration with 10 5 muon/s is planned for 2029.” “We are now preparing for the next acceleration test at the new experimental area dedicated to muon acceleration,” Kamioka tells Physics World. “A

Cooling

Scientific American

JULY 3, 2025

The European Space Agency (ESA) already has such a mission in the works, in fact—Comet Interceptor, a sentinel spacecraft set to launch as early as 2029 to await some inbound destination.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the fastest-growing occupation from 2019 to 2029 is expected to be wind turbine service technicians, with a growth rate of 61%. The post What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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New Scientist

JULY 23, 2025

Joshua Howgego Major Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy Major Motoko Kusanagi, Ghost in the Shell (1995) In 2029, cybernetic technology has advanced enough that people can replace some or even all of their body with robot parts. What remains of their humanity is the “ghost in the shell”.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the fastest-growing occupation from 2019 to 2029 is expected to be wind turbine service technicians, with a growth rate of 61%. The post What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Scientific American

JULY 17, 2025

Yet an upcoming European Space Agency (ESA) mission called Comet Interceptor, set to launch in 2029, might attempt to visit another interstellar object , if we find one within its reach. It is moving too fast and is too far from Earth for us to consider launching something in time.

Carbon Monoxide

New Scientist

JULY 2, 2025

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning to send its Comet Interceptor mission into space in 2029, where it will wait to pounce on newly discovered comets or even an interstellar object. . “If we launched it today, the thing’s already gone,” he says. In years to come, things could change.

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New Scientist

MAY 2, 2023

Radio signals sent to NASA spacecraft could have already reached four neighbouring star systems, and if any aliens tried to respond, we might hear from them within a few years from now

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New Scientist

APRIL 16, 2025

Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely close flyby in 2029 to learn how to deflect others like it

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 27, 2023

NuScale’s first small modular nuclear plant will likely begin operating in 2029. It will deploy six 77-megawatt modules to generate 462 megawatts of carbon-free electricity.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 15, 2025

In its latest instalment, Rowan Hooper reveals how by 2029, we had learned how to make synthetic spider silk, leading to a revolution in clothing Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 1, 2022

And if EPA finalized Option 2, nearly 30 percent of trucks sold 2027-2029 could be no better than today’s best-forming (but still dirty) diesel trucks! On top of two decades of inaction, it’s hard to understand EPA’s thought process here to further delay progress.

Clean Air Act

Scientific American

JULY 16, 2024

ESA’s Ramses spacecraft will scout out Apophis before and after the asteroid’s super-close flyby of Earth in 2029

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

A decision on the release date of the working group reports was punted to a subsequent meeting while the synthesis report is slated to be completed by late 2029.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2025

But the real test will be whether any of them make it to adulthood, and return in 2029 to spawn in the rivers of their birth. By fall, any survivors should be about two inches long big enough to catch in biologists survey nets. Until then, said the DNRs Eisch, there will be a lot of finger-crossing going on.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Most of the relevant IRA and EPRA provisions that mandate fossil fuel leasing (minimum offshore lease sales, and the provisions that tie clean energy development to fossil fuel development) have sunset provisions ranging from 2029 to 2032.

Fossil Fuels

Physics World

MAY 17, 2022

Commissioning of HL-LHC is due to start in 2029. . T superconducting magnets and superconducting “crab” cavities – which reduce the angle at which the bunches cross – to increase the number of collisions at the two detectors. The post CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3 appeared first on Physics World.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2025

The public will be able to comment on a draft of the 2025-2029 Pennsylvania Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) from February 3 through March 3. An online public input form is available on DCNRs website, and webinars on the five priority areas for the 2025-2029 SCORP will be conducted during this period.

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A Greener Life

JULY 1, 2022

On day three of the race, the riders will start off in Vejle, a rugged area known as ‘the Danish Alps’ and finish in the city of Sønderborg, which has an ambitious plan to become zero-carbon by 2029 through its ProjectZero project. Its concept is based on energy efficiency combined with renewable energy from the county’s own green sources.

Wind Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2024

The permit will become effective December 8, 2024 and will expire on December 7, 2029. The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 31 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of a revised NPDES General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities (PAG-02).

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