Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Burning waste pollutes the air and warms the climate. This subsidy—the largest granted to any company on the list at nearly $3 million—tips the scales in favour of expanded waste burning at a time when we need to focus on generating less waste and fewer emissions.

Fossil Fuels 65

Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide 65

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This shift is good news because tackling methane is crucial to the fight against climate change due to its significantly higher global warming potential than CO2, the disposal of relatively cheap methods of controlling emissions, and its short atmospheric lifespan. The agriculture and waste sectors share the remaining 60% of emissions.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

At CLEE, we are doing quite a bit of work to promote reduction of methane emissions from all sectors (agriculture (livestock and rice), energy (oil & gas and coal), waste (landfills and sewage)). animal stomachs, shale gas formations, piles of food waste). But with rapid methane cuts, we could prevent up to 0.3 °C

Deforestation 194

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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. This system reduces the amount of food wasted, feeds those in need, and reduces the amount of emissions put forth into the atmosphere.

Waste 52

Waste Greenhouse Atmosphere Natural Resources 52

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2023

in Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County issued multiple notices of violations for failure to collect production wastewater, failure to restrict surface water from entering well bore, failure to restore well site, fill in wastewater and drill cutting pits, failure to submit annual production and waste management and mechanical well integrity reports.

Natural Gas 69

Natural Gas Waste Greenhouse Atmosphere 69

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. Bureau of Reclamation nearly $7.5

2021 130

2021 Climate Change 2015 Atmosphere 130

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Methane is a really powerful greenhouse gas: it’s 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. When companies dig for and and transport fossil gas, methane leaks into the atmosphere (often referred to as fugitive methane). It’s also good for companies: leaked methane means wasted methane. Why is that such a big deal?

Carbon Dioxide 90

Carbon Dioxide 2030 Natural Gas Regulations 90

Ocean Conservancy

JULY 25, 2023

There are currently estimated to be at least 72,500 algal species on Earth, and scientists have calculated that these organisms have produced about half of all of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere via photosynthesis. Algae are powerhouses when it comes to removing greenhouse gases.

Carbon Dioxide 98

Carbon Dioxide Ocean Climate Change Atmosphere 98

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Saville, who has also been assessing sustainable-fuel life-cycle emissions for the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization, says that oils can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 90% compared to fossil fuels. Biomass and municipal waste. based Solena Fuels to make and use jet fuel from municipal solid waste.

Carbon Dioxide 98

Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Waste Carbon Emissions 98

Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Some in the industry see the warming as an opportunity, as passages through the Arctic open for longer periods, even going so far as to claim there will be lower overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the shorter voyages. Anticipating the rate of sea level rise is particularly challenging due to uncertainties in the climate system.

Ocean 75

Ocean Sea Level Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide 75

Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It found that greenhouse-gas emissions emitted by the lab in 2018 was 223 800 tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent. In 2020, the lab released its first public Environment Report that detailed the status of CERN’s environmental footprint. Eager to learn.

Climate Change 120

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Radiation Renewable Energy 120

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The consequences of climate change aren’t reserved for the oceans and atmosphere: Diseases have secured a larger presence in recent years thanks to global warming. We need to aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”. By Jenessa Duncombe. Global warming has, in certain instances, amped up some of the world’s most deadly diseases.

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Climate Change Ocean Sea Level 2007 98

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 30, 2021

. ——————————————– In Canada, nuclear industry officials are surveying an area near Lake Huron as a potential underground storage site for nuclear waste. It’s a technique to assess how greenhouse gases in the atmosphere influence extreme weather.

2021 246

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

To date, most stakeholder engagement has focused on the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting framework required to accurately report the carbon intensity of electrolytically produced hydrogen, or hydrogen generated by using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

Fossil Fuels 192

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Clean Energy Carbon Emissions 192

Physics World

OCTOBER 16, 2021

In theory this could seed clouds that reflect sunlight back into space – counteracting the greenhouse effect. Tales of toads and fish serve as an appetizer for the closing part of the book, when we finally get our teeth into engineering the atmosphere. The tomatoes were “perfect, in that greenhouse tomato-y way,” reports Kolbert.

Carbon Emissions 110

Carbon Emissions Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere 110

Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. This figure will increase to nearly half of the world’s population by the end of the century, the authors say, even with drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. Taken together, however, clouds in today’s atmosphere have an overall net cooling effect.

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Cooling Atmosphere Climate Change Greenhouse 133

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2023

DEP issued a number of notices of violation for the discharges and improper waste handling at the site and requested the operator to submit a written report by August 25, 2023 of how they will bring the site into compliance, including cleaning the site up to Act 2 Land Recycling Program standards. No violations were noted.

Natural Gas 82

Natural Gas Atmosphere 2023 Fossil Fuels 82

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Conventional Gas Wells Venting/Leaking On September 25, 2023 , DEP inspected the Fogel 114 conventional gas well in Mead Township, Warren County operated by Bearcat Oil Co, LLC and found the recently drilled well was being vented to the atmosphere, as is the normal procedure for new wells. Erosion and sedimentation controls were in place.

Natural Gas 111

Natural Gas 2023 Atmosphere Regulations 111

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.

2021 130

2021 2022 Sea Level Clean Energy 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Under the LCFS each fuel pathway gets a unique carbon intensity (CI) based on a lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of the fuel. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. And because methane is such a potent heat trapping gas, credit for avoided methane emissions can be quite large.

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Fossil Fuels Regulations Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide 279

Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It details 80 (+ 20) ways to slash global greenhouse gases emissions and achieve emissions levels that can be absorbed by Nature. Eventually, CO2 levels in the atmosphere would return to 350 ppm. Back to 2017, I had loved listening to famous environmentalist Paul Hawken present his book Drawdown.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Ocean 2004 Waste 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

Climate change is often discussed in terms of global temperature increase, sea level rise, and hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” said Secretary McDonnell. Video and photos of the event will be available later today at PAcast. Video and photos of the event will be available later today at PAcast.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Sea Level Greenhouse 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

In effect, they’ve been handed a blank check to throw their waste into our air, into our yards, and into our playgrounds, threatening our kids’ lives and health. billion in wasted energy. And this wasted methane does not disappear harmlessly into the wind. Read more here.] million homes in the US every year.

Waste 52

Waste Atmosphere 2022 Environmental Protection 52

Acoel

JANUARY 16, 2024

While our industrial food system is producing food that appears inexpensive and abundant (indeed, food is comparatively so inexpensive to most Americans, that the country wastes over 35% of it), it’s also one of the largest sources of water, air, and climate pollution in the country. Nitrous oxide is even more damaging to our atmosphere.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Biofuels 2007 52

Vermont Law

JUNE 28, 2016

Food waste is a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. By encouraging food donation and streamlining food-recovery policies the federal government can build a national framework to combat the massive accumulation of food waste and begin to change people’s food-waste habits. By Bonnie Smith.

Waste 40

Waste Greenhouse Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide 40

Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2024

118 & 542), and the often inadequate action taken to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions on the other. Each tonne of CO 2 emitted into the atmosphere anywhere on Earth at any given time thus had, has and will have an almost identical effect on the average global temperature.

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Paris Agreement Climate Change Law Politics 65

Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

Climate change is a problem which has a known solution: We must dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and prepare now for intense climate impacts. It is up to all of us to hear this siren and demand a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Never miss an update. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

Ocean 70

Ocean Fossil Fuels Climate Change Conservation 70

ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Methane is a greenhouse gas that has more heat-trapping power than CO2, although it also clears out of the atmosphere much faster than does CO2. Controlling the methane emissions, some of it from wasteful accidental release at natural gas wells, is critical for controlling global warming.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Deforestation Climate Change Carbon Emissions 52

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Like terrestrial plants, seaweed uptakes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it grows and stores it in biomass. To offset emissions, cultivated seaweed could be used to replace more greenhouse gas-intensive products, or could be sunk in the deep sea. While there are currently no international or U.S.

Carbon Dioxide 52

Carbon Dioxide Endangered Species Act Ocean Coastal Erosion 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Two of the top 10 EQIP practices by total dollar amount spent are practices we identified as industrial, providing little to no conservation benefits, in our previous report: waste facility cover and waste storage facility. Despite these protective measures, animal waste often escapes and contaminates local water.

Waste 52

Waste Climate Change Conservation 2023 52

Vermont Law

AUGUST 31, 2015

He pleaded for swift global action through a critique of consumerism and wasteful development. Francis has outlined a three-pronged climate change fix: remove greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, restore ecosystems, and help the people who are most vulnerable to climate change with resources to adapt to our changing climate.

2015 40

2015 Climate Change Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide 40

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity.

Government 52

Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Meeting virtually on September 18, more than 20 elected delegates from county Green Parties achieved consensus on a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection demanding a ban on use of such waste materials. Falls Township Auditor Jay Sweeney of Wyoming County, had requested the Green Party to take such action.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Environmental Protection 2008 Radiation 52

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

The twin goals are are to improve the flow of information and reduce the wasting of water. It finds more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and that those weather events are becoming more extreme. Just as human behavior causes atmospheric warming, it can also prevent it.

2021 264

2021 Atmosphere Climate Change Sea Level 264

Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If renewables are booming and energy efficiency is gaining some traction, greenhouse gases emissions are still growing and the atmospheric concentration of carbon is still rising. This represent huge amounts of land, energy, time, water and other resources that just go to waste.

Deforestation 52

Deforestation Climate Change Electricity Sea Level 52

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2023

DEP also issued notices of violation for failure to submit annual production and waste generation and mechanical integrity reports. Shapiro, Let's Hold Them Accountable - Support The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. No violations were issued by DEP.

Natural Gas 88

Natural Gas 2023 Fossil Fuels Recycling 88

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Methane is essential to control, since stabilizing climate requires reducing all anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions to net-zero. Atmospheric concentrations. That small concentration of methane in the atmosphere makes an outsized contribution to global heating. And more methane initiatives are surely on the way.

Atmosphere 147

Atmosphere Radiation Natural Gas Greenhouse 147