Law Columbia

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This blog post will summarize the highlights of the event, focusing on updates from Executive Director Houtan Moaveni of the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES), as well as recommendations from panelists on how to further improve the siting process. Background. Law §§ 66-p(2)(a), (b). Law § 75-0107(1)(b).

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Since I have started covering our global energy transition, I have been thinking a lot about how we could create interest in saving energy. In a neocapitalist world that promotes to always consume MORE of everything, how can we seriously and meaningfully consume LES S energy ? in the 2010s to a required 4% in Net Zero scenarios.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It was a bold claim and some researchers initially struggled to accept the implications because it meant that energy must be flowing from the “cool” 6000 K surface of the Sun into the hotter corona – seemingly in violation of thermodynamics. Some might say “magnetic energy”. An enduring problem. Others “Alfven waves” or “nanoflares”.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 6, 2020

In 2011, the British scientific journal Nature published an article titled “Species-Area Relationships Always Overestimate Extinction Rates from Habitat Loss.” Nowhere do I do that either in this article or Apocalypse Never. Hausfather claims that solar energy only requires 3.6x more land and wind 5.8x

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2022

With the release of its 2021 Progress Report , the Pittsburgh 2030 District , an initiative of the Green Building Alliance and the largest 2030 District in North America, announced it will move its primary focus from energy reduction to carbon reduction goals in response to urgent developments in climate science.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

Maybe this is like a topic for the budget hearings,” said Ziadeh. Related Article: -- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 added Welty. Note: The track record of the General Assembly and recent governors providing General Fund support to environmental programs isn’t exactly steller.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

He argues that I construct strawmen, promote nuclear energy above other energies, and engage in ad hominem (personal) attacks. If you look at the actual article he cites,” writes Gleick, “the journalist makes clear the “influence” of climate change just two sentences later.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2024

Of Environmental Educators Announce 2024 Award Winners Republican Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire March 27 PA Environment Digest 62 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic DEP Offers 10 Point Plan To Improve Permit Reviews; Climate/Energy (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2022

17 to 23 PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Oil & Gas Development, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Water Withdrawal Requests League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Clinton County; -- M4 Energy LLC: Triana Young Well Pad, Hector Twp., Somerset County; -- XTO Energy, Inc.: Patton Well Pad, Prospect Borough, Butler County; and -- XTO Energy, Inc.: On December 20, the PJM Interconnection announced the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a $1.25 Phoenix Well Pad, Duncan Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2022

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire April 18 PA Environment Digest 75 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic WeConservePA Urges General Assembly, Gov.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The one common thread across all of the topics covered on this Top 10 list is that lawyers and the courts will play a major role in determining the extent to which President Trump’s environmental agenda is implemented. Energy infrastructure siting is one of the Top 10 environmental issues to watch in the coming year.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Topics include how trees store carbon and why that matters, how carbon markets can generate income for small forest landowners, and the importance of a robust wood products market in preserving forested land. The event will be moderated by Calvin Norman , a Forestry and Wildlife Extension Educator at Penn State University.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, put out an op-ed last week-- “ Are We Nuts? American Energy Is Key To Undermining Putin’s War.” People across the world, not just in Ukraine, will die from the leverage Russia holds over global energy exports.” Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

25 to March 3; More Well Plugging Sites Inspected PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 4 Independent Fiscal Office Reports 4th Quarter 2022 Natural Gas Production Decreased 1.6%; Average Price Increased By 82.5%

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). Reorganized Peabody Energy Corp. County of San Mateo (In re Peabody Energy Corp.) , No. Department of Energy , Nos.

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