Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

White rhinos saw their numbers grow for the first time since 2012 last year, boosted by efforts to restore the creatures to the African landscape. Read more on E360 →

2012 266

2012 266

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Coal began to really plunge in 2012, three years before Obama’s Clean Power Plan was issued. Employment in the East (basically Appalachia) fell before 2000, ticked up until 2012, and then resumed falling. By 2012 about half of 1980 employment had already been lost, nearly all in Appalachia.

2012 278

2012 2008 Clean Air Act Renewable Energy 278

Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In the aftermath of major power outages, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the interest in microgrids increased significantly as a way to provide critical infrastructure and services with reliable and resilient power during emergencies.

2005 278

2005 2012 Renewable Energy 278

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

EPA (2012 ). This opinion overturned weak fuel efficiency standards adopted by the Bush Administration because the government had not considered the effects of its action on climate change in its environmental impact statement. It became a key precedent on the issue. Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. This is a D.C.

Law 227

Law Clean Air Act Toxic Substances Control Act Regulations 227

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 15, 2022

Flames tower above the trees in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado. The third most destructive fires in state history, it burned nearly 350 homes (Airman Magazine, Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0).

2012 254

2012 Climate Change 254

Yale E360

MAY 21, 2021

A new study estimates that roughly $8 billion of the $63 billion in damages caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 can be attributed to sea level rise of just four inches caused by global warming. Read more on E360 ?.

Sea Level 242

Sea Level 2012 242

Yale E360

APRIL 14, 2023

Since 2012, more than half of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon occurred on private lands, according to a new study highlighting the impact of Brazil's landowner-friendly policies. Read more on E360 →

Deforestation 237

Deforestation 2012 237

Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In the aftermath of major power outages, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the interest in microgrids increased significantly as a way to provide critical infrastructure and services with reliable and resilient power during emergencies.

2005 246

2005 2012 Renewable Energy 246

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 30, 2024

Emissions from electricity generation (and for using EVs) have dropped dramatically The first UCS analysis of the emissions from EV driving in 2012 showed promise for EVs, but the emissions for some parts of the country were equal to the efficient non-hybrid gasoline cars of the time.

Electricity 336

Electricity Fossil Fuels 2012 Climate Change 336

Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 31, 2022

In 2012, the Mandarin Oriental set out to make a lasting impact — sustainability-wise. The company has been striving to reduce its environmental footprint by setting bold energy, emissions, waste, and water targets. Its goal has been to reduce its overall footprint by 20–25% across these targets.

Waste 246

Waste 2012 Carbon Emissions Clean Energy 246

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Nick De Carlo was active in the union movement from 1973 to retirement in 2012. He was the national representative for the environment and workers’ compensation for the CAW(Canadian Auto Workers) in the Health and Safety Department for 17 ½ years (1994 – 2012).

Fossil Fuels 112

Fossil Fuels 2012 Renewable Energy 2024 112

Circle of Blue

JUNE 17, 2021

In this blistering year in California drinking water wells are going dry in increasing numbers, rekindling memories of the historic drought of 2012 to 2016, when more than 2,600 wells across the state stopped producing water. Another incident report from Orland this month estimated the cost of drilling a new well at $20,000.

2012 363

2012 2014 2016 Government 363

Real Climate

OCTOBER 6, 2024

3d,f,h showing a shift towards more cold extremes in the northern mid-latitudes (20-50ºN) from the mid-1990s to 2012. It is clear that the data drop out impacts the 1995-2012 trend, turning a slight positive trend into a large (and spurious) downward trend in line with the results shown by Cohen et al.

2013 264

2013 2014 2012 2024 264

Circle of Blue

JULY 1, 2021

Between 1958 and 2012, the heaviest 1 percent of storms in the Midwest became 37 percent more powerful. “You add that amount of moisture, now you’re talking a large amount of additional rainfall,” Kunkel said. As a result, extreme rain events are becoming heavier and more frequent in wetter areas like Detroit.

Atmosphere 349

Atmosphere Ocean Climate Change 2013 349

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Unconventional, conventional, pipeline, storage and other oil and gas facilities have been self-reporting air emissions from their facilities since 2012 and do so regularly under Title V and other Air Quality permits issued by the Department of Environmental Protection. Methane emissions were reported as 165,793.87

Air Pollution 78

Air Pollution 2012 Carbon Dioxide 2022 78

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

FIRO started in California and has since gone worldwide Once upon a time, there was (and still is) a megadrought in California that peaked in the acute drought of 2012 to 2016. In other words, FIRO avoids the fear of missing out (FOMO) on water that you could have stored if you had better forecasting.

Climate Change 186

Climate Change 2017 Atmosphere 2012 186

Real Climate

MAY 21, 2023

2012) described the issues as ‘mysterious’, but efforts to better correct the record for non-climatic effects soon bore fruit, and the ‘mystery’ became history ( Maycock et al., 692-697, 2012. Thompson et al. Thompson, D.J. Seidel, W.J. Long, and R. Maycock, W.J. Randel, A.K. Steiner, A.Y. Karpechko, J.

Cooling 290

Cooling Ozone Atmosphere Radiation 290

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Since their launch in 2012, the organisation has dedicated itself to encouraging Canadians to pledge support for the fossil fuel industry. The logic is the same as other types of greenwashing: sportswashing is an attempt to associate Big Oils brands with something positive to boost their public image and push their agenda.

Fossil Fuels 106

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Climate Change 2012 106

Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

2012) to understand why such small samples give non-robust and insufficient information for making regional future projections. 775-779, 2012. Another detail is the data behind Figure SPM.3, 3, which is from small samples of global climate models (sample size of 5-15) prone to “the law of small samples”. Solomon, and A.S.

Climate Change 322

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 2012 322

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

The cuts are measured from a 2010-2012 baseline. Here are a few details about the four bills: House Bill 2021 creates the emission reduction mandate. It’s a complex piece of legislation, and I’ll only mention some of the provisions.

Fossil Fuels 264

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Renewable Energy 2010 264

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 20, 2024

Scientists calculated the added economic damage inflicted on the region by the additional, climate-change driven water levels in 2012, and found that sea level rise caused an additional roughly $8.1 Hurricane Sandy is a stark example of storm surge damage in a highly-developed region, made worse by rising seas.

Sea Level 341

Sea Level Fossil Fuels Ocean Carbon Dioxide 341

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

I learned more about the depth and breadth of Justice Hobbs’ dedication when I clerked for him during the 2012–2013 Colorado Supreme Court term. . It gave me an initial window into his commitment to gearing his life and work toward making a positive difference in the lives of others. He took seriously—and delighted in—his role as a mentor.

2013 246

2013 Law 2012 2006 246

Real Climate

MAY 31, 2023

2012) who demonstrated that one model with slight differences in the atmospheric initial conditions can give widely different decadal regional outlooks due to pronounced chaotic variability. 2012) describe. 775-779, 2012. Red for CMIP5 and blue for CMIP5 – ERA5 trends are repeated twice as big black circular symbols.

Sea Level 221

Sea Level 2012 Atmosphere 2023 221

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 22, 2023

According to Statista, emergency firefighting costs have increased exponentially over the last ten years in California, from $140 million in 2012 to more than $1 billion in 2021 and 2022. Wildfire suppression expenditures in California from fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2022, in million U.S. Source: Statista 2023.

Fossil Fuels 249

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Paris Agreement 2012 249

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Yet the Cambodian government revived the project in 2007, and in 2012 the dam became a joint venture between Cambodia’s Royal Group and China’s state-owned Huaneng Group, which remains the majority stakeholder. The analysis showed, however, that overall evaluations of environmental losses from hydropower dams have increased since 2012.

2012 278

2012 2018 2007 2009 278

Legal Planet

JUNE 29, 2021

The 2012 MS4 Permit in a Nutshell. The MS4 permit currently in effect was issued in 2012 and re-adopted the receiving water limitations—or the maximum amount of a pollutant that may be added to a specified water body—from the earlier permit established in 2001. Taking the 2012 MS4 Permit to Court. The Proposed 2021 MS4 Permit.

2012 130

2012 Law 2018 Natural Resources 130

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Million Natural Gas Royalty Restitution From Chesapeake Energy For PA Property Owners [March 2021] -- Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1

2014 97

2014 2010 2018 2020 97

Inside Climate News

JULY 27, 2021

judge has ruled that the conservative think tank the Competitive Enterprise Institute cannot be held responsible for an outside blogger’s 2012 online attack on a prominent climate scientist. By Marianne Lavelle A Washington, D.C.

2012 127

2012 Climate Scientist Conservation Climate Change 127

Legal Planet

MAY 6, 2024

The issue is created by a 2012 Supreme Court. But if the government doesn’t build the levee, it faces no liability from the urban landowners. That’s the adaptation dilemma: preparing for climate disaster is legally disfavored.

Government 264

Government 2012 Climate Change Regulations 264

Physics World

JULY 4, 2022

Finally, on the morning of 4 July 2012, the suspense was ended. In the July episode of the Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester revisits that historic day in 2012. Everyone knew something big was coming. He’s joined by two guests who were there at the particle physics lab in Geneva to live through that memorable day.

2012 119

2012 119

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

An April 2, 2012 Consent Order and Agreement between DEP, Moxie Nein LLC, and Millcreek Township allow for ball fields and other recreational facilities to be built on top of the cap, ongoing operation and maintenance requirements, and Environmental Covenants for each parcel prohibiting the use of groundwater from the Site.

2012 76

2012 2014 2025 Environmental Protection 76

New Scientist

APRIL 10, 2024

Since 2012, Mary Jo Hoffman has taken one snap a day of the natural objects around her. She explains what lies behind two of them - and what the "art of noticing" has brought to her life

2012 118

2012 118

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In just four years of global warming, 2012-2016, more than one trillion tons of Greenlandic ice were lost: enough ice melt to fill a pool the size of the state of New York to a depth of twenty-three feet.

Climate Change 250

Climate Change Rainforest 2012 2016 250

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 22, 2025

In 2012, more than a decade ago, two researchers from the National Wildlife Federation published a remarkable investigative report on the ever-present sunken hazard of Line 5. There is no virtue in the 540,000 barrels of oil that Line 5 transports daily across the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.

2025 349

2025 2026 2010 2012 349

Physics World

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

ke-Ágnes Horvát from Northwestern University in the US, the study examined the gender of scientists who had at least one research article shared online in 2012 according to Altmetric , which tracks mentions of journal papers across social media, news sites, blogs and other sites. difference between article mentions and publication trends.

2012 115

2012 115

New Scientist

AUGUST 3, 2021

A time crystal is a unique phase of matter that flips between two states with no energy input necessary – first proposed in 2012, this type of matter has now been created inside a quantum computer built by Google

2012 110

2012 110

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Since 2012, the American Water Charitable Foundation has invested over $20 million in funding through grants and matching gifts that positively benefit the communities where American Water and its employees live and work. We encourage them to take advantage of this opportunity and apply for a Water and Environment Grant.

2025 81

2025 2012 Natural Gas Conservation 81