Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Environmental Defence, Équiterre, Ecology Action Centre and the David Suzuki Foundation are responding with a joint statement welcoming the regulations as a strong step towards reducing emissions and the cost of living for Canadians. . Said Nate Wallace, Clean Transportation Program Manager, Environmental Defence. “

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, introduced Senate Bill 1058 to abrogate the final regulation reducing carbon pollution from power plants [RGGI]. What we have not done is address climate change. Climate Change is. “So In a press release, Sen.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Climate change could hike the cost of maintaining Ontario ’s transportation infrastructure by over $1.5 Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. The company is seeking powers of eminent domain from state regulators. Climate Change Could Cost Ontario Over $1 Billion Every Year.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The coalition members include Canada Natural Resources Ltd, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy and Suncor. This type of greenwashing is the industry’s attempt to maintain credibility in the eyes of the public and keep their seat at the climate decision making table.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The pertinent regulations are in Statewide Order No. The State regulations that will govern Class VI wells once primacy is achieved are in Statewide Order No.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

So add this to the growing list of decisions allowing local regulation of fossil fuel facilities. The post Local Regulation of Fossil Fuel Pipelines (or The Little City That Could) first appeared on Law and the Environment. What is not in doubt is the city council’s long-held power to protect the health and welfare of the residents.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. The conventional regulations were challenged in Commonwealth Court by conventional oil and gas operators. Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This summer, people across Canada experienced the impacts of climate change in a way that was impossible to ignore. Extreme events — record-breaking wildfires, droughts, high-temperature days, deadly floods and skies obscured by smoke — forced climate change, caused by burning coal, oil and gas , into the spotlight.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

We also provide background information on the companies and industry groups that are lobbying the most and aim to give context to how their lobbying is influencing and obstructing government action to address climate change. But, there are millions of people in Canada who want to tackle climate change.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 9, 2023

And lastly, the White House issues new climate accounting guidelines for environmental impact statements. The EPA updated its anticipated timetable for drafting and finalizing new rules and regulations, indicating that draft rules for two PFAS chemicals in drinking water will be delayed until March 2023. On the Radar.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

This blog takes a closer look at how the proposed amendments could affect ESA management decisions for species that are imperiled by climate change. In this context, new tools and approaches are needed to improve protections for species that face an existential threat due to climate change.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Regulators reference it when setting timelines for big corrective projects like reducing combined sewer overflows. Because the TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider, potential climate change effects on TVA’s infrastructure and operations could have significant economic and social consequences,” the report states.

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Acoel

JULY 25, 2022

To borrow a page from his playbook, let’s consider a bold, “all-in” strategy to combat climate change – one that includes aggressive and timely actions by the states to abate greenhouse gas emissions. EPA is a significant setback for the Biden Administration and its efforts to address climate change.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At the UN climate conference last week, Colombian officials said they would declare 30 percent of the country as protected land by next year. Climate change is threatening freshwater systems in Colombia, where cloud forests provide 70 percent of the country’s drinking water. Google claims the water-use data is a trade secret.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

Keeping in mind the science-confirmed connection between impacts and emissions, it is notable to contrast Commissioner Bettencourt’s call to take advantage of a government program with the opinion of a different Sununu appointee who believes government should play no role in mitigating climate risks.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2023

The lobby bot data from February 2023 is in – and it was a busy month for fossil fuel lobbyists determined to weaken climate change policy. That’s four to five times per working day that government officials took meetings from an industry trying to delay climate action and get more subsidies, all in the name of making more money.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Climate change in California isn’t a future threat; we are already dealing with extreme drought and destructive wildfires. This proposal would support both zero- emission vehicle incentive programs and charging infrastructure investments while complementing existing regulations on clean vehicles. What does Proposition 30 do?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Gavin Newsom said that fossil fuel climate accountability litigation could be a gamechanger and he’s eager to work with other governors to pursue this strategy. The lawsuit relies on attribution science , which marshals evidence linking such impacts as wildfires, coastal erosion, drought, and heat waves to climate change.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For a state that prides itself on innovative leadership when it comes to so many other areas of environmental and natural resource policy, California’s water rights law is sorely in need of modernization. Compared to most other states, California has a fragmented and inefficient water rights system.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 31, 2021

The governor has the power to appoint the directors of many state environmental agencies, including the California Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, and Caltrans. Climate Change Scoping Plan. State Adaptation Strategy.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2024

Introducing the new climate villains: Rich Kruger, CEO of Suncor Greg Ebel, CEO of Enbridge Murray Edwards, Chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. When he was at the helm, CNRL successfully weakened Alberta’s methane regulations. Murray Edwards is a powerful oil-i-garch in the Alberta oil world.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Since the initiation of climate change litigation several years ago, various state governments and interest groups have filed lawsuits against fossil fuel companies and governing authorities. Below we take a closer look at each category of lawsuits and provide an update on where they stand today. People by James v. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

This is a place where our lax chemical regulations, combined with the fact that we lack good polluter pay laws to hold industry accountable, coupled with the fact that we don’t have enough oversight and testing of agriculture products, is coming to a focal point.”. Christy McGillivray, Michigan Sierra Club. Find all the work here.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Pathways Alliance represents the six companies that together produce 95 per cent of tar sands oil in Canada (Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, Cenovus Energy, ConocoPhillips Canada, Imperial, MEG Energy and Suncor Energy). Even current levels of fossil fuel production are incompatible with avoiding catastrophic climate disasters.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Although the Governor proposed slashing $6 billion from the climate package, in the end, the cuts totaled less than half that. And 2023 was a high-water mark in terms of bill introductions, with lawmakers considering upwards of 2,600 bills; scores of them covered climate change, energy, and environment-related topics.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This piece previously appeared in the EDF’s Climate 411 Blog. Disasters that are fueled by climate change, like fires, floods, and hurricanes, increasingly pose risks to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulates the derivatives market and is now considering updates to its risk management regulations.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 25, 2024

The Court found that by removing the drilling of new wells and wastewater injection techniques from the menu of permitted oil and gas production activities in Monterey County, Measure Z regulated the “methods and practices” of production, in conflict with state law. ” (Emphasis added). ” (Emphasis added).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2023

Here is the text of his remarks-- All Climate Change Is Local Thank you for being here. That is why I wanted a presentation on climate change and its specific relevance to us. So, here is My VISION: I believe Climate Change is the defining issue of our time. They all look to us to keep them safe.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

That’s an incredible amount of access granted to companies that have been fighting against effective climate regulations, advocating to be allowed to continue extracting oil & gas indefinitely, and for more subsidies to help them do it. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), took 27 meetings.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 13, 2023

Based on what our Lobby Bot found in March 2023, it’s clear that the fossil fuel industry escalated its efforts to intervene in important government decisions about climate change policy. That’s over 25 meetings a week in which government officials sat down with an industry trying to delay climate action and get more subsidies.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2023

Irving held meetings with officials from several different ministries, including Infrastructure Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and the industry’s most targeted ministry, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Governor made clear any energy policy supported by his Administration must meet his three-part test of protecting and creating energy jobs; taking real action to address climate change; and ensuring reliable, affordable power for consumers in the long term.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 19, 2022

After an arduous regulatory skirmish , New York state regulators have approved two massive transmission lines to carry solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy into the city. We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On December 1, Kurt Klapkowski, Acting Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management, said he has ordered a “top to bottom review” of how DEP regulates underground natural gas storage areas as a result of the leak of 1 billion cubic feet of gas from the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area in Cambria County November 6 to 20.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2022

On a related note, Science News reported on key foods—from millet to mussels—we may need to eat more of , because scientists believe they will be more resilient to climate change.). Avian flu continues to wreak havoc on poultry production around the world. And again, they’re all related.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Law Columbia

MAY 15, 2024

Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment jointly published a new report: Recommendations to Update the FTC and DOJ’s Guidelines for Collaboration Among Competitors. Sustainable development must incorporate socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable, economic development.

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