Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

One area where both groups agree on is the need for more control and regulation of AI. One growing conversation in the use or non-use of GenAI is the environmental implications of the technology in every step of its life cycle. In addition, 51% say they are more concerned than excited compared to 17% of experts.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

over the existing technology. Reusing depleted oil and gas wells would allow operators to access geothermal heat in hot rock formations underground, eliminating upfront costs of drilling new wells and potentially making the technology more appealing to industry, the scientists said.

Technology

Law Columbia

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Sabin Center has previously discussed the regulation of OAE here and here. A new Sabin Center report continues the conversation by focusing on the regulation of OAE in Washington State. OAE projects conducted in near-shore areas off the Washington coast may be subject to regulation at the federal, state, tribal and local levels.

Ocean

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Although the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has existing regulations intended to control fugitive dust emissions, outdated dust mitigation measures and inconsistent enforcement have left communities like Sun Valley without adequate protection. We look forward to this bill heading to committee after 30 days.

Recycling

Legal Planet

APRIL 8, 2025

The report is intended to help policymakers harness satellite data to improve their climate policies, enforce emissions regulations, and accelerate methane reduction efforts. Meanwhile, advances in satellite technology alongside artificial intelligence and machine learning will continue to improve detection accuracy and coverage.

Carbon Dioxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2025

But to understand this incredibly complex system (like the web of regulations across regions, states, and utilities, or the ways that some systems can provide overlapping benefits), we’ve got to zoom out a bit first. What is “the grid”? How is the grid changing? Data source: U.S. Energy Information Agency.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

JULY 25, 2025

For example, during droughts when California has enforced restrictions on delivery of surface water to its farmers — which the state regulates — the enormous agriculture enterprises that dominate the Central Valley have drilled deeper and pumped harder, depleting the aquifer — which the state regulates less precisely — even more.

Sea Level

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2025

Reversing California’s air quality and climate regulations would not address the immediate challenges and would compromise the health and welfare of California’s people. In light of these changes, some California regulations, adopted when the gasoline market was more competitive, are no longer working as designed.

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2025

The growth in DER technologies by type over time. The report focuses on barriers to VPPs, but many of these also apply to DERs as the underlying technology that VPPs are built on.) IOUs generate profits by investing in their own infrastructure and putting pressure on regulators and legislators to maintain the status quo.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In Montana and around the world, glaciers support ecosystems, serve as year-round water sources, and regulate the climate, among other important ecological functions. The trip reminded me that the impacts of climate change are not abstract—they are visible, tangible, and current.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

While many environmental effects may already be considered and regulated under other statutes, there may be many other effects that are not considered under other statutes. It might be because the environmental effect is an uncommon one, one that was not seen as widespread or important enough to justify regulation.

Clean Water Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2025

In the rush to integrate artificial intelligence into the economy, fast-moving information technology companies are running into a problem: slow-moving electric utilities. The notion that an existing power plant can serve a data center, and not use the grid, is now before regulators for consideration.

Electricity

Legal Planet

JULY 2, 2025

Agencies routinely perform cost-benefit analysis of proposed regulations, because presidential orders have long required them to do so. Cellulosic biofuels would be environmentally appealing, but no one has figured out an affordable technology for making them. But in the D.C. Nearly all U.S. Quite possibly, EPA thinks so too.

Biofuels

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Crucially, the funding would also go towards social science, governance, and systems research – an acknowledgment from the NASEM committee that public engagement on emerging technologies, and whether we can govern them effectively, must be an integral part of assessing whether they should move forward.

Atmosphere

Circle of Blue

MAY 20, 2025

The Great Lakes ground zero for data center growth With artificial intelligence and the demand for cloud computing set to grow in the years and decades ahead, technology companies are increasingly eying up the Great Lakes regions comparatively cooler climate and ample water resources. There are so many things we are concerned about.

Cooling

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Indeed, utilities and regulators often cite the possibility that the customer requesting the clean energy product could instead use less electricity than planned or cease operations altogether, leaving the utility with a long-term obligation to purchase premium clean energy products, the costs of which would be spread across all customers.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

DEP inspections include both scheduled and unscheduled on-site visits to permitted facilities, as well as document reviews to verify compliance with environmental laws and regulations.

2024

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As port throughput continues to grow, energy consumption is also on the rise, and some ports are struggling with the technology and policy involved, leading to slow progress in achieving zero-carbon goals. Despite this progress, decarbonising shipping faces many challenges. First published in Dialogue Earth

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2025

Some of those potential solutions include: (1) Innovating with Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs) and flexible interconnection : GETs optimize the hosting capacity of the existing infrastructure by using sensors, power flow control devices, and analytical tools, which reduce the need for extensive upgrades.

Renewable Energy

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

Although the Khmer Empire is long gone, the use of the Mekong river system has only increased with population growth and the advancement of technology. Even though some aspects of the Mekong’s use, such as sand mining, can be regulated by the Cambodian government, others are harder to control.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2025

On the technology side, as microgrids get larger, coordinating multiple energy sources can become challenging. On the policy side, there are challenges to establishing microgrids with multiple users (such as community-scale microgrids) due to how most states define and regulate utilities. But there is also some progress being made.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Grantee activity has been both innovative and successful, from cooling tower evaporation capture for reuse to satellite leak detection technology. Related Articles - Watersheds: -- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov.

Conservation

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

The two are not mutually exclusive; effective environmental regulations that protect disadvantaged communities can coexist with job preservation and creation. Studies conducted in New Jersey indicate that many residents believe the government is not doing enough to regulate.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The renewable energy source has generated more than 959,000 kilowatt-hours of energy, or 76% of the facilitys total electricity. PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 19 Webinar On Meeting The Challenges Of The Electric Grid - PJM's Role [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 10.8%

Natural Gas

Environmental News Bits

JULY 16, 2025

The European Union’s newly approved packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR) sets mandatory targets for the progressive reuse of packaging. However, according to Valencia, Spain-based Aimplas, the Plastics Technology Centre, there currently are no standardized procedures to assess the food safety risks associated with this reuse.

Recycling

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

However, this modern technology extends to help farmers effectively and sustainably pursue their practice. Technologies like Nofence help farmers keep track of their livestock, recognize their behaviors, and optimize their well-being and safety. This technology is not just limited to the United States. billion by 2025.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Fracking in Washington County began in the mid-2000s when advancements in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology and horizontal drilling unlocked vast reserves of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation. The tour will include visits to active fracking sites and nearby communities affected by the industry. Bartolotta, Sen.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

The bill, introduced by State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde and State Senator Chris Larson, creates an enforceable timeline with specific objectives, allowing flexibility for discussions of the various technology and policy approaches to come later.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

We called them out to the Competition Bureau , the agency responsible for regulating false advertising, and the Bureau is now investigating Pathways Alliance for misleading claims. It’s a risky and ineffective technology with a track record of failure. and ConocoPhillips. It’s the same old polluting Big Oil, just rebranded.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Many are already doing so by adopting legal and policy tools to encourage the use of smart surfacesa group of technologies and design strategies that mitigate the effects of climate change in urban environments, especially extreme heat, stormwater flooding, and poor air quality.

Climate Change

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

But what’s enabled things to get this bad is a lack of regulation. Some new regulations are meant to make the industry more accountable. is “regulating the heck [out] of the fashion industry,” says Rachel Van Metre Kibbe , founder and CEO of advisory firm Circular Services Group, things in the U.S. In the U.S.

Upcycling

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We can expect a renewed energy strategy that ramps up and scales up fossil fuels, removes any fee on fossil fuel producers, removes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) powers to regulate emissions, and revokes Biden’s ban on oil and gas production in environmentally sensitive areas.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Implications Whatever position the new administration decides to take on the SEC’s climate disclosure rule, the impacts of climate change on corporations and the economy will remain, and essentially every company will face risks, whether from physical climate-related events, new domestic or foreign regulations, or changes in market dynamics.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

With a career dedicated to developing and deploying new technologies, Streckfus offers a fresh perspective on these wellsnot as obsolete infrastructure, but as valuable assets with a new purpose. Join Stefan Streckfus, CTO of Renewell Energy, for a free, one-hour webinar exploring the untapped potential of inactive wells.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2025

Summit In Pittsburgh PA Republican Lawmakers Rush To Introduce Bills To Give New Tax Breaks, Waive Regulations, Environmental Standards For A.I. Shapiro’s Attendance At Sen. McCormick's Energy, A.I. Of Insurance/DEP Highlight 30 Years Of Underground Petroleum Products Storage Tank Insurance Fund Work; Paid Over $1.3

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

MAY 6, 2025

Lithium has become a cornerstone of the global energy transition, powering technologies central to decarbonization efforts, such as electric vehicle batteries and large-scale renewable energy storage. At stake is a fundamental question: is Chile genuinely building a sustainable future, or simply rebranding extractivism in green terms?

Politics

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reviewed and acted on more than 9,000 permit applications and ensured those permits were enforced properly by conducting more than 28,000 inspections of regulated facilities.

Environmental Protection