Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2022

More important than their numbers, however, is that several of the affected countries and regions include some of the more politically fragile and/or embattled in the world (e.g., The world’s industrial agricultural systems are heavily dependent on fossil fuels — you can think of most industrial crops as embodied petroleum.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2023

That statute authorizes the state’s oil and gas supervisor–rebranded in recent years as the Department of Conservation’s more benign-sounding Geologic Energy Management Division–to permit drilling of new oil and gas wells and to use fracking technology in the operation of existing wells.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

That means they are a conservative estimate of how much extreme weather costs the United States each year.” Disinformation dulls urgency Climate change denial and skepticism is a key feature of the deep political divide in this nation, fueled by long-running and coordinated campaigns of disinformation , often funded by fossil fuel interests.

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Fossil Fuels 2023 Climate Change 2012 256

Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

A big shift to renewables could leave stranded assets — existing fossil fuel plants that the utility will no longer get paid for using. That doesn’t seem to be politically feasible at the national level, at present. Another possibility would be to provide less favorable tax treatment for fossil fuel plants.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With just weeks to go before COP26 kicks off, all eyes are on the British hosts and the Conservative government and its leader Boris Johnson. This is directly related to the Conservative’s problem with onshore wind which many MP’s and voters are opposed to for the simple fact that wind turbines are seen as an eyesore.

Climate Change 98

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

C temperature target, and one that more than 130 countries have adopted, albeit mostly as squishy political declarations, not yet legally binding or implemented. Fossil enterprises and political leaders in major fossil producers ranged from politely dismissive to openly contemptuous.

Fossil Fuels 162

Fossil Fuels Politics Technology Technology 162

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For College Scholarship Program [PaEN] -- MCall: Can Dogs Be Used To Combat Spotted Lanternfly?

Conservation 109

Conservation Natural Gas Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 109

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

As political parties prepare their election platforms and publish their climate priorities, it can be difficult to determine which parties are releasing strong climate plans that put us on a pathway to zero emissions – and what policies are actually dangerous distractions from real solutions. of annual emissions from fossil fuels.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions Technology 92

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. In order to reduce emissions, we must phase out fossil fuels—oil, coal and gas—and move towards renewable energy and less plastic and petrochemical production since these products, so dangerous as ocean pollutants, are made from oil.

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Ocean Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Greenhouse 96

Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. Despite the Held plaintiffs’ dramatic legal victory, the case is far from over.

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Climate Change Government Fossil Fuels Energy Policy Act 169

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

Shapiro -- Observer-Reporter: Former Washington County Couple Sentenced To Federal Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S.

Natural Gas 92

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Renewable Energy 92

A Greener Life

JUNE 1, 2022

The policy U-turn from the Conservative UK government has come to fruition in light of the cost-of-living crisis, in which energy prices have risen dramatically. There might be some hidden victories for climate advocates, as the fossil fuel giant Shell has said that the windfall tax could cancel some North Sea oil and gas projects.

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Government Fossil Fuels Conservation Politics 98

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Allegheny County -- WTAE: 4.0 Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Allegheny County -- WTAE: 4.0

Natural Gas 92

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Conservation Politics 92

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

8 [PaEN] -- Lancaster County Community Foundation Awards $64,837 In Community Conservation Grants -- Williamsport Sun: Experts In Parks, Green Infrastructure Hired In Williamsport -- National Assn. Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts [PaEN] -- Senate Environmental Committee Meets Dec.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Electricity Climate Change 98

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp. Haddock -- EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4 Residents Concerned About Proposed Solar Energy Facility -- LehighValleyNews: With $4.6 Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb.

Natural Gas 105

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Recycling 2024 105

Edouard Stenger

APRIL 25, 2023

He has been for a long time a target of attacks from conservatives and climate deniers. Very active on Twitter and providing very astute commentary on everything related to politics, climate science and many other topics, I wanted to read his book to see what I could learn from it. This is not useful at all for our energy transition.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Scientist Politics Conservation 59

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

Natural Gas 87

Natural Gas Earth Day Politics Fossil Fuels 87

Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, raising livestock, making cement, and using synthetic fertilizers are among the actions that have increased the amount of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere to the point that the planet’s basic functions are coming undone. The same factors apply to adaptation, especially to water.

Climate Change 362

Climate Change Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels 2010 362

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

Denies Rezoning For Former Red Lion Country Club For Housing Development -- KDKA: Mosquitoes Carrying West Nile Virus Detected In 3 More Pittsburgh Neighborhoods -- DCNR Accepting Applications For Wild Resource Conservation Grants Thru Sept. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.

Conservation 87

Conservation Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2023 87

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

Steel Appeals Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Title V Air Quality Permit Issued By Allegheny County -- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN] -- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities -- Registration (..)

Natural Gas 110

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Recycling Waste 110

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The cholera outbreak in Syria may have been intensified by social and political circumstances. The report is from the conservation group World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London, and it takes the pulse of nearly 32,000 species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. One complicating factor is water.

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2022 Fossil Fuels 2007 Renewable Energy 130

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Unless fossil fuel use declines steeply and swiftly, it will be necessary to pursue options such as removing carbon from the air or growing crops as a fuel stock. But carbon removal and fuel crops have significant tradeoffs for water supply and water quality. There are other hurdles as well.

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2021 Climate Change Paris Agreement Biofuels 306

Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

As John Dernbach wrote in a recent blog for ACOEL, on July 21, 2021 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that this amendment required all state revenues from oil and gas leases to go to conserve and maintain public natural resources for the benefit of future generations. The court found that this would violate the political question doctrine.

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Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Climate Change 2013 116

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas Was Lost So Far] [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Continues Effort To Kill Leaking Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Well [Leak Started Nov. 6] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec. Here’s What Was Decided At Global Talks -- Financial Times: U.N.

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Politics Climate Change 64

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2023

Natural Gas Drops 7% To 3-Week Low On Milder Weather Forecasts PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Scranton Times Editorial: PA Lawmakers Prove Bigger Isn’t Better -- PA Gaming Control Board Reports February Gaming Revenue Up 22% Over Feb. Of Last Year -- MCall: 3 Years Of COVID In PA: 50,500 Deaths, 3.5 Million Infections, 9.4

Natural Gas 106

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Cooling 2023 106

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Our website host has been made aware of these issues and is working to resolve them." 17 [PaEN] -- NRCS-PA: Pennsylvania State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Jan. 19 & Feb. 19 & Feb.

Natural Gas 85

Natural Gas 2028 Fossil Fuels 2023 85

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

And it has supported new fossil fuel pipelines such as the Mountain Valley gas pipeline in West Virginia. Climate backlash In the UK, despite the weather, there are not only contradictory actions, but also a political backlash against climate action. It has granted new leases in both Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Climate Change Politics Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 279

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

The demand statement focuses on upholding Indigenous rights and respecting Indigenous knowledge, bold and ambitious climate action (including phasing out fossil fuels and guaranteeing a just transition to a sustainable clean energy economy), protecting and restoring nature and establishing environmental rights in Canada.

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Government Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 2021 52

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Yaw: SB 465 Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program A Win-Win For PA’s Farmers And Local Water Quality [If passed and funded] -- ReadingE: Blue Marsh Lake Algae Blooms Unlikely To Be Sole Cause Of Philadelphia-Area Water Complaints -- Register Today For Aug. 23 - Learn About How To Protect Your Land With A Conservation Easement Webinar.

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Fossil Fuels Conservation Waste Natural Gas 64

Acoel

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Instead, COP27 offered a suite of technical “solutions” —from fixing cow burps, to using drones for “precision agriculture,” to increasing access to fossil fuel-based fertilizers—that did more to perpetuate environmentally disastrous industrial food systems than transform them. These systems need political and financial backing.

Climate Change 105

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Deforestation 2030 105

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust: June 11 - French Creek Iron Tour - Cycling For Open Space. Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens [PaEN] -- Dept. Stroud Preserve, West Chester.

Natural Gas 105

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day Waste 105

Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2023

NYCI, to be implemented by the Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), is currently in its early design stages. NYCI’s immediate linkage with WCI could also be seen as politically desirable. Linkage could exempt NYCI from higher prices and political pushback.

2030 52

2030 Fossil Fuels Politics Greenhouse 52

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

has spent his career investigating climate change, communicating about its reality, and highlighting the politics that seek to undermine action against it. 3 [PaEN] -- Sand County Foundation Announces PA Finalists For Leopold Conservation Award [PaEN] [Posted: September 27, 2022] PA Environment Digest Mann, Ph.D.,

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Climate Scientist Climate Change Fossil Fuels Atmosphere 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.

Natural Gas 96

Natural Gas Climate Change Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 96

Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. It is within this context that Ocean Conservancy releases Zero-Carbon for Shipping: Sailing Carbon-free along North America’s West Coast. Bustling maritime ports are at the heart of domestic and international shipping, but they also are often fossil-fueled pollution hotspots.

Carbon Dioxide 54

Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Ocean Renewable Energy 54

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort -- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements -- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke -- PA Resources (..)

Toxic Substances Control Act 99

Toxic Substances Control Act Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Climate Change 99

A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. This has given a much-needed boost to the drive to wean the world off fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy. billion tonnes a year.

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Deforestation Climate Change Greenhouse Fossil Fuels 98