Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions now, as Dr. Sarah Cooley , Ocean Conservancy’s director of climate science, emphasized when addressing a COP27 session. degrees Celsius. While not new, this remains a critically important commitment.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

22 -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? 4; Festival Of Wood Sept. 23-24; Much More! 4; Festival Of Wood Sept. 23-24; Much More! -- TribLive: Kiski Twp.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Unless people adapt to rapid environmental change and greenhouse gas emissions are slowed, the risks to biodiversity, water security, food production, infrastructure stability, and health are much higher toward the end of the century. Warming temperatures are causing rapid shifts between wet and dry, flood and drought.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

by Jamie Robertson, Conservation Geographer This April, I stood atop a stump cresting a 1,400-foot high ridge in southwest Washington, the view open on all sides, stripped from a recent clearcut. I was there to measure newly planted Douglas Fir and Hemlock saplings with my coworker, Michael Case, Forest Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

-- DEP Notice Of Additional Public Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Companies And Projects Finally Revealed : ‘The Cloak Has Been Removed’ [ ARCH2 Presentation ] [ ARCH2 website ] -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: RGGI Is About Climate Change, But Also About Environmental (..)

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It’s also an essential consideration as countries plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement. As Henk Ovink, the Netherlands’ special envoy for international water, put it, “The moment you want to bring water to a political table, there is no political table.”. There are other hurdles as well.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The plaintiffs had asked the court to issue a “remedial plan” that would require Montana to take many steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel production in the state.

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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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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

These strategies aim to conserve, restore, and improve land management in order to increase carbon storage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate legislation in Olympia has been sensitive to economic and political changes in the past. House Bill 2311 to update greenhouse gas limits also passed in 2020.

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Legal Planet

JULY 13, 2021

As a scholar of governance, I see that these new ESIs tend to share some social, political, and ethical challenges: The goal of environmental governance : Are they to restore pre-industrial conditions as much as possible, to help humanity sustainably thrive, to compensate for past wrongs, or something else?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As a cabinet official, he oversaw efforts to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impact, led the Commonwealth’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, developed strategies to adapt to increased flooding, and focused on environmental justice issues in disadvantaged communities and diversity within the Department.

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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.

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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

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

That organization represents young people around the nation whose future–and present–is severely compromised by the country’s continued dependence on a carbon-based economy whose greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically changing our environment. The first legal challenge mounted by Our Children’s Trust was Juliana v.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

Changing the way we produce and consume food could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 10.3 The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. billion tonnes a year. Photo credit: FAO / Victor Sokolowicz. By Patty Fong. billion tonnes a year.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

Environment Defence has several experts available to talk about the key environmental issues that differentiate Ontario’s political parties including: Ontario’s record on climate change, and what the province should do to address greenhouse gas emissions. Their responses can be found here: [link] election/.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2023

1 [PaEN] -- MCall: Appeal Clock Starts On Bethlehem Landfill Expansion Plan -- Allegheny County Conservation District May 20 Free Soil Lead Screening, Education Event In Braddock , 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. -- DCNR's New Woods And Meadows News Offers Tips, Examples On Lawn Conversions To Native Meadows, Woods [PaEN] -- DCNR Let It Grow!

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Lawmakers have accordingly sought ways to conserve water, particularly in urban areas. Ecological Conservation.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2023

The cap-and-trade program will require emitters of greenhouse gases to purchase credits at auctions, which will generate revenue that will be invested in clean energy and disadvantaged communities. NYCI’s immediate linkage with WCI could also be seen as politically desirable. Unfortunately, no reforms of the cap have been made.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2022

Fortunately, due to the pioneering efforts of many farmers and ranchers, we know that we can in fact eliminate net agricultural emissions in the US by both significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon sequestration in plants and soils. This book includes numerous recommendations for how to do so. emissions.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2022

Accelerated action through deep cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is needed to avoid the mounting loss of life, biodiversity and infrastructure. Adequate funding, technology transfer, political commitment and partnership would lead to more effective climate change adaptation and emissions reductions. A path for adaptation.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Climate backlash In the UK, despite the weather, there are not only contradictory actions, but also a political backlash against climate action. However it became a political football at the Uxbridge by-election, triggered by ex-PM Boris Johnson’s resignation. PM Rishi Sunak has declared he is ‘ on the side of motorists’.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a key driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss , threatening more than 85 percent of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. These systems need political and financial backing. Posted on December 23, 2022 by Smita Narula.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 14, 2022

Rally sends strong message to all political parties: Ontarians expect climate and environmental leadership from the next government. As Ontarians take to the polls, residents are calling for a government that takes environmental protection and climate change seriously.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2022

They will push dignified housing even further out of reach for more Ontarians, and consign most Ontarians to wasteful suburbs where greenhouse gas emissions are sky high because we can’t easily commute, shop, or run errands without relying on a car.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

If you’re an anti-regulatory conservative, you’d probably flip these designations. The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant. EPA , the Obama Administration issued a series of regulations dealing with greenhouse gases. The environmental side won most of these cases.

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Acoel

AUGUST 27, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The plaintiffs had asked the court to issue a “remedial plan” that would require Montana to take many steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel production in the state.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Underpinning these processes is the sense of urgency from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) most recent report , which made it clear that time has run out for incremental approaches to zeroing out greenhouse gas emissions. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update.

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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. But not all hydrogen is created equal.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This year’s list includes a diverse array of topics, from concerns over our energy and transportation infrastructure; housing and land conservation; international and local climate change; food security and contamination; and water quality of our world’s oceans. 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List: #1: Gold-Plating vs. . #2:

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 16, 2022

The case for building a highway is thin at best and we must better understand the impacts of the project on natural heritage, migratory birds, fisheries, greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, and First Nations cultural heritage. asks Dr. Anne Bell, director of conservation and education at Ontario Nature.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In political terms, this seems like a lost opportunity to showcase the government’s achievements; it’s also a disservice to those in the policy community who are tracking implementation. The Inflation Reduction Act is Biden’s signature climate program. This seems like an unforced error to me.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This blog post is adapted from testimony delivered at the New York City Department of Buildings hearing on proposed rule §103-14 , Procedures for Reporting on and Complying with Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Certain Buildings in connection with the City’s building performance standard, Local Law 97.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be the highest priority, but that won’t be enough to prevent severe impacts, some of which are already occurring. The Conservation Law Foundation is pushing these requirements in lawsuits in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Here are twelve ways the law can help society cope with these impacts.

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

Yet because of the politics of climate change, the rule will almost certainly be subject to a similar challenge. The Social Cost of Carbon has served as a punching bag for conservatives. For more on West Virginia v. EPA , see our previous post here. EPA’s new proposed rule is different.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Additionally, agriculture contributes 9 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions excluding the transportation, electricity, and industrial emissions associated with agriculture. retains total conservation title funding and existing conservation programs. proposed House and Senate bills. The recently passed 2018.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

It’s a question of balancing resources dedicated towards economic development and conservation, and rewarding those who can do both simultaneously. billion dollars to increase conservation program offerings for farm and forest managers. These approaches help conserve soil water and reduce the need for supplemental irrigation.

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