Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 19, 2022

The PFAS Strategic Roadmap: DOE Commitments to Action 2022-2025 establishes and details the goals, objectives and steps that the Department of Energy is taking to address PFAS. Specifically, DOE commits to: Research current and past uses and known or potential releases of PFAS.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2024

MW-day for much of the PJM footprint for delivery in 2025-26-- 933% more than the $28.92/MW-day MW-day cost for delivery in the 2024/2025 auction. Meanwhile, the peak load forecast for the 2025/2026 Delivery Year has increased from 150,640 MW for the 2024/2025 BRA to 153,883 MW for the 2025/2026 Delivery Year.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

As a compromise, California law (AB 398) has limited offsets to 4% of compliance obligations for the 2021-2025 period and capped the offsets without in-state benefits that can be utilized for compliance. . The post Governing Emissions Trading in California and China appeared first on Legal Planet. Stay tuned. Download as PDF.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2024

formal notice ) The hearing agenda also includes accepting comments on the proposed 2025 fee schedule. The Susquehanna River Basin Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing October 30 on water withdrawal requests, including four supporting shale gas development in Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

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Nanotech

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

and in the states in the 76 days between Election Day (November 5, 2024) and Inauguration Day (January 20, 2025). funding the government beyond December 20, 2024, passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and providing funding for disaster relief) before it adjourns sine die. There is much that happens in Washington, D.C.,

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Capaccio

MAY 9, 2022

As the world moves toward ever-increasing globalization, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues have never been so important. In response to these demands, many organizations created ambitious goals for 2025 and 2030 and now the deadlines to show results are fast approaching. . Download your copy now by clicking here.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) , renewable energy sources are to become the first electricity source by 2025, surpassing dirty coal. Good news everyone ! Solar and wind are also due to cover most if not all of global electricity demand growth in the meantime.

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Nanotech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Congress has not passed legislation to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2025 (FY 2025) that begins October 1, 2024. The House of Representatives on September 18 tried — and failed — to pass legislation to fund the government into March 2025.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Regulated Entities shall focus on “governance,” “strategy,” “impact, risk and opportunity management,” and “indicators and objectives” throughout their analysis and reporting processes. Timeline for Implementation The Guidelines are set to apply to the fiscal year of 2025, meaning that Regulated Entities must publish SDRs by April 30, 2026.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Last week, regulators in the local assembly of Tokyo , the capital of Japan , ruled that all new homes constructed by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar panels to cut emissions. By 2030 the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set targets that aim to halve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 2000 levels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For more on other harmful aspects of Project 2025, see this blog. The Heritage Foundation’s blueprint—Project 2025—to dramatically alter the US Environmental Protection Agency should concern you. Project 2025 takes aim at all those protections. Project 2025 takes aim at grants, as well. It does me.

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Law and Environment

JULY 5, 2022

EPA need look no farther than Massachusetts, which issued its Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2025 and 2030 the same day that the Supreme Court extended its crusade against the modern world by limiting EPA’s authority to regulate in the absence of a clear delegation by Congress. Until we do, everything else is just a patchwork.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2023

The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

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NRDC

APRIL 22, 2024

Back in 2015, governments in the UNFCCC agreed to negotiate a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance prior to 2025. What are the key elements that countries need to agree on?

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Our team will also be tracking the participation in the negotiations and proceedings by the Government of Canada, provincial leaders, and oil and gas lobbyists. This new framework aims to replace the existing 2009 commitment from developed countries to provide $100 billion annually between 2020 and 2025 — a target missed by years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2024

The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” is a dangerous and detailed guide to undermining our democracy and a broadside attack on our health and well-being, not to mention our economic prosperity.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2022

On October 11, members of the Chesapeake Executive Council met for their annual meeting and elected EPA Administrator Michael Regan chair and began the discussion of the steps needed for states to get closer to meeting the 2025 pollution reduction milestones. Not Meeting Milestones On October 4, the U.S. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Government funding for research and deployment of CDR is increasing. Yet, key issues around definitions, guidance, and climate governance remain.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2024

Eligible applicants include units of local government, regional transportation authorities, public authorities with a transportation function and other groups. An application period will also open on May 1, 2025 and close August 1, 2025. The WCPP provides funding for construction and non-construction projects.

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Brag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

EPA states that this proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation’s fuel supply for 2023 , 2024 , and 2025. EPA will also propose new regulations governing the generation of qualifying renewable electricity made from renewable biomass that is used for transportation fuel in electric vehicles.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In short, developed countries committed to providing $100 billion to vulnerable countries every year between 2020 and 2025. COP29 is the deadline for negotiations that would set a new target for 2025. The next round is due in February 2025. Back in 2009, countries set a finance goal of $100 billion.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

The index measures the performance of companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. Released in April 2021, PPG’s 2020 Sustainability Report highlights the company’s progress in achieving its 2025 sustainability goals and progress in key ESG areas.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

WeConservePA is now accepting presentation proposals for the 2025 PA Land Conservation Conference to be held April 2-4 in State College. The 300-400 attendees each year come from land trusts, county and local municipal governments, state agencies, trail groups, watershed associations, and other organizations.

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Nanotech

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The list includes “must pass” items, including appropriations to fund the government through the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The list of pending issues that Congress could consider during the lame duck session in 2024 continues to grow.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN] -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- PA Assn. 5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN] -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- PA Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

CCRRA plans to offer another Recycling Mini-Grant opportunity in the spring of 2025 and encourages projects that will increase the quantity and quality of recycling in Centre County. Look for more information on our next grant round early next year.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 16, 2023

history during which entities that do not have federal tax liability – including local and state governments and agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribes and municipal utilities – can reap the benefit of these incentives. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is chock-full of tax incentives for climate and clean energy projects.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2024

Back then, those contracts were canceled by the Puerto Rican government for failing to improve service and meet minimum performance standards. LUMA also charges an annual fee to operate the system, the total of which is expected to add up to $500 million between 2021 and 2025. It is truly crazy.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

On July 30, the PJM Interconnection announced the results of its 2025/26 capacity auction, which revealed that costs will be roughly seven times greater than in 2024/25. billion, which could increase retail power bills by as much as 29% starting mid-2025. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Related Article: -- PA Sea Grant Names PA 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellows: Nathaniel Edelheit-Rice, Sahara Rios-Bonilla, Chelsea Russ [PaEN] [Posted: November 11, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

Electricity bills for the 65 million people in the region could increase by as much as 29% starting in June 2025—and it may be only the beginning unless swift action is taken by PJM. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day There’s no time to lose.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 25, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee heard from several witnesses from Central Pennsylvania reporting that State Government has refused to pay stormwater management fees designed to help the Commonwealth meet Chesapeake Bay cleanup obligations and for other areas of the state. I don’t get that.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Though there has been important progress, states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed will not meet pollution-reduction commitments by a 2025 deadline. Leaders must also commit to updating the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement by the end of 2025 to address new challenges and incorporate the latest science. 10 in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

Background The Singaporean government introduced the ICC Framework in November 2022, in tandem with the progressive increase in carbon tax rate under the Carbon Pricing (Amendment) Act 2022 from the current S$5 per tonne of emissions to S$25 per tonne in 2024 and 2025, and S$45 per tonne in 2026 and beyond.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 28, 2022

Charged by the government with developing a pricing mechanism and strategy as an acceptable alternative to joining the ETS in 2025 … Continue reading A new farming proposal to reduce carbon emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

Second, coal and natural gas-fired power plants that are work horses of the grid are retiring prematurely both because of the climate policies of some states (not Pennsylvania) and because the federal government discourages or bans fossil-fuel power plants and give preferential treatment to renewable energy. Read more here.]

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