Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 15, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a series of two Virtual Public Listening Sessions — June 16th and July 8th — for the public to provide input on the EPAs Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule also known as the ‘Chemical Disaster Rule’ Along with members from various other environmental nonprofits, union labor organizations, (..)

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Student in the Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Seeing is Believing What do you picture when you think of climate change? Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the world. climate change is set to impact everyone.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

A Montana state district court has issued its long-awaited decision in a major climate change case brought by Montana children against state officials. Judge Seeley did so after presiding over a two-week, non-jury trial in June 2023–the first such climate change trial in U.S. In Held v. legal history.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Interested in understanding how climate change affects our groundwater and what it means for the environment and economy? Join PA Sea Grant and the Department of Environmental Protection for the upcoming Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum webinar on Groundwater and Climate Change on November 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

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Yale E360

JUNE 30, 2022

Supreme Court ruled Thursday to severely restrict the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit carbon emissions. In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

This doctrine has played a crucial role in enabling agencies to enforce regulations on complex issues such as environmental protection, public health, and consumer safety. During this time, they can continue their operations with minimal restrictions, further exacerbating environmental and public health issues.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Stockholm Declaration of 1972 laid the foundation by recognizing the importance of environmental protection. One of the most pivotal agreements in this context is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which kicked into force in 1994.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

That’s not just what I think, it’s not just what is required to slow climate change, it’s what many of the world’s automakers have publicly stated. These standards are critical to reduce air pollution and to help curb climate change , and they are in part based on the demonstrated increasing availability of EVs.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

There’s no logical connection between a belief in authoritarian government, upholding traditional hierarchies, and views about protecting the environment or the reality of climate change. Researchers have found links between two psychological dispositions and hostility to environmental protection.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs ? By accepting the COSIS request, ITLOS boldly advanced the international law of climate change to take full account of its harmful impacts on the marine environment.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

PennFuture celebrated 25 years of fighting climate change and industrial pollution by holding anniversary celebrations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to honor seven Pennsylvanians for their contributions to restoring and protecting the environment. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 10, 2024

Switzerland , the Grand Chamber established that climate change is “one of the most pressing issues of our times” and poses a threat to human rights. Notably, the Court responded to (and preempted) criticism as to the undemocratic role of courts in relation to climate change (paras. 410-414 and 449-451).

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Despite the wide range of issues the legislature was contending with, many innovative environmental protection issues advanced, especially those aimed at tackling environmental health challenges in our most disadvantaged communities.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

His most recent piece even goes so far to take a potshot at the federal National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and other “little NEPAs” in states across the US. But painting those processes and CEQA with the same brush is misleading, and wrong.

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Law and Environment

JULY 1, 2022

EPA on Thursday, June 30, 2022, curbing the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants across the country. Make no mistake: the Court’s opinion will have major implications for how the federal government addresses climate change nationally.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Families need protection from the petrochemical industry’s harmful air pollution and planned expansion that impacts health, contributes to climate change, and perpetuates environmental injustices." At the end of the press conference, Moms Clean Air Force delivered 5,000+ signed petitions to Gov.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

This is the second in a series of posts on the reasons we might have environmental review. Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more? The first post is here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On October 23, the Department of Environmental Protection began plugging a conventional gas well orphaned by the well owner that contaminated a family's drinking water well in Vowinckel, Clarion County. DEP has identified over 27,000 orphaned and abandoned wells and is prioritizing those posing the highest risks. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

On April 14, Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Rich Negrin joined U.S. Earlier this month Pennsylvania opted into the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, part of the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). All climate change is local.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Classified by the Department of Environmental Protection as a high-quality, cold-water stream, the creek is part of the Juniata River Watershed, which provides recreation and clean drinking water to millions of people. Visit the Natural Lands and ClearWater Conservancy websites to learn more about natural resource conservation.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 13, 2022

A Florida judge strikes down a local charter amendment to protect waterways from polluters. We’re back to fighting this the way we’ve fought for decades here in Florida, using our existing environmental protection laws.”. Experts say climate change is only worsening the issue by creating more frequent and intense storms.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This is essential, because scientific monitoring efforts suggest that for all emissions sources, the actual emissions are higher than what countries are reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in their own emissions inventories. But still, much more action is needed.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Proposed changes to Montana’s state constitution are placing environmental protections at risk. Lawmakers in Argentina voted to permanently protect the Mitre peninsula, an essential carbon sink at the country’s southern tip. Mayan ruins in the Yucatan peninsula. Photo courtesy Robert Linder via Unsplash. On the Radar.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Federal vehicle standards are needed to keep us on track We’re likely to see the next round of vehicle standards finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the coming weeks. We have little more than 25 years to meet critical “mid-century” emissions targets to get climate change under control.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

the Environmental Protection Agency In the recent Supreme Court case , San Francisco was disputing permit language for its Oceanside wastewater treatment facility, which has an outfall pipe that discharges 4.5 San Francisco City and County v. miles into the Pacific Ocean near Ocean Beach.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

In recent years, The Netherlands has become the leading site of climate change litigation. its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the US, for instance, Massachusetts v.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Climate change could hike the cost of maintaining Ontario ’s transportation infrastructure by over $1.5 We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Despite the ongoing debate on whether ITLOS has jurisdiction to issue an advisory opinion on climate change, if the Tribunal asserts jurisdiction (on jurisdiction, see here and here) , there is still much to uncover. Assuming the ITLOS will assert jurisdiction, this post’s objective is twofold.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 18 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed changes to the NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges From Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (PAG-13).

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This stops legislators from rescinding environmental protections when doing so would damage the environment because it would violate the peoples constitutional rights. This was a major win for the citizens of Hawaii and shows the power that Green Amendments can have in forcing state governments to protect their natural environments.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

Earth Day began under the Nixon Administration in 1970 as a day to support environmental protection and has grown to include nations and communities around the world in appreciation of Mother Earth. Leading up to Earth Day this year, I’ve been reflecting on the meaning and purpose of the annual celebration. Will you join me?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Of course, we also will have to make sharp cuts in CO2 emissions, the main driver of climate change. Domestically, the plan hinges on a newly proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production. The planet has already warmed 1.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2024

More and more shareholders have been pushing companies to stop funding these astroturf groups because of their role in the distraction, deception, and delay around climate change. At the end of May, I asked Chevron directors about a fake grassroots—or “astroturf”—group the company funded to the tune of $5.8

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that CDR will be needed, alongside deep emissions cuts, to limit global warming to 1.5 Even if the resolution is adopted, it would not be binding in the same way as a formal international agreement, but it could still impact how countries regulate marine CDR.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2025

Because plastics are produced from fossil fuels the lifecycle of plastics has a huge carbon dioxide footprint and is a driver of climate change. Plastics are made from fossil fuels and over 16,000 different chemicals.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We negotiated hard with auto makers, recyclers and others for the bill to include robust reporting requirements, producer responsibly and environmental protections. For two years, we worked on SB 615 with Senator Ben Allen to require all EV batteries to be repurposed or recycled.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Whatever else can be said about these ideas, I don’t see much reason to think they will matter one way or the other for environmental protection in general or climate change in particular. State-owned enterprises in places like the old Soviet Union and in China have terrible environmental records. In the U.S.,

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