Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

Industry and government experts have long recognized that investing in our electric transmission system can provide a wide range of benefits , and MISO’s Long-Range Transmission Planning (LRTP) process is designed specifically to identify investments that capture those benefits for ratepayers. for every dollar invested. billion to $11.6

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. As the CEO of Ocean Conservancy, I naturally look to our ocean. There, we can tackle shipping emissions, which are projected to generate 18% of all global emissions by 2050. We need bold plans and execution at all levels of government to combat climate change.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This is the second post in our series on the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act , covering how the Act invests in strengthening our electric grid, which could better prepare us for the shift from fossil fuel generated electricity to renewable power. Siting Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Looking back, we noticed that MPP David Piccini, Ontario’s Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, made some less than accurate claims about Ontario’s environmental record. The statistic is correct, but is it due to the Ontario government’s policies? Reducing emissions but burning garbage. Here’s why.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. Unfortunately, the current Ontario government’s plan is to burn more fossil gas to generate power. . In Ontario, fossil gas power is often used during peak demand periods.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This is taking place as according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), worldwide cleantech investments surpassed fossil fuels investments last year, with $1.1 Wealthy nations are too slow in cutting their own electricity demand thru conservation and efficiency. The IEA has long been an advocate for doing more with less.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2021

CRES Forum continues to focus on three guiding principles for judging climate policy from a conservative perspective: cut energy prices, not energy choices; export American innovation, not American jobs; reduce global emissions, not America’s economy,” Hernick said in his prepared remarks. Not fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

In June, the Committee was scheduled to consider House Bill 1215 (Vitali-D-Delaware) that would have required hydrogen producing companies to sequester a larger portion of carbon emissions to receive a state tax credit under state Act 108, but the Committee passed over the bill. Read more here. Click Here to watch live.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 5, 2024

Photo by Gary Cole on Unsplash Building codes have a major influence on how local governments respond to climate change. But the decision to include these sections in the latest draft of the IECC has generated sharp disagreement among trade associations, local governments, and energy efficiency advocates.

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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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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

A document on EV and grid integration issued in January by government bodies says EVs could support the operation of a modern electricity system: linking EVs to China’s grid, via charging and battery-swapping infrastructure, could enable them to help with load management and energy storage.

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Electricity Solar Power Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions 52

Circle of Blue

APRIL 19, 2022

” Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to ban fossil fuel extraction. Michigan officials relaunch a $40 million watershed conservation program. A Pennsylvania judge blocks the governor’s attempt to put a price on carbon emissions. Costa Constantinides, former New York City Council member.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. The other is to improve the energy structure, replacing fossil fuel sources with alternatives. If it benefits, it has to help cut carbon.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. social cost of carbon. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Australia has had a change of government. The Liberal Party — conservative in everything but name — lost control of the federal government to Labor. So the change in government is more than welcome. Polling showed broad public support for more aggressive cuts in carbon emissions. Coal exports are 3.5%

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Some events last week sent a strong signal that the tide is turning against fossil fuels. To paraphrase Churchill, this may not be beginning of the end for fossil fuels, but at least it is the end of the beginning of the campaign against them. Each of the events standing alone would have been noteworthy.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 27, 2023

At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action, plastic waste, toxic chemicals and biodiversity conservation. Looking forward to 2024, we expect the federal government will make progress on efforts that are already underway and deliver real results. You can read more about this issue here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

That includes 5 million deaths linked to breathing in the emissions of fossil fuels. In the United States, a 2022 study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that more than 50,000 lives per year would be saved by eliminating those emissions. The implications for human life are direct and deadly.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Despite ongoing COVID constraints on the economy, global fossil fuel consumption rebounded after its collapse in 2020. With this rebound came the increase in carbon emissions and effects of climate change. 2021 was a year dominated by environmental news. of global heating. 2022 is the year this is supposed to happen.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action, plastic waste, toxic chemicals and biodiversity conservation. Looking forward to 2023, we expect the federal government will make progress on efforts that are already underway and deliver real results. Check out our recent work on this issue here.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

What is Conservation? We define conservation as a broad approach to preserving what is already there and the due care and attention to protecting it for the future (1). Resource conservation is the active ways in which we seek to limit the use of resources to reduce the strain put on supply. Conservation, Ethics, Philosophy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

To some extent, our predictions have been conservative,” Penn State University climatologist Michael E. EN: Let’s talk about what state and local governments, as well as the federal government, can do to better protect low-income neighborhoods and communities of color from extreme Danger Season weather events.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In a separate but similar Ninth Circuit appeal, the federal government filed a brief on October 18 urging the court to overturn a district court decision vacating the listing of a ringed seal subspecies as threatened based on climate change threats through the end of the century. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. I was lucky to visit the Grain de Sail on May 18, 2022, midway through its stay in New York, coinciding with yet another virtual meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) sharpening discussions on shipping emissions. Never miss an update. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The federal government argued that denial of the motion to dismiss was based on clear error and that mandamus was warranted to confine the district court to the lawful exercise of its jurisdiction. Federal Government Moved to Dismiss Keystone Pipeline Challenges. filed June 15, 2017). filed June 13, 2017).

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Washington Nature

APRIL 24, 2021

” — David Mendoza, Advocacy and Engagement Director for The Nature Conservancy in Washington. “ A just transition requires a strong cap on carbon pollution and a price on carbon to accelerate strategic investments in reducing carbon emissions, cleaning up our air and water, and adapting our transportation systems.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 6, 2020

Conservation biologists Robert H. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says 6 percent of species are critically endangered, 9 percent are endangered, and 12 percent are vulnerable to becoming endangered. Some conservationists say the erroneous claims of a sixth mass extinction undermine conservation efforts. “To

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Legal Planet

MARCH 23, 2023

That raises a question: Why did the government take such a narrow stance rather than addressing the broader issues presented by the lawsuits? The case before the Supreme Court is one of a number of lawsuits brought in state court by state and local governments against fossil fuel producers, primarily oil companies.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

The law provides $140 billion in tax incentives, direct loans, and grants to replace fossil fuels with cleaner renewable energy that lowers emissions of carbon dioxide. This will be the cleanest ethanol plant in the world with the lowest carbon footprint,” he said. Phosphorus and nitrogen discharges from U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Bizzarro: DEP Awards Environmental Education Grants To Asbury Woods Environmental Center And Regional Science Consortium At Presque Isle Center -- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Receives DEP Grant To Host Four BioBlitz Events For Students -- PA Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

Here are 105 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2024

As Planning Commission Seeks Info; Residents Pack Meeting In Westmoreland -- We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: PA Democrats Must Prioritize The Environment In Budget Negotiations - By Rep.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

This fundamental reality has been obscured by the high complexity of wholesale electricity “markets,” which were created by government policies and regulations and mask the high cost of integrating variable renewable energy sources — until, that is, disaster strikes. We can see the same impact of variable energies in Germany.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Fossil fuel and chemical polluters, business lobbyists and conservative private land interests have fought these laws and the EPA since their inception and they made fresh headway during the Trump administration, which undertook a widespread effort to gut environmental protections and slashed staffing of the EPA back to levels of the 1980s.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Six weeks later, there is little information about the spill, according to the science and conservation news site Mongabay. The mining company claims the spill was not toxic, while the Angolan government says it is still investigating the matter. _. Climate campaigners applauded the carbon-reducing benefits of fewer new coal plants.

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