PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 12, 2023

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), or the range of technologies and processes for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and oceans, promises to be a major part of US and global climate strategy in the coming decades. Recent governmental actions have created significant financial incentives for the rapidly growing CDR sector.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

NDAA: The full Senate voted to pass the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). million for PFAS clean-up. After the release of the Arctic Report Card, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy published the Arctic Research Plan for 2022-2026. The bill includes $514.3 Comments are due Jan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In the United States, a 2022 study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that more than 50,000 lives per year would be saved by eliminating those emissions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis last year estimated that recreation economy was worth $564 billion in 2022, providing nearly 5 million jobs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 15, 2024

Yet, despite several requests from states over the years, most recently California during a 2022 “heat dome” and wildfires, no White House has ever approved a disaster declaration for heat or smoke. In the work world, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says 43 workers died in 2022 from heat.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps about 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, on average, over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Sharp cuts in methane emissions are among the most critical actions the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

4 In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- PUC Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss Appointed To EPA’s Farm, Ranch And Rural Communities Advisory Committee -- TribLive: Eureka, Citizens Gifted Eplugs To Fire Company To Thwart Electric Vehicle Dangers -- Moms Clean Air Force Nov. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

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Acoel

JULY 5, 2022

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Robert B. EPA as a decision depriving EPA of an important tool to address climate change under the Clean Air Act. First Court did not eliminate the Agency’s ability to require greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reductions under section 111 or any other section of the Clean Air Act.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

Spending bills for fiscal years FY 2022 and FY 2023 have fallen short of appropriating the amount included in similar authorizing legislation. The House and Senate had been negotiating a compromise between the America COMPETES Act and the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act since May 2022. billion in FY 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

EPA decision , upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act but significantly constrained its ability to do so. The headline of her July 5, 2022, press release , “AG Fitch Continues to Fight Biden’s Radical Environmental Agenda,” pretty much sums up her attitude.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) 11) Global warming, in part, is a result of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

I’m not including laws that simply incentivize clean energy or those that fund pure science, even though both are vitally important parts of climate policy. Climate first cropped up in the Clean Air Act of 1970. Next up was the Global Climate Protection Act of 1987 , which was signed by Ronald Reagan.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the virtual 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Several 1-2 hour training and prep sessions will occur in late January and February 2022 over Zoom. 18, 2022, averting a government shutdown.

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ESA

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In April 2022, the Biden administration announced the launch of the first-ever U.S. The US Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior and the heads of the US Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Agency for International Development would serve as ex-oficio members of the foundation’s board.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 Interior to weigh greenhouse gas emissions of proposed 2022 oil lease sales – Reuters. New court ruling clears path for Bristol Bay Clean Water Act protections – National Fisherman. EPA – Draft FY 2022-2026 Environmental Protection Agency Strategic Plan.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Matt Cartwright (D-PA) will be ranking member of the House Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee, which funds the National Science Foundation, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among other agencies. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. Meanwhile, Rep.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the virtual 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Several 1-2 hour training and prep sessions will occur in late January and February 2022 over Zoom. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

At stake was the ability to reduce carbon emissions as written in the ‘Clean Power Plan’ regulation under the auspices of the Clean Air Act that gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power to regulate “the best system of reducing emissions.” WOTUS), in early October 2022. billion, a $908.6

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

The spending bills largely include increases for ecological science programs, in line with the discretionary spending increases included in the President’s Budget Request (see ESA Policy News July 1, 2022 , ESA Policy News June 20, 2022 & Federal Budget Tracker ). Comments must be submitted by July 28, 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. In the 2022-23 term, the court will hear Sackett v.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Negotiations will continue during in-person meetings in April and May 2022. The Senate Appropriations Committee released the remaining nine spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Congress and the president did not approve appropriations bills that fund the federal government into law before the federal government FY 2022 began Oct.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The report’s authors conclude that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land and that widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. Appropriations: The Senate Appropriations Committee approved spending bills for agricultural and energy programs for FY 2022.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

11, 2022, from 12-4 pm eastern time. 15, 2022, and IPBES will hold an online workshop for reviewers Jan. CNSF – FY 2022 Appropriations Conference Committee Statement (Nov. The Ecosystems Chapter public engagement workshop will take place on Jan. The outlines are open for public comment through Feb.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In September 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order reviving several lapsed federal advisory committees, including ISAC and in January 2022, the Interior Department issued a call for nominations for new ISAC members. 22 The Water Resources Development Act: Provisions for Invasive Species Prevention and Management Thursday, Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

26 Hazard Mitigation Grant Funding Webinar , 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. -- LehighValley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Highlight December Activities, Programs -- Dickinson College To Host Atmospheric Scientist Katharine Hayhoe To Discuss Finding Hope In The Face Of Climate Change During Public Talk Dec. . -- PUC To Host Nov.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

Upcoming hearings: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior – House Appropriations Committee – April 20. Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency – House Appropriations Committee – April 21. Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high – The Guardian.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced the expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, nearly tripling the size of the sanctuary. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Innovation and Competition Act passed the full Senate in early June. The House NSF bill creates a new Science and Engineering Solutions Directorate within NSF and authorizes funding for this directorate at $1 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2022. In total, the NSF for the Future Act increases authorized funding for NSF to $17.9

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The states asserted counts under the Administrative Procedure Act and of ultra vires action. 66,496 (Dec. 15,2 2009). Neubauer, et al.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The President’s Budget Request represents a starting point for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget process and the administration’s priorities. billion for NSF, representing a 20% increase for NSF over FY 2022 levels. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Acidification Act ( H.R. 676 ), which requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collaborate with state and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification. McEachin died in November 2022. Another bill ( H.R.

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