Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

HotSpots H2O: Unusually Powerful ‘Atmospheric River’ Pummels British Columbia and Pacific Northwest – This summer’s heat wave and wildfires weakened the landscape’s ability to absorb rainfall, further contributing to the destruction.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Wind Week followed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s first Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, which was held on June 15. Panelists includes representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

At least nine atmospheric rivers blasted California between December 20th and January 15th, causing flooding and extensive damage, while also delivering much needed precipitation to our parched state. has more resources than almost any other place in the country to harness rainfall to recharge groundwater basins for future use.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

In a world where urbanization, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, transportation, water and energy infrastructure, and other human impacts have degraded and continue to alter natural ecosystems, climate change is causing rapid and often hard to predict impacts on species dynamics and distribution.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

He makes his living on the Turnbridge Plantation in his hometown of Hardeeville, South Carolina, 30 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic sea levels are rising three to four times faster than the global ocean average. Marginal and small-scale farms are the most at risk due to their limited resources.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Funding is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Penn State University, and matching funds from participating investigator institutions. Sean Rafferty, Research Director for Pennsylvania Sea Grant.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Wind Week followed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s first Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, which was held on June 15. Panelists includes representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 18, 2023

On the Stillaguamish River, outmigration—when salmon leave their home stream to mature in the ocean—was less than 5% of normal April numbers. In November 2021, a series of back to back atmospheric rivers slammed into the region with record rainfall, inundating floodplain communities and catastrophically crumbling infrastructure.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Harrisburg area teachers and students will engage in hands-on learning around local environmental issues and solutions, and the unique nature of their communities thanks to a grant from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2023

Pennsylvania Sea Grant conducts and supports scientific research that enhances the use and conservation of Pennsylvania’s coastal, watershed, and Great Lakes resources to create a healthy environment, resilient and inclusive communities, and a strong and sustainable economy. Sean Rafferty, Research Director for Pennsylvania Sea Grant.

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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.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2021

The study was published in the journal Nature. Heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere are spiking not only global air temperatures, but also water temperatures. Overall, oxygen levels in lakes are declining more rapidly than in the ocean, where the effect is also being observed. One is climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

“The Lake Erie Coastal Zone is an extraordinary environmental, economic, and community resource that is under growing pressure from threats such as development, pollution, and, increasingly, climate change," said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell. DEP is committed to supporting these partners with grant funding and technical assistance."

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. So far, 18 countries have joined the GGGI to contribute to a cleaner, safer and more resilient ocean. Martha Delgado, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sherpa of Mexico before the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2021

Increases in storm intensities, rainfall, and record heat events have impacted Pennsylvania over the past decades, with this rising trend expected to continue according to climate reports from the departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources. Read more here. “It

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Extreme events in the Northwest will include storms resulting from atmospheric rivers over the Pacific Ocean. With rising sea levels and warming ocean temperatures, heatwaves and high-temperature toxins (e.g., The ocean trends affect the species composition of the seas.

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Science & Climate

MARCH 16, 2021

The scientists did not observe such population explosions of green crab at any of the four other nearby bays they were monitoring, suggesting the increase was the result of eradication efforts and not atmospheric or oceanographic changes. Press kit of photos. ← Previous Article: Migratory Birds Track Climate Across the Year.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere.

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Washington Nature

MAY 26, 2023

If we're trying to conserve salmon populations, climate change is likely to affect our ability to do that: warming ocean and stream temperatures affect salmon, for example, and other changes associated with climate change, such as shifts in growing conditions for riparian forest trees, may also affect salmon habitat.

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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).

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National Law Center

MARCH 29, 2022

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: March 29, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

MARCH 8, 2022

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: March 8, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. Ocean CDR is a set of strategies to sequester carbon dioxide in ocean waters.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 2, 2016

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Since the bill’s September 16 introduction, the bill has been referred to the House Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Natural Resources committees. This bill gives an opportunity for species which may be listed to have protection during the listing process. FWS) and the.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

In North Carolina, where many hog CAFOs lie within 100 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, several hurricanes have struck and caused lagoons to overflow, including Hurricane Florence in 2018, Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

A magistrate judge in the federal district court for the District of Oregon granted motions by three trade groups to withdraw from the lawsuit seeking to hold the United States liable for its actions and inaction leading to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. at its theme park in Jackson Township in Ocean County.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The key difference according to the US National Park Service is that conservation ethics seeks the “proper use” of natural resources while preservation seeks to protect nature against any kind of use. This concern about natural resources meant the 19 th century was also a great expansion in conservation in other areas.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 18, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. She set the gold standard for our state, our country and our ocean by leading the effort to fight for robust funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). billion in NOAA funding during the madness of the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations process.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Congress Legislative updates: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-MO) reintroduced the Save Our Sequoias Act ( R.

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Washington Nature

AUGUST 10, 2021

“ Our lands and waters are part of America’s infrastructure. Like good roads and bridges, healthy watersheds are critical to the safety and well-being of our families and the economic growth of our communities.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Congress Senate Commerce Committee to consider ocean debris legislation. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The request includes $231 million for NOAA’s climate research programs, a $7 million increase above FY 2023 levels. million acres of the Arctic Ocean from oil and gas exploration. Amendment Act ( S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. Joe Manchin (D-WV). 2 – Associated Press.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A career specialist in soils and forestry health, most of it with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a unit of the U.S. In the last decade, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. In December 2021, under Democratic Gov. million-acre portion of the western Lake Erie basin.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Ninth Circuit Said Biden Action Mooted Case Challenging Trump Revocation of Withdrawal of Oceans Lands from Oil and Gas Leasing. In both cases, the New York plaintiffs argue that the allocation of the summer flounder quota is based on obsolete data that does not reflect the fishery’s northeast shift, which may be due in part to ocean warming.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere have risen approximately 47 percent since 1750, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Strategies for capturing carbon from fossil fuel power plants, to prevent it from entering the atmosphere, have long lingered on the sidelines. from 1990–2019.

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