PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2023

Of Environmental Professionals 2023 Annual Conference Sept. 20-22 In State College [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Sept. Are To Blame For One Of The Grid’s Biggest Vulnerabilities When Weather Gets Rough -- Vermont State Police: Joint Investigation Into June 1 Natural Gas Tanker Fire Finds Truck Was Destroyed And Damaged U.S.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

Higher demand means power grid operators, who start with the cleaner and cheaper plants like solar power, need to pull other, often dirtier, gas or coal-fired power plants online. Under high heat conditions, power plants can also be less efficient at producing electricity as they normally would under cooler conditions.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Could Be Reactivated -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks To Climate Resilience To Ensure No One Gets Left Behind -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change?

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

Conservation

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

As Minister Mitchell noted, “with eighty percent of [The Bahama’s] land within five feet or three meters of the sea, the sea level rise [caused by climate change] threatens our very existence.”. That this is true in a country like The Bahama’s, which has so much to lose from climate change, is both disappointing and concerning.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Lawsuit Sought Critical Habitat Designation for Green Sea Turtles Whose Habitat Is Threatened by Sea Level Rise and Other Factors. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service to designate critical habitat for distinct population segments of the green sea turtle. WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt , No.

2020

Legal Planet

JUNE 14, 2021

The Defense Department remains the biggest single consumer of energy in the country, and it has made major investments in solar power. Succeeding sections required consideration of future changes in weather and sea levels. It’s part of the annual funding bill for the military.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said. But before he was able to do that in my imaginary scenario, I corrected the record.

Fossil Fuels