Fighting to Help Black People—and Others—Keep Their Land
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 4, 2023
As mentioned above, the carbon market, where forest landowners receive payments for sequestering carbon, is growing.
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The IRA Made Huge Climate Investments in Rural Areas. Now, the Food and Farm Bill Must Maintain Them.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act is directing $20B toward climate-resilient agriculture Reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions through policies that drive renewable energy and clean transportation has well known benefits. This, in turn, can help lessen the price shocks that can result when crop and livestock losses occur.
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Action on Methane
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Methane is responsible for 30 percent of current global warming and is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period. Given its high potency and short atmospheric lifespan, lowering methane emissions could prevent up to 0.3°C C of warming by 2050.
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Ontario government relying on climate change deniers in court case against youth
Enviromental Defense
MAY 9, 2022
William van Wijngaarden is a member of the CO2 Coalition , whose stated purpose is to “provide facts, resources and information about the vital role carbon dioxide (CO2) plays in our environment” and provide education “about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide to our lives and the economy.”
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Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: We Get Questions - Climate Change, Hope And Action
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
By Patrick McShea, Educator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History “Tell me what gives you hope?” The frightful phenomenon is on a scale proportional to and correlated with the climate altering changes in Earth’s atmosphere. Patrick McShea is an educator at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.
Soil Carbon: The Climate Solution We’re Misunderstanding
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
However, the methods we use to measure and model soil carbon are still evolving, and the variability in our estimates can be quite significant, changing across different regions, conditions, and methods used.
Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 7 Webinar On The Future Of Carbon Capture
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 3, 2024
Dr. Leubke will explain the basics of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and how both point-source CCS and direct air capture (DAC) can help the U.S. reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) atmospheric levels. The webinar is approved for Continuing Legal Education in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
Scranton Times Editorial: Lower Boom On Natural Gas Leaks, Audit Abandoned Gas Well Capping
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 10, 2023
Methane is a powerful contributor to atmospheric warming. Though it is far less abundant than carbon dioxide, it is about 80 times more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere, thus accounting for about 25% of warming. It sounded like two jets were directly above my house,” Doug Harrison, 50, told The Guardian. “I
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Gov. Shapiro Signs Bipartisan Solar For Schools And Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Bills Into Law
PA Environment Daily
JULY 22, 2024
Josh Shapiro announced last week he signed House Bill 1032 (Fiedler-D- Philadelphia) and Senate Bill 831 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) into law, establishing the Solar for Schools program and creating a regulatory framework for carbon capture, utilization, and geologic sequestration (CCUS) in the Commonwealth.
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Operators May Earn and Sell Carbon Credits for the P&A of Inactive, Shut-in, or Temporarily Abandoned Wells
The Energy Law
JUNE 21, 2022
These AOOG wells often emit methane, a greenhouse gas that is considered 25 to 84 times more potent, per ton, than carbon dioxide. For a plugging project to qualify for carbon credits, it must meet the following requirements: 1. Each credit represents 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide reduced or removed from the atmosphere.
What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial
Legal Planet
JULY 12, 2023
Perhaps the plaintiffs should ask the Court to mandate basic climate change education to state officials. Another scientist who focuses on greenhouse gas emissions accounting told the court Montana is responsible for tens of millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year – the sixth-most in the U.S.
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New IRS Revenue Ruling Provides Opportunities for Financing Carbon Capture Equipment
The Energy Law
AUGUST 3, 2021
Revenue Ruling 2021-13 addresses the application of section 45Q to carbon dioxide captured with carbon capture equipment installed at a methanol plant that had existing carbon dioxide separation equipment.
The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration
The Energy Law
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports. Any effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will undoubtedly rely heavily on reducing the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
PA Interfaith Power & Light, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Offering Free Native Trees & Shrubs To Plant This Spring Anywhere In PA
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 12, 2024
Planting native trees and shrubs is an act of hope, faith, and healing will contribute to sequestration of the excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere that is changing our global weather. The deadline for ordering is January 20. NewsClips: -- Public News Service: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Has Planted More Than 5.9
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New Legislation Signals Strong Support for CCUS in Texas
The Energy Law
JUNE 21, 2021
HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.
Space for all: here are some of the huge commercial opportunities away from Earth
Physics World
JANUARY 19, 2022
Weighing just 260 kg each, they will fly in very-low-Earth orbit at heights of roughly 550 km, which means that atmospheric drag will pull them down within a few years so they don’t end up as yet more space junk. I also see a lot of mileage with CubeSats – shoebox-sized craft initially invented as an educational tool for students.
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New Legislation Signals Strong Support for CCUS in Texas
The Energy Law
JUNE 21, 2021
HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.
The Future of Carbon Capture and Sequestration
The Energy Law
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports. Any effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will undoubtedly rely heavily on reducing the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Evangelical Environmental Network Thanks Gov. Shapiro For Defending Children's Health Thru An Agreement With CNX Natural Gas; Believes In Repenting Of Sins, 2nd Chances
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Additionally, methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere and is responsible for 25% of the human-produced warming we experience today. The higher temperatures we are seeing in the U.S.
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Penn State College Of Agriculture April 20 Webinar - Follow The Carbon: Re-Envisioning The Bioeconomy
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 24, 2022
Penn State's College of Agriculture will host another in its series of College Connections webinars April 20 on Follow The Carbon: Re-Envisioning The Bioeconomy from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Every year forests and agricultural crops remove tens of millions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing
Physics World
MARCH 16, 2022
4 843 , measured in tonnes (t) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent (e) per year per person or ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE). The result in grams (g) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent (e) is compared to the amount of carbon sequestered by trees and the emissions of common activities, such as driving a car.
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Pike Conservation District Newsletter: Riparian Buffer Basics; Climate Change And Forests
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 1, 2022
The August newsletter from the Pike County Conservation District includes articles on riparian buffers and climate change and forests as part of the District's Forestry month education initiative. Forests function as a “carbon sink”, removing carbon from the air as they grow, storing the carbon in their wood, the soil or other plant matter.
George Monbiot Q + A – How rejuvenating nature could help fight climate change
Science Blogs
APRIL 11, 2019
This could absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and help biodiversity thrive. But it’s now clear that mitigation alone is not enough: we need to draw down carbon that we have already emitted from the atmosphere. The other main strategies for carbon drawdown are both, in my view, disastrous.
New Legislation Signals Strong Support for CCUS in Texas
The Energy Law
JUNE 21, 2021
HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.
Environmental activism in Latin America
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
Replacing these massive carbon sink forests with machinery which continuously pumps vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere is increasing the rate of global warming. It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern.
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U.S. Climate Change Litigation: 2020 Update
The Energy Law
JANUARY 15, 2020
The Juliana plaintiffs bring public trust claims, asserting that the federal government violated the young plaintiffs’ constitutional rights by allowing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations to be emitted by fossil fuel companies.
Renewable Energy Efforts Highlighted in Draft Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Louisiana
The Energy Law
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Invest in research for utilizations of captured carbon and life cycle analyses to understand their overall impact: The capture and use of carbon dioxide to create valuable products has potential to lower the net costs of reducing emissions and remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
The Air We Breathe: Uncovering the Invisible Threat to Tackle COVID-19
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
During 2020, I started hearing aerosol particles mentioned outside of the atmospheric science field. Carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors are a relatively inexpensive method to estimate the concentration of COVID-19 aerosol particles since individuals exhale CO2 at the same time as aerosol particles.
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Analysis: The struggle to save Zimbabwe’s dying wetlands
A Greener Life
JANUARY 16, 2025
Wetlands also capture and store atmospheric carbon dioxide, allowing it to be converted into other carbon compounds and cellulose and thus mitigating global heating. Kaharo says a residents group called Budiriro Water Foundation has been formed to educate communities on the importance of wetlands as sources of water.
Let’s Talk about Climate Anxiety
Academy of Natural Sciences
MAY 9, 2022
For example, telling the story of the specific changes of oyster populations in a nearby bay may be more relatable than carbon dioxide levels in the global atmosphere. Local examples of climate change impact on specific ecosystems and animals can be easier for people to relate to and recognize.
ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023
ESA
MARCH 20, 2023
States Texas State Board of Education issues guidance encouraging schools to emphasize the “positive” aspects of climate change in textbooks. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The request includes $231 million for NOAA’s climate research programs, a $7 million increase above FY 2023 levels. lands and waters by 2030.
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Evangelical Environmental Network Testifies In Congress On Need To Defend Our Children’s Health & Taxpayers By Fixing Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Require Real Well Plugging Bonding
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 30, 2022
It drifts up to our atmosphere where it worsens climate change, and it settles into the lungs, hearts, and brains of our children and grandkids. Put another way, this leakage amounts to more than 10% of the gas these wells produce. And this wasted methane does not disappear harmlessly into the wind. ENN is based in New Freedom, York County.
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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure
Law Columbia
AUGUST 8, 2023
It would require standardized reporting of GHG emissions (primarily carbon dioxide and methane) by firms doing business in California with total annual revenues more than $1 billion. [19] The vote on it was 24-9. 26] About 8,000 facilities are required to report. [27] NASA Finds June 2023 Hottest on Record,” July 13, 2023, [link].
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The Major Questions Doctrine and its Effect as a Limiting Factor for Sweeping Environmental Regulation
The Energy Law
APRIL 13, 2022
The executive order at issue, Executive Order 13990, relies on a “social cost of carbon” calculation which estimates in dollars the economic damages that would result from emitting one additional ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Policy News: September 12, 2022
ESA
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
NASEM: The Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate released a review of the U.S. NSF – Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education Meeting (Sept. White House CEQ – Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force. East Coast.
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Policy News: August 29, 2022
ESA
AUGUST 29, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $500 million for climate and weather research and forecasting. NSF – Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education Meeting (Sept. White House CEQ – Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Non-Federal Lands Permitting Task Force.
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Federal Court Enjoins Biden’s Social Cost of Carbon Efforts On the Basis of Negative Impact to Energy Industry and Energy Producing States
The Energy Law
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
In 2009, the Obama administration established estimates of the social cost of carbon (“SCC Estimate”) that all agencies were required to use in their regulatory cost/benefit analysis. Under the Obama administration, the SCC Estimate was about $51 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions, adjusted for inflation.
Policy News: April 11, 2022
ESA
APRIL 11, 2022
This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Capturing carbon is a must. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check. NSF – STEM Education Advisory Panel Meeting (April 27).
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Policy News: July 1, 2022
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.” In addition, we encourage states to implement clean energy strategies that reduce emissions.
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Policy News: October 25, 2021
ESA
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Ahead of COP, ESA issued a statement calling on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions that limits rising temperatures to 1.5? National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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ESA Policy News: March 6, 2023
ESA
MARCH 6, 2023
implement volunteering programs, outreach efforts, or education programs related to environmental policies). 1213 ) reversing a provision of the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus spending bill preventing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from drafting new protections for the North Atlantic right whale.
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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021
ESA
AUGUST 16, 2021
However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Allocation : $726 billion. Chair : Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). Executive Branch. Jacobs-Young has a Ph.D. in wood and paper science.
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Special Policy News #7: The Transition
ESA
APRIL 19, 2021
Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high – The Guardian. Big Businesses Say They Want a Price on Carbon – Scientifc American/E&E News. Advisory Committee for Education and Human Resources, [link]. Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, [link]. US emissions dropped 1.7
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Policy News: June 14, 2021
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. John Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement (SEEE) Act ( S. NSF – STEM Education Advisory Panel Meeting (June 18). 1816 & H.R.
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