Legal Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In this blog post, we summarize our research on how some local governments in California are regulating development in high fire areas. In this blog post, we summarize our research on how some local governments in California are regulating development in high fire areas. What is happening on the ground.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

This includes loopholes related to biomethane, whereby heavily polluting fossil fuel-fired hydrogen production facilities—the very facilities the tax credit is trying to incentivize a shift away from—can cloak themselves as “clean” and reap full tax credit rewards, without having done anything but pushed around paper.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 6, 2021

Fires, droughts, floods, power outages. New homes rise from the post-fire rubble in Talent, Oregon. The Alameda Fire destroyed thousands of homes in Talent and nearby Phoenix in early September 2020. Would you ask that question again?” I’m getting a request about a fire that’s going on and I missed it.”.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2023

Nevertheless, his life is a useful lens through which to reflect on the hopes and the fears of the new nuclear age as well as the question— left unresolved—of whether human civilization will survive the destructive forces we have set into motion. The film, inspired by the Pulitzer-prize winning biography of J.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Sonoma County District Attorney has been pursuing criminal charges against the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) for its role in sparking the 2019 Kincade fire, which reportedly destroyed 374 structures and led to over $600 million in damages. This would not be the first deal PG&E would have struck related to the fire.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 12, 2021

The company is blaming cancellation on what it calls “lower U.S. Would you ask that question again?” he said, “I’m getting a request about a fire that’s going on and I missed it.”. Calamitous fires in California or other western states can erupt at any moment when the vegetation is so dry. It’s not just one fire.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Last year, I made three predictions for what would happen in climate litigation in 2023. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) continued to lead with a new study providing regional source attribution for US forest fires, which showcased the pivotal role of scientific advancements in climate litigation.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Pennsylvania’s waste and recycling industry is teaming up with the Office of the State Fire Commissioner to raise awareness about a growing epidemic of fires caused by the improper disposal of rechargeable batteries in recycling containers and trash bags.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

What is novel about SGMA is that it does not challenge actual water rights but puts restrictions on how much water rights-holders can pump depending on the level of overdraft. This need is particularly evident in the Cuyama Valley of northeastern Santa Barbara County in California, where my family’s small vineyard and olive grove is located.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

AUGUST 18, 2021

PHD economists need to work on the question of how people react to ambiguous risk. PHD economists need to work on the question of how people react to ambiguous risk. What it does mean is that the empirical climate damage function (the Key to Bill Nordhaus's Nobel Prize work) flattens over time due to adaptation efforts.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2024

Million To Clean It Up -- Financial Times: Shell Sold Millions Of ‘Phantom’ Carbon Credits -- Financial Times: The $9 Trillion Question: How To Pay For The Green Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Gov.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

To the east, burning across four counties, is the uncontained Dixie Fire , now the state’s second largest on record after having scorched more than 501,000 acres. Just south of the fire is Lake Oroville, a key reservoir for the state water supply that is now lower than at any time in its six-decade history.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 24, 2022

An emergency cease fire was called so that engineers could stabilize the structure’s control systems and release water, averting a catastrophe. But they also questioned the accuracy of the findings. But they also questioned the accuracy of the findings. And that’s “What’s Up With Water,” from Circle of Blue, where water speaks.

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Energy & the Law

APRIL 18, 2023

The question in Exxon Mobil v. The question in Exxon Mobil v. National Union Fire Insurance Company was whether an insurance policy incorporated payout limits in an underlying service agreement. The first question was easily resolved: National had recognized Exxon as an additional insured under its primary policy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The task force will seek to address questions, such as: How can states reliably update voter files that track voter participation while elections results come in? The task force will seek to address questions, such as: How can states reliably update voter files that track voter participation while elections results come in?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

What happens when promise of electricity reliability fails in bad weather? Utility companies, as well as state and federal government regulatory agencies, made a series of questionable decisions that together created the situation we find ourselves in today. That can prove disastrous. It’s a vicious feedback loop.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To add context, I put some questions to Jason Gray, Project Director of the Governor’s Climate and Forest Task Force, a coalition of 43 states and provinces from 11 countries working to prevent deforestation. Q: What do you make of the reduction in deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon and what else should we know?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 26, 2022

Depending on the nature and extent of the damage, the plant could experience one or more core meltdowns or spent nuclear fuel pool fires, which could trigger a radiological release rivaling that of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident or even the larger release from the 1986 Chernobyl accident.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 18, 2022

In 2018, CLEE partnered with the California Department of Insurance on a report about the problem, TRIAL BY FIRE Managing Climate Risks Facing Insurers in the Golden State. The impact of the survey depends on what people do with the information, including insurance regulators, investors, and the public. Survey results are public.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Renewables are continuing to increase their share of the power sector, rising to almost 23 percent of the nation’s electricity supply last year, which was higher than the generation from both coal-fired and nuclear plants. But what does extreme weather actually do to cause gas plants to run into trouble? electricity generation.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Given the woeful global shortfall in ambition, let’s turn to the question of whether China is doing enough. In September 2021, Xi Jinping announced that China “will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad.”. These are the first part of what China is calling its “1+N” program on climate change. Is it Enough?

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Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

I will leave to others a discussion of “major question doctrine” and other aspects of the West Virginia case. CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants.

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Breezometer

JULY 27, 2021

We’ve been asking ourselves the hard questions about wildfires and their spread, and how they affect the air quality of millions, we have also been asked all the hard questions about what’s out there and how it can be done. So Yvonne, in your own words, tells us a little bit about what you do at BreezoMeter.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2022

Whether what is good for Russia will turn out to be good for the Russian people is another question. Whether what is good for Russia will turn out to be good for the Russian people is another question. This contrarian perspective begins by stressing what Russia will lose in the climate crisis. Download as PDF.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

Landowner Survey “The regulations also require an operator to submit what's called a landowner questionnaire by certified mail to landowners whose property falls within the area of review survey,” said Keller. Frack-out” is also a term used for “communication” incidents. See drawing accompanying this article.]

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Acoel

APRIL 24, 2024

As Robert Redford famously asked at the end of The Candidate, the real question is what do we do now. Reading between the lines of EPA’s Federal Register Notice, it’s fairly clear that EPA has been asking itself that question. Of course, that’s not going to be the end of the story. For now, I’ll just say that I am not sanguine.

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Acoel

MARCH 28, 2023

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Jeff Porter Inside EPA is reporting that the United States Forest Service is going to work with EPA to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit coverage under the Federal Clean Water Act authorizing it to continue fighting forest fires from the air. appeared first on ACOEL.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

The Alliance will create opportunities for our outdoor recreation businesses to collaborate with one another, develop a one-stop shop for questions related to permits, regulations, and help Pennsylvania small businesses compete in the national outdoor recreation economy.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 28, 2021

Besides its great biodiversity, the Pine Barrens also have a unique relationship with fire. This particular pine-oak habitat is a relatively high fire frequency ecosystem. This particular pine-oak habitat is a relatively high fire frequency ecosystem. Life returns to the Pine Barrens after a fire. Stephen Mason Jr.,

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Environmental and Urban Economics

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Climate change adaptation refers to our individual and collective ability to cope with Mother Nature’s more intense weather punches in terms of extreme heat, drought, fire, flood and many other place based risks. An example would be government price supports for agriculture that create a moral hazard effect. Read our 2022 NBER paper.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 22, 2024

Below are a few highlights of publications from 2023 and what is ahead in 2024. Ailene Ettinger, with UW collaborator and recent PhD graduate, Dr. Kavya Pradhan , helps answer that question. When a tree falls in the forest, what happens to the snowpack? Protecting communities and carbon from forest fires.

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Frontiers

APRIL 11, 2022

Despite our efforts and strong academic background, we both agree that being the minority when working abroad means that we have to try even harder to show what we are capable of. Dr. Rengel feels that, as women, we are constantly under observation by our colleagues with regard to what we say and how we behave. Bridging the Gap.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

It is also likely the reliability problems of natural gas-fired power plants during events like Winter Storm Elliot in December will continue. Electric building proliferation, this is an important one as folks move away from gas fired furnaces to more heat pump type heating systems. Increasing Demand “Why is demand increasing?

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Legal Planet

APRIL 25, 2024

It’s that the economics of coal-fired plants are so fragile that a mild breeze would give them pneumonia. Opponents are sure to legally challenge EPA’s new rule to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. I’ve previously explained why the Supreme Court case in question, West Virginia v.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

These changes in the coal-fired and nuclear power generation mix were caused by competition from natural gas driving them out of the generation market. What we haven’t decided is what will make up that third leg to restore price and grid stability-- but there are significant renewable and storage facilities coming online.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

The fear and uncertainty about what was going to happen-- Was there a “bubble”? Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. Wasn’t there a bubble? Should we evacuate or not? Read more here. At approximately 7 a.m.

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