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How the War in Ukraine Could Trigger a Food Crisis

Union of Concerned Scientists

Among those is the growing risk that the chaos up-ends agriculture on a large scale —affecting markets for oil seeds, wheat, and other cereal grains, as well as fertilizers derived from natural gas, with effects that ripple across the world. Today’s farming relies on another Russian export—natural gas.

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Show Time: Stark message from the International Energy Agency

Legal Planet

C temperature target, and one that more than 130 countries have adopted, albeit mostly as squishy political declarations, not yet legally binding or implemented. Fossil enterprises and political leaders in major fossil producers ranged from politely dismissive to openly contemptuous. That’s the end of THIS YEAR!

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CARB Attempts to Contain LCFS Credit Prices

Clean Energy Law

As discussed in previous posts , regulated entities must either: (1) ensure that fuels supplied in California meet annual, decreasing carbon intensity (CI) targets ( e.g. , by blending biofuels into gasoline and diesel); or (2) procure and surrender credits to CARB. Public Comments.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of the export of natural gas from Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP’s (Dominion’s ) facility in Maryland. Circuit to Expedite Consideration of Challenge to Natural Gas Pipeline. United States v.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.9.22

PA Environment Daily

Refiners -- Bloomberg: Saudis Cut Oil Prices From Record Highs Amid China Lockdowns -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Drops As Russia Tries To Calm Clients Over Payments American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

Renewables contributed to electricity prices rising six times more in California than in the rest of the US since 2011, the state’s “take-off” year for rapid growth in wind and solar, a price rise that occurred despite the state’s reliance during the same years on persistently-low-priced natural gas.

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Evangelical Environmental Network: U.S. House Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Puts Us Closer To A Bright Inheritance For Our Children

PA Environment Daily

We call on all our leaders, regardless of their political stripe, to come together to ensure every child has the hope and expectation of a safe climate and pollution-free world. “We lament, however, that this has become a one-party bill instead of uniting the country around defending human health and protecting God’s creation.