Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The rising cost of water and sewer service is a problem across Michigan, but especially for high-poverty communities. The rising cost of water and sewer service is a problem across Michigan, but especially for high-poverty communities. A growing number of Michigan households are burdened by high water bills, report finds.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2024

Phillips, US Forest Service Northern Research Station As the first official day of spring arrives [on March 19], many regions of the United States are experiencing above-average temperatures. Long-term studies, such as the Forest Service’s DREAM project , aim to address these challenges through assisted migration of tree populations.

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Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 6, 2023

One side wanted the jury to be instructed on the legal definitions of those terms. Wild Willy’s Welding LLC , a Texas case governed by Oklahoma law, Tite Water was Devon’s contractor under a Master Service and Supply Agreement. The outcome of a multimillion-dollar suit was in the hands of a jury of 12 good and honorable citizens.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

SC: Our analysis shows that effective implementation of the IRA, the infrastructure act, and state policies would enable the United States to make significant progress toward achieving its near-term climate goals and yield substantial economic and public health benefits at the same time. How is that going to happen?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The facility in question, Sterilization Services of Tennessee, is one of roughly 90 facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico that use EtO, a toxic colorless gas, to sterilize products such as medical devices and dried food products.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 7, 2022

Along with other goods and services, inflation is pushing up the cost of water infrastructure projects. Just like at the grocery store and service station, a dollar for U.S. Lead service line replacements that were expected to cost roughly $5,000 per line are coming in several thousand dollars more than that.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

Endnotes 1 These CNI sectors are defined as the critical elements of infrastructure which could have potential detrimental impact on essential services, the economy, or national security. This covers chemicals, civil nuclear, communications, defence, emergency services, energy, finance, food, government, health, space, transport, and water.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2021

UNICEF’s latest Water Under Fire report , released last Monday, details both the short-term and long-term effects of war and the loss of infrastructure on this generation’s children, a list of ills that includes displacement and risk of disease. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

Our commitment to responsible business practices guides our efforts as we pursue a cleaner energy future while maintaining safe, reliable and affordable service for our customers and delivering long-term value for our shareowners." Click Here to read a copy of PPL's 2023 Sustainability Report. Related Articles: -- G.E.T.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This month, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) is holding a public hearing on DTE Energy’s plans for Michigan’s energy future. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need. What’s in DTE’s proposed plan?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

Josh Shapiro joined Department of General Services Secretary Reggie McNeil, Constellation President & CEO Joseph Dominguez, and Lightsource bp Senior Vice President Alyssa Edwards to unveil the Commonwealth’s renewable energy initiative, the Pennsylvania Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy (PA PULSE). Josh Shapiro.

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Energy & the Law

APRIL 18, 2023

As you negotiate your master service agreements are you confident that you know how insurance choices might affect indemnity obligations? National Union Fire Insurance Company was whether an insurance policy incorporated payout limits in an underlying service agreement. Me neither. The question in Exxon Mobil v. It did not.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the midst of eye-popping summer precipitation in New England, the Deputy Commissioner at the New Hampshire Insurance Department, D.J. Bettencourt, encouraged New Hampshire residents to go out and buy flood insurance. An even bleaker picture exists in Florida , where a dozen insurance companies have abandoned homeowners.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Three weeks from today, the Supreme Court starts its 2023 Term. There are two blockbuster cases on the docket. In one case, the issue is whether to overrule the Chevron case, which has been foundational to administrative law for the past four decades. In the other, the issue is agency power to sanction violations of the law.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Salt marshes are migrating to take the place of wetland forests, causing a transition of ecosystem services. Dr. Chris Asaro has spent the last eight years tracking forest health for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service. By Hannah Richter, Circle of Blue – September 14, 2022.

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Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The takeaway: Write your Master Service Agreement to address your liability concerns, and then pay attention to what really happens on the location, regardless of what the MSA says. You can’t rely only on the MSA The parties cannot rely only on the terms of the MSA to answer the question. W&T Offshore, Inc.,

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The report highlights that public transit systems across Canada are currently not allowed to use federal public transit funding to add service hours or increase service frequency, despite these measures being the most important drivers of ridership growth and emissions reductions.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Michigan Public Service Commission is best known as the government body that decides whether gas and electric utilities can raise their rates. Typically, the Public Service Commission would look at the impacts of moving the line. But, environmental groups had to make a convincing argument to the Public Service Commission.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

According to a recent sampling of supplier offers posted on the PUC’s electric shopping website – PAPowerSwitch.com – there are substantial #SaveInPA benefits for consumer energy costs, depending on their utility service territory. Read more here. That figure is in addition to the 1.2 Click Here for related videos.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms. The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms.

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Legal Planet

JULY 6, 2023

We urgently need to find strategies for saving the wetlands the Court left unprotected. We have a number of possible strategies and need to start work on implementing them immediately. Sackett was unquestionably a major blow, reducing federal jurisdiction over wetlands beyond what even the Trump Administration embraced. State Regulation.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fracking (the shorthand term for “hydraulic fracturing”) is a petroleum industry drilling practice designed to extract more oil and gas from underground wells than is possible through conventional drilling practices. And Far Thirstier.” According to the Times article, since 2011 U.S.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The rising cost of water and sewer service in Michigan is consuming a larger share of household income, leading to mounting financial burdens for both families and communities, particularly those with high poverty rates, a new report finds. Transcript. Uganda, however, has lost a large portion of this natural defense.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 15, 2023

Since at least 2020, according to Google Trends, Google searches for the term “misinformation” are more frequent than for “disinformation.” Because there is a lack of clarity over the meanings of terms to describe false information, sometimes disinformation (which is intentional) is classified as misinformation (which is unintentional).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s not a term Chinese decision-makers use, but a term created by US analysts. US policy-makers wonder why China is enlarging its nuclear arsenal. How they answer that question will influence US government decisions about the future size and readiness of US nuclear forces. Why they are constructing them is more difficult to know.

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The Applied Ecologist

JANUARY 13, 2022

Few ecosystems can equate to coastal wetlands in terms of connections with humans. They provide many ecosystem services that are vital to current societies, … In their latest research, Hao Huang and colleagues conducted transplanting experiments to search for the optimal spatial design of coastal restoration.

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Climate Change 126

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

UCS along with more than 100,000 members of the public have written in support of this national rule that will gather the scattered and incomplete data counting greenhouse gas emissions into a unified standard so local, state, and federal transportation authorities can make informed decisions. They just need to put them together.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 15, 2022

Officials last month announced a new water rationing plan that they say will secure the city’s long-term water supply for the next eight to 10 years. But any long-term response must confront the historical squeeze at the region’s core: that urban growth is outpacing infrastructure capacity. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2023

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle highlights an apparent pattern of delays on the part of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in providing energy service to new homes. But in the short-term, it gets complicated. But this isn’t how it’s supposed to work.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

The Public Utility Commission published notice in the March 30 PA Bulletin inviting comments on an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) about the use of Distributed En ergy Resources (DERs) as a mechanism to help increase energy efficiency, enhance service, and potentially lower costs.

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JANZEN AG

APRIL 26, 2024

When possible, providers should incorporate all of the relevant terms and conditions regarding data collection and use into a single, data use agreement or policy. In 2014, American Farm Bureau Federation led industry roundtable discussions about collection, use, and sharing of agricultural data from farmers.

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

Less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. Photo credit: Bo Eide, Flickr. In a welcome reprieve from news coming out of the Supreme Court , here’s an uplifting story from the Golden State: On Thursday, Governor Newsom signed SB 54, a comprehensive piece of legislation aimed at significantly reducing single-use waste.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Biden administration finalized updated procedures for conducting cost-benefit analysis and encouraging public participation in meetings about regulations. Advocates for scientific integrity commented on new draft scientific integrity policies. At the end of the year, they released final versions.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

When campaigning for prime minister in 2015, Justin Trudeau pledged to eliminate all long-term boil-water advisories by March 31 of this year. As of mid-October, 43 Indigenous communities still faced long-term boil-water advisories. A boil water advisory sign issued by the Tl’azl’en Nation in British Colombia.©

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Legal Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

It’s fair to ask: if all vehicles are “zero emission,” do we really need to care any more about how much driving we do, in terms of the climate impact? California and other jurisdictions have been moving to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as a climate solution. Clean electricity generation still has a carbon cost.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 24, 2022

This week, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rule rescinding the rule issued in 2020 defining “habitat” for the purposes of determining what constitutes “critical habitat” under the Endangered Species Act. The term “critical habitat” for a threatened or endangered species means—. (i)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

We want to be able to deliver the best in class service excellence to our clients.” The goal is to improve efficiency across the board and to identify needs that are holding us back. Saleem Chapman explained, “This new initiative that Secretary Negrin is pushing is to really try to move forward operational excellence within the department.”

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