PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

increase in carbon dioxide pollution from the Commonwealth’s power plants between 2020 and 2021. Pennsylvania’s power generation sector is one of the nation’s largest — and thus, also, one of the biggest emitters of climate-changing greenhouse gases. By Josh Raulerson, PA Environmental Council Data published in February by the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

One is strengthening commitments to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep the planet from dangerously overheating. The post What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. In international news, this week marks the start of a critical UN climate conference, known as COP26.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Governments across the United States are for the first time regulating greenhouse gas emissions. If it is January 1, 2024, most commercial building owners not already measuring greenhouse gas emissions for reporting to the government under the Maryland Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, may be in violation of law.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 30, 2021

It’s a technique to assess how greenhouse gases in the atmosphere influence extreme weather. The post What’s Up With Water – August 30, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. The study estimates that the German deluge was up to 9 times more likely to occur in the current climate, when compared to the climate of the late 1800s.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 11, 2024

Livestock accounted for slightly more than half of the 14 percent increase in global greenhouse gas emissions by agriculture from 2000 to 2021, said a Food and Agriculture Organization report on Wednesday.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. The post 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted? Climate Change Mitigation. Download as PDF.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Shapiro's Administration in support of Pennsylvania reaffirming its commitment to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Wolf’s RGGI rulemaking in 2021. This is not only true of Christians, but Pennsylvanians as a whole, with 72% of the state’s residents supporting RGGI, according to 2020 polling.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Next up, the changes made at the December 20 Council meeting will be incorporated into a final draft Scoping Plan that will be formally noticed before the end of 2021 for public comment. The notice will include a deadline for submitting written comments and a meeting schedule.

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Inside Climate News

AUGUST 28, 2024

New studies suggest global warming boosts natural methane releases, which could undermine efforts to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas from fossil fuels and agriculture.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 3, 2021

A new study finds greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s reservoirs are higher than earlier estimates. A new study in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles found that greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s reservoirs are around 29 percent higher than previous studies suggested. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. 29 PERCENT.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide reached record-high concentrations in the atmosphere in 2021, including the largest recorded increase in methane

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 5, 2021

Like all other industries, the clock is ticking for the sector to cut its carbon pollution, given President Joe Biden’s goal to halve the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. The post The Stream, August 5, 2021: Detroiters Reject Proposal For Income-Based Water Rates appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Inhabitant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Global Flora Conservatory at Wellesley College already holds several design awards, including the 2021 Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner for Architecture + New Technology. After several years of planning and construction, it is nearly complete.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These comments are in addition to the more than 30,000 comments from individual pro-life Christians collected by EEN supporting former Governor Wolf’s RGGI rulemaking in 2021. Mitchell Hescox is President of EEN Action, Inc. and leaves in New Freedom, York County.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Related Articles: -- PPL On Track To Achieve 70% Reduction In Greenhouse Gases By 2035, 80% Reduction By 2040 On The Way To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050 -- The Hershey Company Announces New Renewable Energy Agreements Aligned With 2030 Goal To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By More Than 50% [Posted: September 9, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 10, 2022

greenhouse gas emissions roared back in 2021, the latest indicator that the country remains far off track from meeting President Biden’s ambitious climate change targets for the end of this decade. Read the full story from the Washington Post. A 17 percent surge in coal-fired electricity helped drive an overall increase of 6.2

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New Scientist

MARCH 31, 2022

per cent in 2021, the biggest annual rise since records started in 1990 After a sharp fall in 2020, the UK’s emissions of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases increased by 4.7

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

Maryland is on the cusp of being the first state in the country to authorize use of the new 2021 edition of the International Green Construction Code for public and private building. Many see this cutting edge enactment as crucial to making possible the State’s ESG goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in buildings.

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Real Climate

JULY 10, 2022

Step 1: There is a natural greenhouse effect. Thus there must be a large amount of IR absorbed by the atmosphere (around 158 W/m 2 ) – a number that would be zero in the absence of any greenhouse substances. Step 2: Trace gases contribute to the natural greenhouse effect. The Earth’s Energy Budget (NASA).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The global climate crisis requires immediate action, and we can start here at home in our Commonwealth, where we produce more than one percent of global greenhouse gases annually. According to Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2021, 58% of Pennsylvanians believe local officials should do more to address global warming.

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 19, 2022

Respondents indicated a concern for greening their spaces: 77% pledged to reduce their buildings’ resource usage, while 60% committed to greenhouse gas reduction. The post This Is How The Energy Management Sector Performed in 2021, According to New Atrius Survey appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

One way to do that is to tell the Coast Guard to lead the way on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ship traffic at the International Maritime Organization and to better prepare for climate-related changes here at home. The post Arctic Sea Ice Reaches its 2021 Minimum appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 11, 2023

. #22) have taken action to lower the environmental footprint of State government across a wide range of areas, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing waste, decreasing the use of … Continue reading Greening New York State: 11th Progress Report on Agency Sustainability: Fiscal Year 2021-2022

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 25, 2021

What’s Up With Water – August 23, 2021 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers Afghanistan’s troubled water sector, water availability in the United States amid the pandemic, and an African nonprofit claiming that the textile and apparel industry is poisoning rivers with polluted wastewater.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

By coincidence rather than design, two different approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector have been under discussion by North Carolina agencies since 2021. In January 2021, Clean Air Carolina and the N.C. In July 2021, the EMC voted to approve the rulemaking petition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 15, 2024

According to Breathing Easy, a recent assessment by the Environmental Protection Network , the ten air pollution rules issued since 2021 with “the most significant quantified health impacts” would prevent: 202,632 all-cause premature mortalities. 107 million symptomatic asthma incidents. 94 million minor-restricted activity days.

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 19, 2022

Respondents indicated a concern for greening their spaces: 77% pledged to reduce their buildings’ resource usage, while 60% committed to greenhouse gas reduction. The post This Is How The Energy Management Sector Performed in 2021, According to New Atrius Survey appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Without steep cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, the report reminds us, the world will warm by over 2 °C this century – triggering more frequent heat waves, greater flooding, higher sea levels and more extreme heavy rainfall and droughts. Is the answer to climate change lying beneath your feet? Between the lines: Environment special.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We then drafted state legislation to require disclosure of climate change-related financial risks, which was introduced by California State Senator Henry Stern as SB 449 (Stern) in the 2021-2022 session. This bill, like SB 261, would be the first of its kind to be enacted anywhere in the United States.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

But it also indicates that by swiftly and drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the worst effects of climate change can be prevented, avoiding worst-case outcomes for water availability. The post The Stream, August 12, 2021: Major Rivers in India Are Rising To Dangerous Levels appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

To identify which fuels should be promoted, CARB calculates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels. In these “carbon intensity” calculations, CARB is not allowed to count reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are already required by law. Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2024

The Government of Canada has until the end of this year to set a new greenhouse gas reduction target for 2035. We need climate targets to measure progress on reducing greenhouse gas pollution. Globally countries must collectively reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. And they want to hear from you.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Net-zero greenhouse gas emission does not have any geophysical significance. Wherever the authors had made a reference to net-zero CO2 emissions, the Saudis (and sometimes China) tried to amend it to say net-zero greenhouse gases instead. 1/ — doreen stabinsky (@doreenstabinsky) November 11, 2021. Article 4, section 1.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to meet November 8 on a Senate Concurrent Resolution disapproving of the final regulation limiting carbon emissions from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

Transportation is now the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. Since April 2021, travel has returned to pre-pandemic levels and has kept increasing, though with a different flavor—increasing truck traffic, less commute trips but more non-work trips, and unfortunate declines in transit ridership. FHWA, 2021 ).

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Frontiers

DECEMBER 15, 2021

All thought leaders in their fields, they outlined transformational approaches to stopping greenhouse gas emissions, revolutionizing our education system, and preserving biodiversity. 2021 speakers. The speakers and panelists included two Nobel prize winners, four policy experts, and 11 professors from the world’s top institutions.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 7, 2023

What GAO Found The Department of Defense (DOD) has efforts underway to achieve sustainability goals associated with greenhouse gas emissions reductions, energy and water efficiencies, and waste reduction in the December 2021 Executive Order 14057. Download the report.

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