Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 19, 2024

Tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere, according to a study published 24 July in Nature. Read the full story from the University of Birmingham.

Atmosphere

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 20, 2014

The Alaska Supreme Court suggested Alaskans might have a right to atmosphere, but declined to provide a remedy. Atmospheric public trust plaintiffs are running out of options. The Alaska Supreme Court denies relief, but signals that Alaskans may have a public trust right to preservation of the atmosphere. By Adam Patrick Murray.

Atmosphere

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

“The government of Indonesia has taken several bold initiatives to protect and restore critical coastal ecosystems, particularly coral reefs and mangroves,” said Andre Aquino, senior natural resources management specialist at the World Bank’s environment and natural resources global practice, during an online press event.

Sea Level

Washington Nature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This is a direct result of excessive greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), and the exploitation of natural resources for capitalistic gain. This can happen naturally, as growing trees and plants turn CO2 into biomass—this is the foundational premise of Natural Climate Solutions.

Carbon Dioxide

Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The latest science coming from a partnership between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of Washington (UW) highlights ways nature can help Washington achieve its net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by midcentury.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Orphan wells can leak methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere and pollute groundwater. Pennsylvania has a long legacy as an energy leader – and these wells are proof of that.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

This advisory opinion finds that UNCLOS regulates all sources of GHG emissions into the atmosphere as pollution of the marine environment; consequently, States Parties have specific obligations under UNCLOS to address their GHG emissions. 29, citing the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, article 31).

Climate Change

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force, charged with making recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating in Louisiana, recently took another step towards that goal. This document contains proposed strategies and specific actions across several priority areas to be considered in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Renewable Energy

Acoel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In Shirley, individual Republican legislators and various entities associated with two coal-fired power plants challenged a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) greenhouse gas control regulation. The regulation would enable the state to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). McKinstry, Jr. and John C.

Greenhouse

Global Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The United Nations estimate that Americans today throw away 400 lbs of food each year, thereby wasting the resources used to create it including fuel, materials, labor and other natural resources. 12,776 MTCO2e in greenhouse gas reductions per year. MTCO2e in greenhouse gas reductions per year. 1-Year Goal.

Greenhouse

Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 3, 2022

When we consume less power, we reduce the toxic fumes released, conserve the earth’s natural resources and help protect local ecosystems from destruction. This will create an atmosphere of evaporation around the plants and you. This is a technique used in greenhouses, as it lets in sunlight but helps trap in warmth. .

Atmosphere

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2024

Set the Stage for Robust Carbon Capture and Storage Management Carbon capture and storage (CCS) could play a meaningful role in decarbonization of Pennsylvania’s industry and electric generation, and even help reduce existing atmospheric carbon dioxide through direct air capture.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

Currently, only the federal Environmental Protection Agency claims authority for CCS, a process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere emitted from sources, like coal-fired power plants and other industrial sites, for reuse or storage underground. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide underground.

Carbon Dioxide

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Maintaining a water level between 20 and 30 centimeters below the local water table will boost southern peatlands’ carbon storage and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases they release back into the atmosphere during dry periods by up to 90%, a new study finds.

Atmosphere

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 3, 2024

They absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without using expensive technology. by James Weber, University of Reading and James A. King, University of Sheffield Tackling climate change by planting trees has an intuitive appeal. The suggestion that you can plant trees to offset your carbon emissions is widespread.

Climate Change

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

Carbon Dioxide

HumanNature

MARCH 30, 2021

Agriculture’s global environmental footprint The agriculture sector is responsible for 23% of net global greenhouse gas emissions. Methane is 28 times more powerful than CO 2 at trapping warming in our atmosphere over one-hundred years, and nitrous oxide is even more potent – 265 times more powerful than CO 2. Credit: Amy Swan.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

“The township would like to thank Mary Sproat for easing her property so the children being educated at Bancroft Elementary can have beautiful scenery, fresh air, and a pleasant atmosphere as they work to develop their minds,” said David Unger, New Garden Township supervisor.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Wild Weather Threatens Farm Viability Although the IRA funds are directed at greenhouse gas mitigation, many forms of agricultural climate mitigation also increase farm resilience. Keeping nitrous oxide out of the atmosphere is not the only conservation contribution of practices like these, though.

Climate Change

Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

Most notably, thousands of corporations announced net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) pledges and hundreds of banks and other financial institutions committed to conform their lending to the requirements for a 2050 net-zero GHG world.

2030

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2022

Extension natural resources, energy and sustainability professionals from around the country will converge on Penn State's University Park campus May 15-18 for the joint 2022 National Extension Energy Summit and National Sustainability Summit.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2022

The primary driver of climate change is the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, where they form a blanket that traps the heat from the sun and raising temperatures. New Homeowner Resources Pike County is rich in natural resources and environmental beauty. Click Here to read more.

Conservation

Washington Nature

MAY 26, 2023

How is your work contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? The large-scale contributions may reach a wider audience and ultimately contribute to more greenhouse gas reduction, but it’s hard to measure or understand the impact there. In some cases, these resources will literally go up in smoke (e.g.,

Climate Change

Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 18, 2023

We also expect the judicial branch will supplant the executive and legislative branches, in driving greenhouse gas and the larger global warming policy. And there are also international versions of this bellwether judicial pursuit of good environmental public policy.

Climate Change

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

On the other hand, the chapter’s assessment of alternative plant proteins is more measured, noting their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also identifying the clear downsides in terms of increased needs for infrastructure and energy. Summer streamflows will be lower, and glaciers will continue to recede.

Sea Level

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

Government

A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

Reflecting its importance, the survey team will be headed by the vice premier of the State Council, Hu Chunhua, with deputy posts occupied by leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Research has estimated that the soil could keep from the atmosphere the equivalent of 23.8

Atmosphere

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

CAFOs — specifically their large manure lagoons — are also a huge source of methane , a potent greenhouse gas, as well as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter, 3 all of which pose risks to human health. Different regions of the country pose different resource concerns, such as water quality and wildlife habitat.

Waste

Vermont Law

APRIL 13, 2020

The environmental issue addressed here is that certain agricultural practices, like converting forests to ranchland, release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and severely disrupt ecosystems. 20% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. the conservation of natural resources. come from deforestation. relate to”.

Deforestation

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The California Supreme Court declined to review an intermediate appellate court’s decision upholding the statewide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. Natural Resources Defense Council v. filed June 13, 2017); Natural Resources Defense Council v. verdict June 7, 2017; sentencing June 23, 2017). Pruitt , No.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency show that CO2 accounts for the vast majority of heat-trapping greenhouse gases emitted by the U.S. Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere have risen approximately 47 percent since 1750, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. from 1990–2019. A definite maybe Biden’s $2.2

Carbon Dioxide

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

A relentless interval of hot, dry weather, made worse by heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, has turned this section of the state into a cauldron of flame, dust, and smoke. It finds more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and are becoming more extreme.

2021

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Climate Change Mitigation. Ecological Conservation.

2021

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is proposed to receive an additional $56 million from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund doubling investments to $112 million in State Park and Forest infrastructure improvements, $2.8 Shapiro unveiled his first proposed state budget that includes $5.75 I’ve seen some of those wells myself.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is proposed to receive an additional $56 million from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund doubling investments to $112 million in State Park and Forest infrastructure improvements, $2.8 Shapiro unveiled his first proposed state budget that includes $5.75 I’ve seen some of those wells myself.

2023

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting.

Natural Gas