PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

Advocates Put Out A Call To Action -- Lead Counsel On Court Cases Striking Down Provisions In Act 13 To Preempt Local Regulation Of Oil & Gas Operations Raises Concerns About Proposed Legislation Establishing A RESET Board To Site Large Energy Projects [PaEN] -- TribLive: Plum Zoning Board Rejects Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well After Lengthy (..)

Greenhouse

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Trump’s second victory is very likely to increase fossil fuel production, and he has also pledged to “rescind all unspent funds under the Inflation Reduction Act ’’. The act aims to create green jobs, reduce fossil fuel consumption and switch to clean energy. This threatens to undermine public support for climate action.

Paris Agreement

A Greener Life

JANUARY 12, 2025

At the time of writing, the wildfires have claimed the lives of 16 people, a number that the Governor of California Gavin Newsom and US President Joe Biden have said would most certainly increase, alongside the over $50 billion figure that the banking and insurance giant JP Morgan has estimated the cost to be currently.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2025

Instead of addressing the many ways climate change threatens the countrys financial stability , his administration is pulling back safeguards in order to reward his Big Oil donors. Trump revoked that order on his first day in office, along with several others related to climate change, public health, and the environment.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MARCH 19, 2025

corporations and institutional investors owe a fiduciary duty to maximize profits through economic activities that continue to produce, sell, and use fossil fuels (i.e. 17] Enlightened shareholder value is another expansive formulation into which climate concerns might be smuggled. [18] This means that the leaders of U.S.

Law

Legal Planet

MARCH 17, 2025

Only 13 of the 195 signatory countries to the Paris Agreement submitted new national plans for tackling climate change by the recent deadline. Yet the effects of climate change fires, floods, deadly heat waves among themare only getting worse. Meanwhile President Trump has begun the process of the U.S.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

To recap: The unanimous opinion found that nations of the world have a legal obligation to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases or else pay reparations for the harms of climate change. Driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion,” which is weirdly what Zeldin says he’s doing, is not a way to govern.

Fossil Fuels

Inside Climate News

JULY 8, 2025

But as search and rescue teams and volunteers sweep the banks of the river for missing people, the number of confirmed deaths is expected to grow.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

When Hawaii brought suit against major fossil fuel companies for their role in the climate crisis earlier this month, it was momentous on several accounts. You only need to look at the actions of fossil fuel companies right now: they’re running scared. The reality of fossil-fuel driven climate change is here.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

APRIL 28, 2025

Faced with an escalating trade war with US President Donald Trump , Carney has shifted course on key climate policies to stabilise Canada’s economy. Poilievre’s main solution to climate change involves carbon capture and storage (CCS).

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2025

Shapiro -- Inquirer: Shapiros Office Responds After USDA Accuses Governor Of Playing Games With Federal Food Bank Funding Cuts That Hurt Farmers -- Inquirer: PA Wants To Hire Federal Workers; But Now Has A Partial Hiring Freeze -- Gov. Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 8, 2025

Courts are being asked to rule on fundamental questions of responsibility, accountability, and justice in the face of accelerating climate harms. Climate litigation cases filed globally and in the United States (1986–2024) Case filings have surged in recent years, with the US remaining a major hub of climate litigation.

Politics

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 31, 2025

This newest massive loan will only benefit CEOs from the oil and banking industry, while Canadians – already struggling with an affordability crisis will be left on the hook to cover the costs. More fossil fuel infrastructure is not a winning strategy for Canadians or the planet.

Government

A Greener Life

MARCH 10, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen Mark Carney, the former Governor of the Bank of England and the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, has become the next Prime Minister of Canada. Gould vs Karney Some would have preferred Gould over Carney, who, data indicated, would be more assertive about climate change.

2025

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A renewed emphasis on fossil fuels is expected under another Trump administration, though coal will likely remain moribund thanks to poor economic fundamentals and constrained access to capital. Renewable Energy Vs. Fossil Fuels Renewables or fossil fuels?

2025

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

It is not too soon to be explaining that storms like this are becoming more intense as a result of climate change. ” Elizabeth Kolbert at the New Yorker reflects on Whitehouse’s decade of wake-up calls regarding government inaction to address the climate crisis. All the more fitting that this week, Sen.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams. DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron at lbyron@pa.gov or calling 717-772-8951.

Earth Day

Legal Planet

JULY 22, 2025

Rural stations and smaller stations are where the loss of funding will be felt most when it comes to coverage of weather, disasters and climate change. This defunding will almost certainly hurt day-to-day local storytelling about climate change. Climate Integrity has this analysis.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Billion In Costs -- Impacts Of Federal Mega Budget Bill -- PennLive Editorial: True Cost Of President’s Budget - Empty Food Banks And Closed Hospitals -- MCall Guest Essay: Here’s Why I Supported The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ - By Republican Con.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 20, 2024

Last week, I participated in the Scientists Speakout Day during the Summer of Heat on Wall Street , to protest and disrupt the financial institutions that are enabling the fossil fuel industry (and, as a result, our current climate crisis).

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Since the summer of 2021, five Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed bills banning their state governments from doing business with financial institutions that they allege have divested from fossil fuel companies as a result of ESG investment policies. Another six statehouses are considering similar bills.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 22, 2023

Both extreme heat and wildfires are directly linked to climate change. For years, fossil fuel companies have socialized the costs of their pollution while privatizing the benefits. Perhaps less obvious is the importance of state and local governments in holding the fossil fuel industry accountable.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

The outcomes of the latest international climate negotiations at COP28 in Dubai in December, while taking some important steps forward, fell far short of what is needed to avert climate catastrophe. One big positive from COP28 was the creation of a Loss and Damage fund to address climate impacts in the Global South.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 14, 2021

Canada’s big five banks are deservedly feeling more heat lately about their funding of fossil fuels. They are among the worst in the world, pumping $727 billion into fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement was signed, while scoring among the lowest on having policies to rectify this.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

Some of this was through a COVID fund specific to oil and gas producers provided by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). million for other categories of support to fossil fuels. Since then, we know much more about the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to stop all investments to the sector.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

Mexico is also highly vulnerable to climate change. What’s the state of climate policy in Mexico? The climate issue has to be placed in the broader context of Mexico’s situation. Because of its geography, Mexico is vulnerable to climate impacts.

Paris Agreement

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2024

Despite having made commitments to reduce the emissions from their investments and reach net-zero by 2050, Canada’s banks have instead increased their funding in risky oil and gas assets every year since 2020. The banks are also lobbying against climate-related policies. Canadians are being misled.

Fossil Fuels

Eco Justice

JUNE 8, 2022

The dark money behind fossil fuels Climate change is an existential threat to the future of humanity and all life on earth. The post Canada’s banks and pension funds are financing a climate disaster appeared first on Ecojustice. But there is a clear solution to averting.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 24, 2021

World Bank report sheds light on the nuanced connections between “water shocks” and human migration. World Bank researchers found that people are five times as likely to move following drought conditions as they are after floods or periods of excess water. Climate change is making rainfall more variable across the planet.

2006

Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Texas and a number of other states have passed laws banning what they call “boycotts of fossil fuel companies.” ” More precisely, they ban state investment or contracting with firms that “boycott” fossil fuel companies. That’s generally — but not always — going to be firms “utilizing” fossil fuels.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

What we really care about is making people better off, not growing their bank accounts. Another is that the costs of renewable energy and electric vehicles have declined so greatly in the past ten years, making them more or less competitive with their fossil-fuel alternatives. Infant mortality in Italy is only half as high.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2022

Another resolution filed by the bank BNP Paribas prodded ExxonMobil to release a report on its climate-related lobbying in March. Oil major BP ended its membership with the Western Energy Alliance in 2020 because of a “misalignment” with its climate policies, including “federal regulation of methane.”

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

If honored, this commitment will likely unseat Canada as the worst-ranking in the G20 for international public financing to the fossil fuel sector. . This means while EDC’s overall fossil fuel support was CAD 13.6 Shifting public finance for energy out of all fossil fuels and into clean energy is an urgent task.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Today, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released its assessment that a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies could generate $4.2 From the housing crisis to inflation, most people living in Canada are feeling the pinch, but not the fossil fuel companies and their executives, who are benefitting from inflationary prices.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

JULY 4, 2022

A demonstrator holds a banner during a protest outside the Bank of England during the COP26 UN climate conference. What steps do banks around the world need to take to mitigate the climate crisis and protect themselves and their customers from climate risks and exposure? . Focus on the world’s largest banks.

Regulations

Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency. But climate change is different. trillion or 6.8

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

more than 15,000 comments, many of which the SEC must legally answer in writing; threats of lawsuits from ideological groups funded in part by the fossil fuel industry; and complaints about the proposed requirement to measure and disclose heat-trapping gas emissions from a company’s full value chain, known as Scope 3 emissions.

2023