Legal Planet

AUGUST 6, 2023

However, it’s a disappointment to the initiative’s proponents and to a larger group of environmental advocates who seek to promote California’s quick transition from reliance on heavily-polluting and climate-damaging fossil fuels to renewable energy resources.

Law

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2023

He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in entomology and applied ecology, both from the University of Delaware. He is an adjunct faculty member of Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, and served as the Academy’s Associate Research Dean.

2007

Environment, Law, and History

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Santa Barbara spill is often pointed to as one of the foundational moments of modern American environmentalism and environmental regulation, but Spezio seems to flesh out the picture. Part 1 describes environmental science and policy before 1969. Her argument is broken into three sections. Read more ».

Clean Water Act

Environment, Law, and History

AUGUST 3, 2022

The archival record of its early years reveals the extent to which efforts to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations interacted closely with one of the most hotly debated political issues of the mid-twentieth century: urban air pollution.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. from Villanova University School of Law. in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D.

Climate Change

Breezometer

MARCH 7, 2022

Given this desire and my aims to improve awareness of air pollution, I came to join the ranks of BreezoMeter’s team of environmental superheroes as their Chief Scientist! I believe that environmental research is really important for better regulation which help protect our planet, but when empowered with knowledge, people also do more!

Air Pollution

Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

But, an even bigger challenge remains—regulation of chicken litter dumped into the Bay by the Delmarva Peninsula’s poultry industry. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. Judith Needham. Researchers at the. The lack of progress is discouraging.

2011

Frontiers

JUNE 30, 2022

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Biotechnology

Vermont Law

APRIL 13, 2020

In addition to carbon sequestration, tropical rainforests help to regulate the global temperature by. A labeling program would encourage the economic market to help solve an environmental crisis, instead of increased regulation directly limiting carbon-intensive production methods and land use changes which could severely impact producers.

Deforestation

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

Government

A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

The market heats up: ESG and green finance take off As policy and regulation improved, the green job market heated up and ESG became a hot topic within businesses. ESG covers environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity, as well as companies’ social impact and governance mechanisms. The rise of ESG is changing that.

2015

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

An interpretive rule “advise[s] the public of the agency’s construction of the statutes and rules which it administers…”An interpretive rule is a non-legislative rule that interprets or clarifies a provision previously promulgated through a statutory mandate or an agency regulation. in Environmental Science and a B.A.

Clean Water Act

Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 2, 2024

The challenge with the broader science field which I have identified and witnessed at home is its inability to coordinate with other disciplines and areas of expertise. All the research and innovation in Pakistan functions in silos with minimal effect on policy, politics and regulations.

Climate Change

Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

The turmoil that followed was political but also showed the lack of resources in societies led to their collapse. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are now heavily regulated since it was discovered how much their release was damaging the ozone layer - the gas level protecting the planet from the sun's most harmful rays. Sponsored Content.

Atmosphere

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Even many researching the science or politics of geoengineering are deeply cautious about whether its deployment could ever be justified. They argue for defunding or tightly regulating all solar geoengineering research – drawing analogies with chemical weapons research, for example.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Several new regulations controlling methane emissions have been adopted recently, including two new rules for the US oil and gas sector announced last week. There are even indications that near-term cuts might be easier to achieve for methane than for CO 2 , for a mix of technical, economic, and political reasons.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Gene DiGirolamo -- Politics PA: Nearly $50 Million Spent So Far In PA U.S. European Commission Announce Task Force To Reduce Europe’s Dependence On Russian Fossil Fuels [Diversifying LNG Supplies; Reducing Demand For Natural Gas] -- White House: Joint Statement Between The U.S.,

Natural Gas

Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants. 13] California regulators in 2020 over-estimated the contribution they could reasonably expect from renewables. The situation could have been avoided,” said the CEO of CAISO.

Electricity

Legal Planet

MAY 29, 2024

This post was originally published on the Law & Political Economy Blog as “How Environmental Law Created a World Awash in Toxic Chemicals.” To his credit, EPA Administrator Michael Regan recognizes this and has prioritized the regulation of forever of chemicals across multiple EPA programs since taking over at EPA.

Regulations

Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

But, Michael Mann is a well known climate scientist whose research in studying the “paleoclimate,” or ancient climate, has featured prominently in the politically charged debate about climate change. A live webinar “ With the Maryland BEPS regulations on “HOLD” what is a Building Owner to do? ”

Climate Scientist

ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Delayed Formaldehyde Critique by Science Advisers Set to Begin – Bloomberg. EPA says state agencies’ regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents – Nola.com. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. EPA begins work to set up $27 bln green bank – Reuters.

2022

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

It is a practice and a philosophy, utilizing scientific tools and methods with applied ethics, and, where necessary, regulation and environmental law to limit the use of certain materials. Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. Sponsored Content.

Conservation

ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The significant nexus test determines that the Clean Water Act applies if wetlands have a “significant nexus” to regulated waters. Quick, deadly coral disease the target of new NOAA plan – Florida Politics. Kennedy’s “significant nexus” test and the Justice Antonin Scalia’s “continuous surface connection” test. States and Tribes.

2022

Legal Planet

JUNE 28, 2024

The Supreme Court has already used the MQD, as it is known, to strike down vaccine mandates , restrict President Biden’s power to grant student loan relief , and reign in EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. ” But second, the major questions doctrine is completely manipulable.

Regulations

Legal Planet

JUNE 28, 2024

The Supreme Court has already used the MQD, as it is known, to strike down vaccine mandates , restrict President Biden’s power to grant student loan relief , and reign in EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. ” But second, the major questions doctrine is completely manipulable.

Regulations

Legal Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

Because they just “weren’t registered” or they “weren’t interested in politics,” according to this Ipsos survey. The data from 2023 demonstrates that countries can cut rates of tropical forest loss if they garner the political will to do so, and the countries that have accomplished this can provide lessons for others.

Earth Day

Legal Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

That would allow a Trump administration to exert far more influence over personnel at agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency than if they just placed the 4,000 political appointees that presidents usually get to install across government. Downsizing the EPA is an explicit goal, and it couldn’t come at a worse time.

2024

Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Images of enraged residents shouting at company executives and government officials about the inadequacy of the response remind us all that across our vast industrial economy accidents of one sort or another are always waiting to happen while private firms and the agencies that are supposed to regulate them are too often asleep at the switch.

Regulations

ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In this issue: Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities. ET on March 3, 2023.

2023

Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Trump regulators trigger pollution fight. EPA on climate change: Gotta hear both sides: The EPA is holding a color war to challenge climate science. Wind Industry Tacks as Trump Shifts the Political Climate. EPA head launching initiative to 'critique' climate science. Trump war on science. 2017.06.20. 2017.06.20.

Climate Change