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What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions?

Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the fastest-growing occupation from 2019 to 2029 is expected to be wind turbine service technicians, with a growth rate of 61%. The post What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions?

Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the fastest-growing occupation from 2019 to 2029 is expected to be wind turbine service technicians, with a growth rate of 61%. The post What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Alien messages responding to NASA signals could reach us by 2029

New Scientist

MAY 2, 2023

Radio signals sent to NASA spacecraft could have already reached four neighbouring star systems, and if any aliens tried to respond, we might hear from them within a few years from now

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NuScale Aims to Advance Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 27, 2023

NuScale’s first small modular nuclear plant will likely begin operating in 2029. It will deploy six 77-megawatt modules to generate 462 megawatts of carbon-free electricity.

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Asteroid Apophis is Target of Europe’s New Ramses Mission

Scientific American

JULY 16, 2024

ESA’s Ramses spacecraft will scout out Apophis before and after the asteroid’s super-close flyby of Earth in 2029

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The responsibility and opportunity of sustainable packaging

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 3, 2024

billion by 2029 from … Continue reading The responsibility and opportunity of sustainable packaging The market for sustainable packaging is growing in response to a number of factors that range from consumer demand to legislation.

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EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 1, 2022

And if EPA finalized Option 2, nearly 30 percent of trucks sold 2027-2029 could be no better than today’s best-forming (but still dirty) diesel trucks! On top of two decades of inaction, it’s hard to understand EPA’s thought process here to further delay progress.

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DEP Publishes Updated PAG-02 NPDES Stormwater General Permit

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2024

The permit will become effective December 8, 2024 and will expire on December 7, 2029. The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 31 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of a revised NPDES General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities (PAG-02).

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New Environmental Laws Focus on Public Health

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The bill began as a ban but faced strong opposition; it now requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to provide a reevaluation of the herbicide paraquat dichloride by January 1, 2029. Increased health and safety measures around oil and gas facilities was another significant environmental topic the legislature addressed this session.

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The IPCC and the Need for Actionable Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

A decision on the release date of the working group reports was punted to a subsequent meeting while the synthesis report is slated to be completed by late 2029.

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PECO Agrees To Purchase 25 MW Of Solar Energy As Part Of Its Default Power Procurement In Settlement With Energy Justice Advocates

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On November 11, Energy Justice Advocates announced PECO has agreed to contract for 25 MW of solar energy as part of its default power procurement for electric customers from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2029 as a result of a settlement recently approved by the Public Utility Commission. PECO serves nearly 1.7

Fossil Fuels

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CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3

Physics World

MAY 17, 2022

Commissioning of HL-LHC is due to start in 2029. . T superconducting magnets and superconducting “crab” cavities – which reduce the angle at which the bunches cross – to increase the number of collisions at the two detectors. The post CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3 appeared first on Physics World.

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Companies vying for the first round of Danish carbon capture and storage government funding

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The first is planned for June 2024 and the other the following year, with a target of having the projects up and running at full speed by 2029. Initially, two bidding rounds have been scheduled. A step in the right direction Several companies have shown an interest in applying for funding and thereby starting the first Danish CCS projects.

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Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: The Third PA Bird Atlas Has Officially Fledged; Volunteers Needed

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The project, supported by the Game Commission, headquartered at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary , and driven by the Cornell Lab’s powerful eBird online tools, is a five-year-long survey that will end February 2029. Findings will guide conservation for years to come.

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Tour de France’s start in Denmark puts focus on sustainability

A Greener Life

JULY 1, 2022

On day three of the race, the riders will start off in Vejle, a rugged area known as ‘the Danish Alps’ and finish in the city of Sønderborg, which has an ambitious plan to become zero-carbon by 2029 through its ProjectZero project. Its concept is based on energy efficiency combined with renewable energy from the county’s own green sources.

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Why the Bay Area’s Zero-Emission Appliance Rule is a Big Deal

Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

The rule would ban most new gas water heaters (in new construction and replacements in homes) after 2027, gas furnaces after 2029, and large gas water heaters (in apartments and commercial buildings) after 2031.

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In Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color

Circle of Blue

JUNE 29, 2021

In the early 1970s, Chicago embarked on one of the region’s most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects to date: the Tunnel and Reservoir Project or “Deep Tunnel,” a massive storage system that will be able to hold more than 20 billion gallons of water when it’s finished in 2029. . A Feat of Engineering or “Missed Opportunity”?

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Heights Philadelphia, EPA Announce New Partnership Aiding Black, Brown And First-Generation Students’ Pathways to Environmental Studies & Careers

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

The five-year strategic plan focuses on building pathways to college and career, changing systems, and creating a sustainable organization model. “It It is wonderful to see this interactive investment from the federal government into the future of our students,” said Sean E.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Coal-Fired Power Capacity Retired By End Of 2029 As A Result Of Competition With Natural Gas, Renewables PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- PennLive: Jury Selection Begins For Trial Of Cumberland County Woman Accused Of Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. What’s Your Community Doing? Other States/National/International -- Reuters: U.S.

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Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

The main goal is to align the contract term end date from 2026 to 2029 to meet the requirements of the Wind Energy supplier that is part of our regional electricity grid network. To advance its renewable energy goals, WPEC, in collaboration with PWSA, initiated this amendment to the original Direct Energy Agreement.

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DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 30 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

acres of abandoned mine land in Shade Township, Somerset County under Act 181. ( PA Bulletin, page 1768 ) Meetings April 9-- CANCELED.

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Particle physicists gather at CERN to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery

Physics World

JULY 4, 2022

HL-LHC is expected to begin in 2029 and operate until 2041. The LHC will then shut down to make way for a major upgrade where it will be converted into the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), which is designed to increase the collider’s luminosity increase by a factor of 10 over the original machine. The future is bright” noted Gianotti today.

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Statement on IESO Contracting New Polluting Gas Power

Enviromental Defense

MAY 16, 2023

Contracts for the four existing facilities have been extended beyond their current contracts of 2029 and 2030 to 2034 or 2035. The IESO projects emissions from the electricity sector will increase over 400 per cent by 2030 and by almost 800 per cent by 2040 (compared to the 2017 level).

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Game Commission: Volunteers Needed To County Pennsylvania's Birds For 3rd PA Bird Atlas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 19, 2024

Between now and February 2029, it will document what birds live in Pennsylvania, where and in what numbers. Reporting your observations of them is, too. The Game Commission, together with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary , is conducting the third Pennsylvania Bird Atlas in state history.

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Toronto Mayoral By-election on June 26th is Vital to the Future of Ontario’s Environment

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 6, 2023

Increase active transportation mode share , * and make walking and cycling safe, convenient and practical for commuting, running errands and getting to school in every corner of Toronto by: preserving all existing bike lanes, approving and completing all planned and under study bike lanes and adding protective barriers to most unprotected bike lanes; (..)

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Effective Immediately, California Energy Commission Jurisdiction Expands to Include Non-Thermal Projects Greater Than 50 MW

Renewable + Law

JULY 5, 2022

The bill allows a person proposing to construct any of those facilities to file an application for certification (“AFC”) with the CEC on or before June 30, 2029.

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Effective Immediately, California Energy Commission Jurisdiction Expands to Include Non-Thermal Projects Greater Than 50 MW

Renewable + Law

JULY 5, 2022

The bill allows a person proposing to construct any of those facilities to file an application for certification (“AFC”) with the CEC on or before June 30, 2029.

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Guide to the Recent EPA Actions on PFAS

Capaccio

MAY 21, 2024

If their findings reveal that the water systems exceed the set MCLs for these six PFAS, water providers will have until 2029 to implement mitigation measures and notify the public of the violation. Water providers will have three years (until 2027) to complete PFAS testing and release their findings to the public.

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Les bus électriques sont une solution aux pires problèmes de nos villes

Edouard Stenger

JULY 31, 2022

En France, les sociétés de transport public desservant Paris et ses villes voisines ont annoncé qu’elles allaient rendre leur flotte zéro émission (soit avec des bus electriques ou à biogaz) d’ici 2029. Cette mesure permettra de lutter contre la pollution atmosphérique qui sévit dans la capitale française depuis des années.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

billion tonnes by 2029-2030. According to India’s 2023 National Electricity Plan, the country’s 2026-2027 domestic coal requirement will be an estimated 866.4 million tonnes, rising to 1.025 billion tonnes by 2031-2032. Is forest cover the panacea?

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Five Important Points About the “SAFE Vehicle Rule”

Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

EPA and DOT estimate that “upstream” carbon dioxide emissions from oil production, transportation, refining, and distribution would increase by 159 MMT (over the lifetime of the vehicles produced from MY1979 through MY 2029). The safety benefits of the rule may have been overestimated.

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Commission Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Decision in Transportation Electrification (TE) Proceeding, Setting a Framework for California TE Policy and Investment

Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As proposed, Funding Cycle 2 (FC2) would start in 2030, after FC1 completes at the end of 2029, and would be based on an assessment of FC1 and further analysis of the policy and market needs at that time.

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Commission Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Decision in Transportation Electrification (TE) Proceeding, Setting a Framework for California TE Policy and Investment

Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As proposed, Funding Cycle 2 (FC2) would start in 2030, after FC1 completes at the end of 2029, and would be based on an assessment of FC1 and further analysis of the policy and market needs at that time.

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Key Requirements, and the Materiality Threshold

Law Columbia

MARCH 11, 2024

LAFs must comply with most disclosures for fiscal year beginning (FYB) 2025, FYB 2026 for GHG emissions and the remaining required disclosures, and reach limited assurance for their GHG emissions disclosures for FYB 2029. In practice, this means initial disclosures under the regime will be filed in 2026.

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Right on Energy: Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Some have also suggested that facilities beginning construction before 2029 should be able to remain on annual matching for the life of the facility (also called “grandfathering”).

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Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

The NCUC report notes questions about the practicality of developing an onshore wind project by 2029 and costs related to connecting both onshore and offshore wind projects. The order also directs Duke Energy to further evaluate both onshore and offshore wind projects.

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Astro2020 Decadal Survey calls for ‘great observatory’ to succeed Hubble

Physics World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The $1bn GMT will be located at Las Campanas in Chile’s Atacama Desert and is on-track for first light in 2029. They are the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). The GMT will have seven circular mirrors, each 8.4 m in diameter and weighing 18 tonnes. m wide that has a total collecting area of 368 square metres.

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First District Affirms Judgment Rejecting All CEQA Challenges To Oakland A’s Ballpark Development EIR Except Improper Deferral of Wind Impacts Mitigation

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APRIL 11, 2023

Cumulative Impacts The Court rejected petitioners’ final argument that the EIR’s cumulative impacts analysis was inadequate for failure to consider impacts of the potential use of a portion of the project site by the Port to expand its turning basin for large vessels.

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UCS Is Following the Money in California

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2024

trillion investment gap in critical infrastructure between 2020 and 2029. But the United States is not doing well at maintaining these critical infrastructure systems. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimated a $2.58

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Funding Available to Support Underserved Farmers: A Look at USDA’s 2501 Grants

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 16, 2024

Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 2029. However, the Senate version goes further: Adds interpretation and translation services to the program and clarifies that the program may provide outreach on programs that resolve ownership and succession on farmland with multiple owners.

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

The funding is set to remain available until September 30, 2029. The funding is set to remain available through September 30, 2029. The DOE may also use this appropriation to make grants for economic development activities for communities affected by transmission projects. Department of Transportation is to make available $244.5

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IMO Fails Duty to Protect Climate and the Arctic

Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 22, 2021

As you may remember, we weren’t overjoyed at the results last session , which settled on a profoundly underwhelming short term measure to address the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in addition to a diluted “ban” on heavy fuel oil (HFO) use in the Arctic that will only take effect in 2029.

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Book review: A grand survey of climate hope

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

billion tonnes by 2029-30. The Indian coal minister, though, announced on December 18, 2023, that domestic coal production was set to increase 6-7% annually and reach approximately 1.5

Fossil Fuels

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PUC OKs Implementation Of PaPUC Forward Strategic Plan Centered On Professional Development, Process Excellence, Enhanced Consumer Education

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Commissioners granted authority to Executive Director Jennifer Berrier to begin implementation of the comprehensive operational strategy for 2025 to 2029, designed to ensure the Commission remains a leader in state utility regulation as it approaches its 90th anniversary. Chairman Stephen M.

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What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions?

What are the Fastest Growing Sustainability Professions?

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Alien messages responding to NASA signals could reach us by 2029

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NuScale Aims to Advance Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

Asteroid Apophis is Target of Europe’s New Ramses Mission

The responsibility and opportunity of sustainable packaging

EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

DEP Publishes Updated PAG-02 NPDES Stormwater General Permit

New Environmental Laws Focus on Public Health

The IPCC and the Need for Actionable Science

PECO Agrees To Purchase 25 MW Of Solar Energy As Part Of Its Default Power Procurement In Settlement With Energy Justice Advocates

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3

Companies vying for the first round of Danish carbon capture and storage government funding

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: The Third PA Bird Atlas Has Officially Fledged; Volunteers Needed

Tour de France’s start in Denmark puts focus on sustainability

Why the Bay Area’s Zero-Emission Appliance Rule is a Big Deal

In Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color

Heights Philadelphia, EPA Announce New Partnership Aiding Black, Brown And First-Generation Students’ Pathways to Environmental Studies & Careers

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Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium

DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 30 PA Bulletin

Particle physicists gather at CERN to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery

Statement on IESO Contracting New Polluting Gas Power

Game Commission: Volunteers Needed To County Pennsylvania's Birds For 3rd PA Bird Atlas

Toronto Mayoral By-election on June 26th is Vital to the Future of Ontario’s Environment

Effective Immediately, California Energy Commission Jurisdiction Expands to Include Non-Thermal Projects Greater Than 50 MW

Effective Immediately, California Energy Commission Jurisdiction Expands to Include Non-Thermal Projects Greater Than 50 MW

Guide to the Recent EPA Actions on PFAS

Les bus électriques sont une solution aux pires problèmes de nos villes

Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

Five Important Points About the “SAFE Vehicle Rule”

Commission Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Decision in Transportation Electrification (TE) Proceeding, Setting a Framework for California TE Policy and Investment

Commission Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Decision in Transportation Electrification (TE) Proceeding, Setting a Framework for California TE Policy and Investment

The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Key Requirements, and the Materiality Threshold

Right on Energy: Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Astro2020 Decadal Survey calls for ‘great observatory’ to succeed Hubble

First District Affirms Judgment Rejecting All CEQA Challenges To Oakland A’s Ballpark Development EIR Except Improper Deferral of Wind Impacts Mitigation

UCS Is Following the Money in California

Funding Available to Support Underserved Farmers: A Look at USDA’s 2501 Grants

Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

IMO Fails Duty to Protect Climate and the Arctic

Book review: A grand survey of climate hope

PUC OKs Implementation Of PaPUC Forward Strategic Plan Centered On Professional Development, Process Excellence, Enhanced Consumer Education

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