Sat.Nov 19, 2022 - Fri.Nov 25, 2022

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Guest Essay: PA Politicians Capitalizing On Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine To Benefit Natural Gas Industry

PA Environment Daily

Previous efforts circa 2015 to create an "energy hub" at the Port of Philadelphia ("PhillyPort") were put on hold after intense advocacy and pushback by local and regional organizations, including Green Justice Philly. The law deliberately excludes the public from the Task Force's membership.

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Guest Commentary: Indonesian Human Rights Commission’s first human rights complaint on the impacts of climate change

Law Columbia

From 2000 to 2015, Indonesia lost an average of 498,000 hectares of forest annually, making it the world’s second-largest driver of deforestation after Brazil. Indonesia is now the seventh largest cumulative emitter in the world, having emitted 41.59 Gigatonnes of CO 2 equivalent emissions from 1990 to 2018.

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Attorney General’s Guidance On “Best Practices” For CEQA Analysis Of And Mitigation For Wildfire-Related Impacts Is Long On Litigation And Policy Advocacy, Short On Neutral Legal Analysis

CEQA Developments

Bay Area Air Quality Management District (2015) 62 Cal.4th It asserts “Section IX(g) of the [CEQA Guidelines, Appendix G] checklist broadly directs lead agencies to consider whether a project will “expose people or structures, either directly or indirectly, to a significant risk of loss, injury or death involving wildland fires”” (At p.

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EDF Blog: What A Catastrophic Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Means For Our Climate And Health

PA Environment Daily

since the Aliso Canyon disaster in 2015. The gas lost from this one leak could have met the annual natural gas usage needs of 15,000 homes and is worth $6.5 The gas leak is one of the largest we’ve seen in the U.S.

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Sustainability at Retail

So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop!

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Low Embodied Carbon Concrete is Here

Greenbuilding Law

Since 2015, The GSA standard has been “Concrete ready mix and site mix must have a minimum amount of fly ash equal to or greater than 15%, or ground granulated blast-furnace slag equal to or greater than 25%.” It is actually reported in early piloting, that often times the results are equal to or better than straight cement mixtures.