Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

Critically, the treatment of biomethane, or methane produced from anaerobic digestion of organic matter such as animal manure, sewage, or from landfills, threatens to undermine the veracity of carbon intensity calculations for both steam methane reforming as well as electrolytic pathways. While it may seem obscure, the consequences are not.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 2, 2023

Based on simple calculations from a recent scientific paper , they claim that each gram of SO 2 will offset the heating effect of one ton of CO 2 emissions for one year. And if states were involved, they could use dedicated aircraft to disperse the same amount – with more control, less environmental impact, and at much lower cost.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Factoring in the final legislation’s details about calculating the percentages and how utilities can obtain credits for renewables, the standards are essentially a backstop to what the state’s major utilities, DTE and Consumers Energy, have already committed to do in settlement agreements (see here and here ).

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Real Climate

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Hence, for the comparisons to observations, someone has to go through the archive of 3D-temperature fields and calculate them (not complicated, but time and data intensive). Unfortunately, we don’t have the time or resources to process data from the CMIP archives, so it needs to already be in a plottable form.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The maps are potentially impactful as they can inform decision- and policymaking around gender-responsive climate action and guide the allocation of scarce resources to populations at highest risk.” The team of researchers involved in the study calculated each country’s risk based on these indicators. “We

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As the impacts of climate change are felt more acutely with each passing year, new research suggests that the future costs of emitting CO2 today may be much higher than previously calculated. Michael Greenstone, a University of Chicago economist, first calculated it in 2010. How is the social cost of carbon calculated?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Taken together, extreme heat, floods, wildfires, and storms have impacted most of the population throughout the United States and its territories since Danger Season started on May 1. But these impacts are inequitably distributed across the social and physical geography of Danger Season. Below I break this down for each alert type.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

They called expert witnesses to calculate the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by activity in Montana, a major gas and coal producing state, and connected that to tangible impacts on ecosystems and humans in the state. All this said, the immediate impact in Montana could be muted.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

29th of July was the day calculated as Earth Overshoot Day for 2021, the day which marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. Humanity currently uses 74% more resources than the planet’s ecosystems can regenerate—or the equivalent of “1.7

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There have been vast resources invested into brilliant knowledge hubs such as Copernicus C3S and NASA , so why not use it for all it’s worth? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) recently published its Working Group 1 report on physical climate change, and the report from Working Group 2 on impacts is due early next year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

The addition of newer, cleaner resources like solar power to our electricity grid will happen in tandem with the planned retirement (or permanent closure) of older and dirtier resources such as coal- and gas-fired power plants, which make up 98 percent of the planned retirements in 2023. “Solar” only includes large-scale solar.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

Authors should be trained in writing and communicating, including the use of clear language, as budgetary resources allow. Another clue indicating a shortcoming is if you look at the atmospheric CO 2 -concentrations over time to see how much impact the IPCC reports have had on the real policy-makers in the world (Figure below).

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Circle of Blue

JULY 19, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculates social vulnerability of every census tract based on income, household composition and disability, minority status and language, housing type, and transportation. These data determine a community’s risk level during public health emergencies. . Residents did not heed his call.

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A Greener Life

JULY 27, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Earth Overshoot Day is the day of the year when we have already used up all the resources the Earth can generate. And if you were to calculate Earth Overshoot Day for each individual country, it varies greatly. It has been happening earlier and earlier each year since the 1970s. It is estimated it would take 1.7

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

“When making a determination whether to designate a project as an Opt-In Project, DEP will utilize the PennEnviroScreen and consider identified community concerns, present or anticipated environmental impacts, and how those anticipated impacts relate to the existing community environmental burden.” Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

“When making a determination whether to designate a project as an Opt-In Project, DEP will utilize the PennEnviroScreen and consider identified community concerns, present or anticipated environmental impacts, and how those anticipated impacts relate to the existing community environmental burden.” Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2023

“When making a determination whether to designate a project as an Opt-In Project, DEP will utilize the PennEnviroScreen and consider identified community concerns, present or anticipated environmental impacts, and how those anticipated impacts relate to the existing community environmental burden.” Read more here. Read more here.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, it is expressly provided that the terms of this paragraph shall be controlling over the provisions of Paragraph 3 of this lease to the contrary and this paragraph shall not be treated as surplusage despite the holding in the cases styled “Heritage Resources, Inc. NationsBank”, 939 S.W.2d

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Another focus was on so-called “convective-permitting”, which are RCMs with higher spatial resolution (the size of grid boxes are a few kms) so that they explicitly can calculate convective processes, such as vertical ascent, cloud formation and precipitation. Typical topics include water management and area planning.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2023

On January 7, the Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the PA Bulletin it is rescinding the Chapter 105 PA Function-Based Aquatic Resources Compensation Protocol Guidance (310-2137-001) for reevaluation.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Humans everywhere are experiencing the impact of climate change. Individual citizens and businesses ready to make a change need an avenue for actionable, measurable impact. Individual households have already begun using RegenAll’s simple online carbon calculator. Yet, governments aren’t addressing the threat fast enough.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

The Pennsylvania winners include-- -- Air King America (West Chester, Pennsylvania) , a U.S. As we accelerate historic efforts to address climate change, public-private partnerships will be essential to realizing the scale of our ambition,” said EPA Administrator Michael S.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But unlike other types of waste disposal facilities, animal waste systems have not been required to routinely monitor for groundwater impacts. not constructed by DOT or a municipality from the calculation of built-on area for purposes of stormwater management. See: House Bill 600, Sec. part of a common plan of development; and 2.

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Capaccio

APRIL 22, 2024

Climate-Related Risks All public companies will be required to report climate-related physical and transition risks that may have a material impact on business operations, strategy, or financial performance. To learn more about the capabilities of the EHS-Dashboard , schedule a demo.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Over the past several years, we have experienced increasing frequency and intensity of climate change impacts including hurricanes, floods, and droughts. The large industrial corporations that have hijacked our food system do not care about their impact; they only care about raking in record profits every quarter.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The funds will be used to implement projects that leverage public-private partnerships in the Susquehanna River watershed that will improve water quality in Pennsylvania, directly impacting the Chesapeake Bay.

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Breezometer

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

With 90% of the world breathing in polluted air, having the ability to decide on a property based on air quality is a valuable resource. Impactful newsletters and emails: By providing potential buyers useful and educational information, you will be viewed as a thought leader, while fostering a solid relationship.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Our petroleum-based transportation system has led to health and climate impacts felt throughout the world. Electrifying transportation is a valuable tool we can use to reduce those impacts. The survival rates and vehicle sales are based off the California Air Resources Board’s Emission FACtor (EMFAC) model.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Certainly, no dollar figure can reflect the full value of the natural resources that make the Laurel Highlands region such a unique place to live, work, and play. The valuable water resources of the region deserve protection and, in many cases, require restoration. Spread The Word! Click Here to receive regular updates from PEC.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

This data is relied on by institutions worldwide, including the IPCC and IEA itself, to calculate their carbon footprint projections, including the sixth assessment report published as recently as March 2023. So something is clearly off in your back-of-the envelope calculations,” Raugei tweeted in April this year.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Notably, the FYs 2023 and 2024 Environmental Studies Programs seek to identify potential effects on the human and marine environments from potential migration and leaks, fugitive CO 2 emission concerns, and cumulative impacts surrounding the largely uncharted territory of regulating long-term offshore CCS.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

of Water Resources (2023) Cal.App.5th. In the late 1990s, the Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) began to prepare for the relicensing required by 2007. FERC was preparing its own environmental impact statement under NEPA at the same time.) Department of Water Resources (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 5th 630 ( Butte I ).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2022

Energy & Operational Assessments PennTAP’s no-cost energy and operational assessments are designed to help Pennsylvania companies conserve energy and reduce waste in their facilities, lowering energy-related costs, increasing profits, and decreasing overall environmental impact.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This degradation of water quality can lead to a decrease in aquatic life and the loss of a natural resource. During the permit review process, the District Engineer reviews the provided plans and calculations to make sure the proposed BMPs will meet the three components. How can we make sure that stormwater management doesn’t fail?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Key Points Made In Testimony PUC Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille said there were three reasons the December storm “had a much more profound impact on the wholesale generation market”-- the “precipitous drop” in temperature and a PJM electricity demand forecast that was significantly under-projected. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2022

Up to 70,000 tons of material for every 1,500 foot of well depth is estimated to have been permanently disposed of on conventional drill sites and frequently in the air under the 721 DEP-approved plans, according to calculations by the FracTracker Alliance. Similar health impacts can affect farm animals and pets. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. Source California Air Resources Board. ii] O’Malley, J., Pavlenko, Y.H.

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