Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2022

This week is the culmination of major oil and gas companies’ annual general meetings, also known as annual shareholder meetings. I’ll be in London on Tuesday for Shell’s annual meeting. On Wednesday, I’ll participate in ExxonMobil’s virtual annual meeting. degrees Celsius.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

On September 20, the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership announced their 11th Annual Millstone Watershed Heroes to recognize their exemplary work on behalf of clean water in the watershed in Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. TTF was inspired by their “Local Critters” mural series, and reached out to Evan Lovett and V.U.R.T

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 29, 2023

We saw the largest number of attendees at our monthly webinar series and while we answered questions live, we had requests to share the questions. If a building does not meet its GHG reduction targets, then the owner can come into compliance by paying a fee for any emissions that are above target levels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There have been several dramatic advances in climate corporate accountability this month. The lawsuit documents and seeks to put a stop to ongoing and evolving climate disinformation campaigns by ExxonMobil , Shell , and other major oil and gas corporations. Protect the value of our resources (oil, gas, coal).

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

Meanwhile, regulatory changes since the last decade have prompted companies and institutional investors to set up sustainability or ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) departments, which require staff. TikTok set up a Corporate Social Responsibility department around 2020, and employed staff in Europe and the US.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

The Environmental Education Grants Program was established by the Environmental Education Act of 1993, which mandates setting aside five percent of the pollution fines and penalties DEP collects annually for environmental education in Pennsylvania. Hold monthly virtual meetings with attendees to plan EE classroom implementation.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. Background. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In response, Congress put in place regulations to cut oil use from new passenger vehicles, known as the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program. Established in 1975, these rules require that the vehicles a manufacturer sells in a given model year must meet an annual target.

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The SFO in particular may be asking some questions of the company, given that it was only in January 2021 that the SFO closed a prior investigation into BAT, having concluded that the case did not meet the threshold for prosecution. The EPPO is expected to deal with 3,000 cases annually. Increasing Focus by the FCA on Cryptocurrency.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Of PA [Natural Gas Prices Tripled] -- DCNR Blog: DCNR Building A Network Of Rural Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In State Parks, Forests -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Begins Accepting Applications For $62 Million In Federal EV Charging Station Funding March 27 -- UnionProgress.com: West Mifflin, Allegheny County Stays Current With EV (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 9:00: Susquehanna River Basin Commission business meeting.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2023

Accepting Applications For Mine Reclamation Grants [PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Jan. 23 - Why EPA Needs To Meet The Residents Of Our Airshed. 19 Virtual Community Meeting For Erie Residents On Health Risks From Ethylene Oxide [PaEN] -- PennDOT Accepting Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Applications Beginning Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In June, the Office of Attorney General also filed criminal charges against Energy Corporation of America, now Greylock Production, LLC , for allegedly failing to address environmental hazards created by the storage of fracking waste fluids and other operations from 2015 to 2020 at various well sites in Clearfield and Greene counties.

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Arnold Porter

APRIL 6, 2023

On March 15, 2023, the FTC accepted a consent agreement to resolve allegations that Anchor Glass Container Corporation and its owners, Lynx Finance GP, LLC and Lynx Finance L.P., Read the Press Release Read the Public Comments FTC and DOJ hold their second annual spring enforcers summit.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This Advisory is the first in a series on ESG considerations for the financial services industry that Arnold & Porter will be publishing over the next several months. As indicated by a series of recent statements and speeches, however, that is likely to change in the Biden-Harris Administration.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Shapiro Recognizes Exemplary Commonwealth Employees For Dedication To Public Service, Including 3 State Park Rangers [PaEN] -- DCNR State Park Rangers Earn Governor’s Award For Excellence -- DCNR Good Natured Blog: Getting To Know Seth Cassell, The New State Forester [PaEN] -- PPL Corporation Appoints Christine M.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This Advisory is the second in a series concerning environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations for the financial services industry and other companies. Acting Director Coates has since stated that the SEC "should help lead" the creation of a disclosure system relating to ESG issues for corporations.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The biggest news since July was the passage of two major corporate disclosure laws. State agencies must develop and implement a climate action plan to meet these targets every five years, the first of which is due by November 15, 2025. Prior law required annual 1.5% California. Rhode Island.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This Advisory is the third in a series concerning environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations for the financial services industry and other companies. Lee has also called for reforms for Form N-PX, the annual report of proxy voting records of a registered management investment company.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

These changes require a rethinking of risk management, corporate strategy and the mission of the company. Corporate purpose and strategy are also in the spotlight. In that role, directors are tasked with guiding the "best practices" of the corporation and setting, together with management, the tone at the top. 2d 959 (Dec.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

We’re about to give large corporate farms carte blanche to make it worse.” Corn is the most heavily fertilized row crop in America, accounting for 11 billion pounds of commercial nitrogen fertilizer applied to farmland annually, with 9 of the 11 billion pounds applied in the Midwest, according to the USDA.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Given that heightened awareness, a Commerce Department advisory committee of electric and gas utility executives acknowledged at a meeting in the fall of 1970 that their industry needed “to show what they are doing about pollution [and] suggested that the gas industry take a look at the NOx [nitrogen oxides] problem.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2023

6 Public Meeting On Big Elk Creek State Park Planning Process In Chester County [PaEN] -- DEP Adds 3 More Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Nov. 28 -- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center ‘Investigators’ To Explore Water’s Journey Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2022

18 Advisory Board Meeting; Upcoming Westmoreland Landfill Air Permit Hearings -- MCall: Fmr Tire Dump In Slate Belt Closer To Becoming An Industrial Park -- WESA: Fmr North Allegheny H.S. 24 to Oct. 24 to Oct. 30 Power Of The Partnership Celebration.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The 19th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Florida convenes in Panama. Deep cuts to current emissions are needed to meet national and international commitments to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius of warming. International. Scientific Community.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 20, 2021

White House Competition Council: In addition to the EO’s policy objectives, it establishes a new White House Competition Council within the executive branch, which will meet semi-annually.[[N: The EO is only the latest in a series of Biden Administration moves to prioritize antitrust enforcement. at Section 4.]]

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

11th Annual (Virtual) Pittsburgh Sustainability Conference May 6-7 -- PA Master Naturalists Celebrate Arbor Day In Spring Field Notes Newsletter; May 11 - Bringing Nature Home -- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Wildflower Walk May 2; Foundation Dinner Sept. 17; Loving The Land Thru Working Forests Conference Sept.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Congress would still have to provide funding for NSF through the annual appropriations process or special legislation. During his confirmation hearing, Senators questioned Lander about his meetings with notorious deceased criminal Jeffery Epstein and his slights to women researchers. The Rural STEM Education Research Act ( H.R.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

During a closed -press meeting on Monday, a dozen Jewish leaders met in Education Secretary Miguel Cardona’s Washington office to discuss steps the Biden administration is taking to counter antisemitism within K-12 and higher education communities.

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