Circle of Blue

MAY 7, 2025

The basins politics today are perhaps even more fraught. A wet winter in 2023 temporarily pulled the basin out of its tailspin, while up to $4 billion in federal funding for water conservation eased the path to using less.

2026

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Activities include a full day of panels, presentations and speeches from policy experts, municipal leaders, transit stakeholders, transit rider advocates, and representatives from federal political parties, with lunch included. The event will be fully bilingual with simultaneous translation provided. to reserve your spot!

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN] -- Utility Dive Guest Essay: We At PJM Need Realistic Solutions, Not Politics To Take On Energy Challenges - By Aftab Khan, PJM Executive Vice President Of Operations, Planning and Security [PaEN] -- Bitfarms Announces Partnership To Develop A.I.

Politics

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The program has been so successful in replacing high carbon petroleum-based fuels with lower emissions vehicle fuels that interest groups from all sides of the political spectrum have come forward to demand radical changes that they argue will fix problems.

Air Pollution

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

And while it documents impact, translating findings into political action remains a challenge. The monitor currently tracks only a fraction of the basin’s 300+ dams. Its high-tech approach can be hard to access for the farmers and fishers who need it most.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Why would a UN-commissioned study be important? As long as countries possess nuclear weapons, nuclear war is a possibility. Nuclear war does not respect national boundaries, and countries not party to the conflict may be affected, potentially catastrophically.

Radiation

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The political dynamics of decarbonization that Ive sketched out are very specific to time, space, and economic sector. Different political, technological, and economic challenges await decarbonizing other sectors, such as transportation, industry, or housing. Again, the specifics will depend on the technology, politics, and economics.

Politics

Legal Planet

APRIL 1, 2025

They have neither employers to provide benefits nor political parties to represent their interests. Indeed, 93% of the Indian labor force are so-called informal workers, comprising everything from small farmers and vegetable sellers to piece-work stitching and waste recyclers.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While lawmakers of all political stripes have for years said they support mid-rise housing, zoning enacted under the Planning Act still prohibits buildings of five storeys or higher on almost all of Ontario’s existing residential lots. million new homes the province will need by 2031.

Government

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 1, 2025

The committee was established to develop an international legally … Continue reading Plastics threaten ecosystems and human health, but evidence-based solutions are under political fire

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions. Scientists must remain engaged, ensuring the reports reflect the best available evidence, not just what is politically convenient. With AR7 now in motion, the real work begins.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions. Scientists must remain engaged, ensuring the reports reflect the best available evidence, not just what is politically convenient. With AR7 now in motion, the real work begins.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

JULY 25, 2025

Water is being used as a strategic and political tool. Water is being used as a strategic and political tool,” said Salzberg, who spent nearly two decades analyzing water security issues as the special director for water resources at the State Department. “We Aaron Salzberg, former U.S.

Sea Level

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For many, the future we look to depends on the person in power, and because of the constantly shifting whims of politics, that future is continuously changing. These Amendments can provide a more stable environmental future for citizens because the environment is no longer subjected to the will of shifting politics.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2025

Such claims were considered political and not part of the courts role in administering justice (rttskipning). The omission could also be a reflection of the politically sensitive nature of climate change litigation based on the ECHR. In his view, such questions are inherently political and must be left to political organs.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2025

A local government in South Carolina may adopt a local amendment justified by “local physical or climatological conditions,” provided it meets procedural requirements and defines the boundary of those conditions with reference to major highways, waterbodies, or ridgeline; not political boundaries.

Cooling

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Also like a sine graph, Union of Concerned Scientists will keep moving forward no matter what (and backward technically, but I am political science major and way out of my depth here, so let’s pretend they only move forward, give me kudos for an awesome simile, and get to the recap!). Much like a sine graph , this year had highs and lows.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

JULY 24, 2025

I hope that the excitement about new lanes for climate change litigation will not harmfully detract from limited resources, political will and public attention needed to effect large-scale, systemic change. So much of the work of preventing, mitigating and adapting to climate change requires a fundamental shift in how humans live on Earth.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 30, 2025

Many of the towns and villages that would fall under this regulation are so small they dont have many civil service, legal and planning experts beyond the mayors political appointees to advise them on development applications. In some cases, they may have no in-house lawyers or professional land-use planning experts at all.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 14, 2025

This wave of litigation shows that courts are becoming a critical arena for climate action, especially as political systems struggle to keep up with the urgency of the crisis. They highlight the very real human and financial costs of climate inaction and aim to drive systemic change.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The legal, political, social, and environmental conditions in an area shape water measurement and reporting practices and whether those practices produce adequate information about water diversion and use to support a water market. ” Here are four key takeaways: 1. Institutional context affects water measurement and reporting.

Government

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

Local politics, public backlash, and shifting leadership priorities in host countries could derail long-planned, largescale, and expensive projects even after they were begun. But the Myitsone crisis shattered this illusion. For China, Myitsone was not just a business setback—it was a diplomatic embarrassment.

2011

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

He was invited to speak at a high-level meeting convened by the COP Presidency—an unparalleled opportunity to personally cultivate political leaders from around the world and attempt to define the terms of the energy transition in ways that perpetuate reliance on fossil fuel products and grow corporate profits.

Fossil Fuels

Scientific American

AUGUST 8, 2025

Representative Eric Sorensen of Illinois shares how his meteorology roots drive his fight to protect climate science and push back against political interference.

Politics

Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

The dramatic increase in extreme weather events has been wreaking havoc on states across the country, from devastating fires, floods, and droughts to rising sea levels.

Fossil Fuels

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. and who is unable or unwilling to return to. Cruz Galicia v. As described above, the current immigration framework, specifically Section 208 of the INA, 8 U.S.C.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JULY 2, 2025

And corn ethanol is politically untouchable. Cellulosic biofuels would be environmentally appealing, but no one has figured out an affordable technology for making them. In short, biofuels seem like a failed experiment. Quite possibly, EPA thinks so too. Yet statute is clearly designed to encourage biofuels.

Biofuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2025

Summit Made Bold Predictions, Announced Billions In Investments - What Happens Next? -- Post-Gazette Editorial: What Does Pittsburgh’s A.I.

Politics

ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Structural setbacks: political tensions and gaps in accountability Geopolitical divides disrupt key decisions COP16 underscored the persistent divide between wealthier nations and the Global South. As we look toward 2030, COP16’s outcomes provide a foundation, but the true test lies in action.

2030

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In 2013 he organized a fundraising dinner at Calgary’s Petroleum Club to help raise political donations to former BC Premier Christy Clark’s re-election campaign. But Edward’s is not just an owner, he’s a giver.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Send articles, comments to: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com. Posted: November 17, 2024] PA Environment Digest

Politics

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

It synthesizes nearly two years of political commitments and technical exchanges around forest and carbon finance into what we hope is a practical guide for jurisdictions and partners to continue exploring mechanisms to drive finance into shovel-ready action in the tropics quickly and at scale.

Deforestation

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

However, political shifts and implementation challenges have slowed that momentum. Longstanding investments in existing supply chains can become obsolete as political winds shift. Rivalries between major powers have disrupted long-established supply chains, introducing unpredictability.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Courts are emerging as critical players in climate action, especially as a lack of political will and obstruction by fossil fuel interests continue to impede bold outcomes and accountability in international processes like the COP negotiations. in the absence of federal leadership.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While some politically and economically popular clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act may prove durable and action from forward-looking states and businesses will be significant, there’s no doubt that a lack of robust federal leadership will leave US climate action hobbled for a time.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The climate impact of a second Trump presidency has given climate activists, advocates, scientists, and a host of organisations anxiety and concerns over the past months. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, those firms were confirmed as Kamala Harris no longer had a path to be given the keys to The White House.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

Delay can also mean that changes in economic or political circumstances make projects no longer feasible. Imperfect in the sense that agencies may be willing to accept the risk of litigation or delay without doing outreach or consultation to try and avoid conflict, depending on the nature of the project and the political context.

Politics