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. ” — Jamie Robertson, TNC Conservation Geographer and lead author of the study.

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The Energy Law Blog

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.

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The Energy Law Blog

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.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Under Governor Wolf, we’ve accelerated and expanded work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to equip Pennsylvania’s communities, businesses, and individual residents to address climate change impacts occurring now and projected for the near future. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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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.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

An Urgent Call The Ecological Society of America (ESA) calls on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions to limit rising global temperatures initially to 2.0⁰

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Photo credit: Mark Anson On August 31, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the availability of $65 million for the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. Forestry : Forests play a significant role in reducing carbon dioxide through carbon sequestration.

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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.

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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. For example, reducing tillage and maintaining in-field residues can reduce the losses of carbon dioxide and may reduce nitrous oxide emissions. “In

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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. Read the full story from Duke University.

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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. Among the impacts to livestock will be feed shortages, loss of shade structures, and disease.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Pennsylvania is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gas emissions in the nation. Resource Link: -- DCED: Gov. Billion Thru 2042; No Regard For Environmental Compliance Record [PaEN] -- DEP Approves PennEnergy Resources 1.5 Click Here for a copy of the letter and a list of signatories.

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HumanNature

MARCH 30, 2021

Agriculture’s global environmental footprint The agriculture sector is responsible for 23% of net global greenhouse gas emissions. Improved soil management practices more broadly referred to as ‘ natural climate solutions ’ can help drawdown carbon out of the atmosphere and reduce agricultural emissions of N 2 O and CH 4.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Those impacts—sometimes irksome, sometimes devastating—are increasingly obvious, and the causal mechanisms that connect them to the emission of greenhouse gases increasingly well understood. EPA , the decision in which the Supreme Court rejected EPA’s arguments for not treating greenhouse gas emissions as pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

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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. Additionally, approximately 13% of the world’s net carbon dioxide. 20% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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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. Youngkin says he will take Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to save ratepayers money – The Washington Post. International.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

Since as early as 1992, some academics have pointed to CERCLA as a model for pooling funds from greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to remedy or mitigate climate change impacts. The Vermont Climate Superfund bill takes a significantly different approach to cost recovery.

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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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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.

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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.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who envisioned the project in 2013 when he was minister for petroleum and natural resources, held a similar view. On top of this, the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from wind and solar are a mere fraction of those associated with LNG.

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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. This represents 25% of the potential of all natural climate solutions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Woods, who previously worked at the EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), holds a doctorate degree in environmental health engineering and a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. A molecule of nitrous oxide is nearly 300 times more potent at trapping heat than a molecule of carbon dioxide!

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 17, 2023

They remove huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – 30% of all fossil fuel emissions annually – and store carbon in trees and soils. by Beverly Law, Oregon State University and William Moomaw, Tufts University Forests are critically important for slowing climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, is circulating a co-sponsor memo asking his colleagues to sponsor the Pennsylvania Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Act. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide underground.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The IRA provides approximately $20 billion over four years to existing Farm Bill conservation programs to support agricultural practices that the Secretary of Agriculture determines will reduce net greenhouse gas emissions or increase carbon sequestration. In addition, the IRA dedicates $4.95

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Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2023

The Willow Project is expected to produce as much as 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak and result in around 130 million metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent over its lifetime. It is also counter to his administration’s goal of halving economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hydrogen is an indirect greenhouse gas that can lead to the formation of ozone and methane. These impacts are only beginning to be understood, but preliminary analysis projects significant short-term climate impacts that can far exceed those of carbon dioxide.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

“We will tirelessly pursue justice for the people living in and near East Palestine, who like all Americans deserve clean air, clean water, and a safe community for their children.” — Todd Kim, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

That is why we are grateful for the Committee’s hearing on the benefits of cutting methane pollution, including sealing methane leaks that waste our nation’s precious natural resources at a time when families cannot afford any wasted drop. Impacts On Unborn As pro-life evangelicals, we have a special concern for the unborn.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

1 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Nature Knows Best - DCNR Grant Program Aims To Convert Lawns To Native Meadows, Aid Pollinators -- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Awards Mini-Grants; New Grant Round Now Open [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Mini-Grants Awarded, 2nd Application Round Announced -- PA Capital-Star: PA To Receive $47.3

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The economic fallout from recently cancelled or stalled natural gas projects suffocated by litigation from the far left is already unfolding before us, he warns, and it’s only going to get worse. Yudichak said. Adding to the madness of the anti-energy campaign is the fact that Pennsylvania is leading the U.S., Over the same period, Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

15 DEP & PennDOT Seek Volunteers To Pick Up Pennsylvania To Benefit Streams, Rivers, and Lakes DCNR's Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Nov. Of Environmental Educators Accepting 2022 Award Nominations PAEE: Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Award Nominations Due Dec.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S. In all three cases, challengers invoked the major questions doctrine.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Does anyone really imagine that this project’s greenhouse gas emissions would not adversely affect the habitat of polar bears, or other ice-dependent listed species? That would release some 280 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, according to a federal analysis. And there will certainly be more litigation.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Through the IRA, there are also many opportunities for climate change mitigation through cleaner vehicles, homes that are more energy efficient, and reductions in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. My daughter is not hearing people talk about acid rain on TikTok. We can and must do the same with climate change.

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