Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last year, the IRA took that approach a step further by expanding investments that would make agriculture part of the climate solution by reducing emissions, conserving land and natural resources, and storing carbon. Building resilient agricultural systems.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Canada has adopted a biased approach to counting and reporting forest-sector carbon that is masking the large climate impacts of logging,” says Michael Polanyi of Nature Canada. The atmosphere does not distinguish between carbon emissions from industrial logging and fossil fuels,” says Dale Marshall of Environmental Defence Canada.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 12, 2024

The federal ministries most frequently targeted by lobbyists were Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and Finance Canada (FIN). NRCan staff participated in at least 313 meetings with oil and gas lobbyists, including 34 with Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson present.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 9, 2021

Reducing waste and conserving scarce natural resources are key goals of the movement to a circular economy. The majority of the world’s carbon emissions are associated with extraction of resources and production of goods, but circular economy measures are rarely included in policies aimed at meeting emissions reduction targets.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

CSL (Australia) We are reducing our carbon emissions to lower our operating costs and improve our competitive advantage while also reducing our climate change impact and preserving natural resources – Jeffrey Ball , Chief Sustainability Officer & Senior Vice President.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Healthy trout is indicative that the whole system is healthy,” said Randy Claramount, a biologist with Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources. The root cause of the issue is global climate change, which can only be addressed by rapidly curbing carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

He was on to something And the lobsterman was correct: we can blame carbon emissions for ocean acidification and warming in the Gulf of Maine. The Maine Climate Council went to work in 2019 because of the significant climate impacts to the people in Maine as well as to the natural resources on which people depend.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Second, none of the scenarios include estimates of Canada’s carbon emissions. Canada’s electricity sector is already 82% free of carbon emissions. Canada’s oil and gas sector is by definition 0% decarbonized – fossil fuels are hydro carbons. No assessment of carbon emissions. Conclusions.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The soils of northern forests are key reservoirs that help keep the carbon dioxide that trees inhale and use for photosynthesis from making it back into the atmosphere.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Available funding and supportive policy foster longer-lasting urban agriculture facilities, which can employ sustainable practices that reduce carbon emissions and decrease dependence on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides,” added Hawes.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 1, 2022

Bluestone Natural Resources , another in a series of postproduction cost disputes, only two days after Puxsutawney Phil peeked out of his cozy burrow to pronounce six more weeks of winter. The Court clarified Burlington Resources v. John Kerry has a plan to offset carbon emissions from the conflict in Ukraine.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

On November 29, PennFuture, Clean Air Council , Sierra Club , and Environmental Defense Fund filed an appeal of the Commonwealth Court’s November 1, 2023 ruling that blocked Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multistate carbon emissions reduction program.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

On April 22, in celebration of Earth Day, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined students, educators, and local leaders at Pottstown High School in Montgomery County to plant trees and highlight the role of green infrastructure in building healthier, more resilient communities.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2022

On January 26, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn highlighted the agency‘s 2022 priorities at the first Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting of the year.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

By Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Efforts to slow or stop global warming involve many strategies working together. One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

On September 25, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the department was awarded $1 million in funding from the U.S. DCNR is proud to have one of the 16 projects selected to help advance work in the carbon capture space. 21; And Above Ground-- Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

million square feet, released its 2021 Progress Report detailing efforts by partners who have committed to a dramatic reduction in energy use and carbon emissions in their buildings by the year 2030. The District also announced a new focus on carbon emissions. below the baseline (compared to 13% in 2020), amounting to $4.6

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Inside Climate News

APRIL 20, 2024

By Drew Saunders The mass timber industry’s promise of low carbon emissions through state-of-the-art laminated wood products has resulted in steady adoption across a construction industry long bogged down by high emissions and habitat destruction.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 25, 2024

Many carbon organic compounds are known or suspected of having direct toxic effects on humans, ranging from carcinogenesis to neurotoxicity. The study finds that total carbon emissions from the tar sands alone are more than the total reported across all industries for 2018.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2024

" The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 3, 2022

In response to various pressures on the energy industry to reduce the environmental impact associated with excess carbon dioxide emissions, many energy companies are investigating carbon capture and sequestration projects as a means of reducing their carbon emissions.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 9, 2023

When the Act was passed in 2021 , it recognized that existing climate investments were not enough and that revenue raised through the CCA should be dedicated to reducing carbon emissions, transitioning our state to a carbon-free economy, and enhancing climate resilience. Aerial view over Plum Creek / Checkerboard Forest Lands.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2023

Billion In PJM Interconnection Winter Storm Elliot Nonperformance Penalties [Primarily Natural Gas-Fired Generation] -- TribLive: Claims For Property Damage Caused By Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosion Due Friday Evening -- WKBN: PA U.S. From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

“We have been progressing on our 2030 goal to reduce our global greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 20%, and in April 2021, we announced an ambitious goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.” Upcoming Hearing -- August 30-- House Republican Policy Committee hearing on Hydrogen, Carbon Capture.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 16, 2022

by Shane Coffield, NASA and James Randerson, University of California, Irvine Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of forests and what are known as carbon offsets to meet that goal.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Fayette County There is more land for fishing, hiking and wildlife watching thanks to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s permanent protection of a 735-acre property in North Union Township, Fayette County that was immediately conveyed to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as an addition to Forbes State Forest.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While the CRC rejected the youth petitioners’ claim as inadmissible, it found that each State has duties to address climate harm outside its own territory, and therefore can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children within and outside its territory. In Shrestha v.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 22, 2021

He additionally has a eager interest in Hemp-derived products and raising consciousness of this natural resource. Full-spectrum CBD oil describes concentrated CBD oil that incorporates all naturally occurring cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids within the hemp flower. Touring of their automobiles increases carbon emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The RAPID Act and AGTA are further evidence of how the CLCPA and its zero-GHG mandates have changed the public policy landscape in New York, with an increasing focus on the need to quickly move forward with the renewable generation and transmission projects necessary to transition to zero-carbon emission electricity market.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is the European regulation that imposes a reporting obligation and a carbon tax on EU imports of certain goods in order to reduce carbon emissions. See our prior GT Alert. The CBAM Regulation officially took effect May 17, 2023. It will apply in phases starting Oct.

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