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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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. But if the U.S.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

The ideas of Thomas Malthus (center) were used by British governments to justify the Irish Famine, 1845-1848 (left) and Bengali Famine, 1943-1945 (right) before becoming the basis for 20th Century environmentalism. The problem lay in overloading systems and causing them to collapse.”. The Malthusians significantly modified Malthus.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

With the savings, local governments can reduce taxes and schools can invest in more teachers. In addition to all those benefits, solar schools projects have immense local benefits such as reducing carbon emissions and creating family sustaining jobs.” Fiedler said.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Despite their substantial negative environmental impact, the federal government has repeatedly given the wind industry special rights. The federal government rarely stops wind projects or requires changes in wind turbine locations or operations. mile buffer and cross 600 individual wetlands.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Even the proposal’s main architect, former Secretary of State James Baker, acknowledged that he faces an “uphill slog” in convincing the federal government to act. Here in New York, for example, we already have three forms of more or less direct carbon pricing. In the absence of federal action, many states are stepping in.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Unlike natural gas or coal generation, nuclear plants do not need to be continually fed new fuel supplies to produce electricity." “It It is also worth noting that these nuclear plants are providing this reliable, around-the-clock power without releasing carbon emissions." Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Finley [PaEN] -- KPVI: Carbon County Votes Overwhelmingly To Authorize Up To A $10 Million Bond To Protect Water Quality, Working Farms, Wildlife Habitat [PaEN] -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2022

Gallon A Year Ago In PA, Now It’s More Than $5 -- Reuters: Oil Prices Advance Despite U.S. What’s Your Community Doing? Other States/National/International -- WPost: Oil & Natural Gas Companies Underreported Methane Leaks, New Study Shows -- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Climate Change Is A Military Problem For U.S. James Stavridis (U.S.

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