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Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 2022 State Of The Bay Score Unchanged, States Must Focus On Agriculture, Stormwater Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Urban and suburban polluted runoff is increasing amid inconsistent enforcement by government agencies, new development, and climate change. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin distributing the additional $20 billion the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated to Farm Bill conservation programs. 

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IMO Fails Duty to Protect Climate and the Arctic

Ocean Conservancy

As you may remember, we weren’t overjoyed at the results last session , which settled on a profoundly underwhelming short term measure to address the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in addition to a diluted “ban” on heavy fuel oil (HFO) use in the Arctic that will only take effect in 2029. Stay connected. Enter Your Email.loading.

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Key Requirements, and the Materiality Threshold

Law Columbia

Finally, registrants must disclose any targets or goals related to climate change that materially affect the registrant’s business. These disclosures are subject to progressively stronger audit requirements, first to limited assurance and eventually reasonable assurance.

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In Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color

Circle of Blue

In the early 1970s, Chicago embarked on one of the region’s most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects to date: the Tunnel and Reservoir Project or “Deep Tunnel,” a massive storage system that will be able to hold more than 20 billion gallons of water when it’s finished in 2029. . Ready or not — the Great Lakes as a climate refuge.

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Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Smith Enviorment

The NCUC report notes questions about the practicality of developing an onshore wind project by 2029 and costs related to connecting both onshore and offshore wind projects. The order also directs Duke Energy to further evaluate both onshore and offshore wind projects. 2021-165 many in the public (and perhaps the legislature) expected.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

23 [PaEN] Grants -- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Executive Director [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Friends Of The Wissahickon Host Nov. 17 Thru Feb. 17 Thru Feb.