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Ontario Auditor General’s Environment Audits Reveal a Government That’s Abandoned Its Obligation to Protect the Environment

Enviromental Defense

If the government of Ontario hoped that abolishing the Environment Commissioner, and transferring the position’s responsibilities to the Auditor General would free it from accountability on climate change, wilderness conservation, pollution and species at risk protection, it must surely be disappointed. . ENDANGERED SPECIES.

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House Committees Hold Hearings On Hydrogen Hubs, Appliance Energy Efficiency; Consider Bills Increasing Recycling Fee, Study Solar Energy On Farms

PA Environment Daily

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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Why Soil Health Is So Important to the Agriculture Resilience Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

to integrate food and farm policy in a way that addresses climate change and helps farmers reduce their carbon emissions. Agriculture needs to be a part of the climate solution, given that it is responsible for about 11 percent of heat-trapping carbon emissions in the United States.

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A Year After the Shell Ruling: Big Victories and Next Steps for Climate Litigation

Union of Concerned Scientists

Today marks one year since the precedent-setting court ruling in the Netherlands, which ordered Shell to cut its activities’ carbon emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels to align with the Paris climate agreement. The industry’s actions, the CHR report said, were driven “not by ignorance, but greed.”

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Solar device generates electricity and desalinates water with no waste brine

Physics World

However, current desalination systems can be expensive and energy hungry, producing significant carbon emissions. The high desalination performance of this design is attributed to the recycling of the latent heat of vapour condensation,” Wang told Physics World , adding that previous devices have not recycled latent heat.

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New Allegheny County Sustainability Report Provides Overview Of Efforts Since 2009

PA Environment Daily

tons of food waste -- Recycled 86.6 tons of plastic bottles, aluminum cans and mixed paper o Implemented a green cleaning program for janitorial services -- Recycled 78.62 These relationships, along with our county Green Team, have allowed us to expand our efforts as we integrate environmental best practices into county government.

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Six Easy Ways to Get Involved in Climate Action

Enviromental Defense

It’s valuable for elected officials to hear about the issues their constituents care about, and it’s also useful for Environmental Defence staff to be able to point to public support for an issue when we advocate directly to governments. It requires government action and change at the policy level. We get our power from you!