PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

1 To Consider Bill To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs [PaEN] -- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Coalition, Penn State Extension Host Oct. 1 Briefing On State Of Climate Efforts In Pennsylvania At College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia [PaEN] -- House Committee Meets Oct.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 6, 2024

The briefs pointed to additional benefits from the project, including its potential to generate regional economic development and employment opportunities, and its potential to benefit public health by reducing reliance on the combustion of fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

9 [PaEN] -- TribLive: Stop Polluting Sewickley Creek, EPA Tells Max Environmental Yukon Landfill Operator -- TribLive: Hazelwood Green Brownfield Developer Announces Plans For First Housing Component -- TribLive: Remediated Industrial Property, Wetland Near Former Cheswick Power Plant In Springdale Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Essay: What Fossil Fuel Disaster Will Be The Last One We Tolerate? - -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. By Adriana E. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As the world ran almost entirely on coal power at that time (and later on petroleum fossil fuels), it was quite clear that coal was not an infinite resource, and some scientists pleaded in the countries of most heavy use to take steps to limit mining and burning. Energy Conservation. Energy Conservation.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act. The plaintiffs contended that the U.S.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , Nos. New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies to State Court. Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. 20-1093, 20-1094 (D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives. An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance v.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

She also served as a legal extern at NRDC in connection with NYU’s Environmental Law Clinic, where she worked on fossil fuel divestment and PCB pollution, and a summer law clerk at Earthjustice, where she worked on litigation ranging from Freedom of Information Act to Clean Water Act issues.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. FEATURED CASE.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Members of the House Science Committee introduced bipartisan bills aimed at increasing collaboration between NASA and the Department of Energy ( R. Not Everyone Is on Board. –

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act. is top contributor to plastic waste, report shows – The Washington Post. Executive Branch.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 26, 2023

There’s no question that the US electricity transmission system has to be modernized to enable a transition to an equitable clean energy economy, but how to do it is up for grabs. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) $2.5

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. Executive Branch.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Based Fossil Fuel Companies Filed Motions to Dismiss New York City’s Climate Change Lawsuit.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The fossil fuel companies removed the case in March 2021, citing five grounds for removal, including the federal officer removal statute. Citizens for Clean Energy v.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

billion for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and $27 billion for clean energy research, development, demonstration and commercialization. Energy and Natural Resources. It’s seen as a way to quickly increase clean energy use without hiking electric bills for consumers. Allocation : $198 billion. Chair : Sen.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act. The fossil fuel companies asked the court to grant only a 30-day extension.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. In addition, we encourage states to implement clean energy strategies that reduce emissions. The Supreme Court will hear this case, which pertains to the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the definition of the Waters of the U.S.

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ESA

MARCH 28, 2022

Request proposes increasing non-defense discretionary spending and spending on climate and clean energy across the government. Innovation and Competition Act to conference committee. More News: Climate Suit Claims Fossil Fuel Development Poses ‘Existential Threat’ to Utah’s Youth – Common Dreams. Executive Branch.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Another $35 billion goes towards climate solutions research and developing clean energy technologies and jobs. competitiveness in science and technology with China and to develop clean energy technologies to reduce emissions. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Corps’ permits for oil and gas infrastructure have become a target for environmental groups seeking to stop new pipeline projects, but the agency will also play a key permitting role in boosting transmission infrastructure if the Biden administration is to realize its clean energy goals.

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