PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Leading Climate Scientist And Author [PaEN] -- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Recognizes Adrian Naveda As 2022 James A. 15 On Final Radiation Safety, NPDES Compliance Schedule Regulations; Brodhead Creek Rulemaking Petition [PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Hold Joint Meeting Nov. Mann, Ph.D.,

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Elsewhere, there are other significant commitments to fulfil: to put an end to Chile’s “ sacrifice zones ”, areas of the country impaired by chronic socio-environmental and economic problems; to create a state company to regulate the extraction and use of lithium, and to promote a new model of sustainable development.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2024

14 Hearing [If Requested] On Title V Air Quality Permit For Gas-fired Hummel Station Power Plant In Snyder County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Aug.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2023

degrees, the upper limit described by climate scientists to avoid irreversible climate catastrophe. Governments will need to regulate emissions from the sector to force companies to invest their own cashflows to achieve production emissions reductions.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. The groups said FERC’s review was at odds with EPA and Council on Environmental Quality guidance, caselaw, and the NEPA regulations. The court ordered EPA to file a plan and schedule for compliance within 14 days.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

Disinformation dulls urgency Climate change denial and skepticism is a key feature of the deep political divide in this nation, fueled by long-running and coordinated campaigns of disinformation , often funded by fossil fuel interests. Not-a-scientist Milloy further pontificated , “This doesn’t kill anybody. percent consensus.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works] -- Post-Gazette: FirstEnergy Seeking Ratepayer Surcharge To Keep Two Coal-Fired Power Plants Open In West Virginia -- PennLive - Letter: We’re At An Energy Crossroads - By Karen Feridun, Better Path Coalition -- PennLive Guest Essay: How Nuclear Power Saved Christmas And The PJM Electric Grid - By Rep.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

But, Michael Mann is a well known climate scientist whose research in studying the “paleoclimate,” or ancient climate, has featured prominently in the politically charged debate about climate change. A live webinar “ With the Maryland BEPS regulations on “HOLD” what is a Building Owner to do? ”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

LNG Exporters Emerge As Big Winners Of Europe Natural Gas Crisis; Price For LNG 10 Times Its Value A Year Ago -- The Guardian: ‘This Is A Fossil Fuel War’: Ukraine’s Top Climate Scientist Speaks Out -- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0;

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. 2020 Election Distraction Yet To Go Away -- National Politics -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government Is An Invasive Species - By Republican Cong. Shapiro -- WPost Guest Essay: We Fixed I-95 In 12 Days, Here Are Our Lessons For U.S. Infrastructure - By Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Note: Conventional Oil & Gas Methane, PFOS MCL Regulations.] PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- PA Capital-Star: Dept. Senate Candidates Aren’t Saying About Crime -- PennLive: Biden To Hold Fundraiser For Fetterman In PA -- Politics PA: PA Senate Preview - Southeast -- TribLive: Fmr Rep. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2021

[Includes discussion of road spreading conventional oil and gas wastewater, latest draft of DEP conventional oil and gas regulations.] -- Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations [PaEN] -- THURSDAY 10:00 A.M.: Agenda Posted.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine. stranded assets.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in several cases that could severely hamper agencies’ ability to regulate based on evidence and expertise. This Court began eroding agencies’ ability to regulate based on the best available evidence with its West Virginia v. EPA decision in 2022. Now, it could go further.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For more on the legal and political twists and turns in the history of the Endangerment Finding, please check out this blogpost: Endangered Science: Why Global Warming Emissions Are Covered by the Clean Air Act. Those actions will be rightfully challenged in court, and it takes time to undo regulations in a legal way.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

Meanwhile, the American Petroleum Institute (API)—in which Shell holds a leadership role—launched a voluntary methane program in 2017 that internal documents reveal was explicitly designed “ to stave off future regulation.” It also marks the end of the Board tenure of climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. Superior Court dismissed counterclaims brought by an individual writer against the climate scientist Michael Mann in Mann’s defamation lawsuit against National Review, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and two individuals. Bernhardt , No.

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A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2022

In this case, it removed the ability of the government agency the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to regulate emissions from power plants, making it one of the only countries in the world where the government can’t intervene to set emission standards.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For more on the legal and political twists and turns in the history of the Endangerment Finding, please check out this blogpost: Endangered Science: Why Global Warming Emissions Are Covered by the Clean Air Act. Those actions will be rightfully challenged in court, and it takes time to undo regulations in a legal way.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 7, 2025

As I described in those posts, the basic deal on offer in the Manchin and Barrasso bill was easing permitting for some fossil fuel projects (especially liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals) in return for federal preemption of at least some state and local regulation of important transmission lines.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

But with global temperatures rising, the carbon budget dwindling, and climate-driven disasters affecting people and communities around the world, we cannot afford to accept ExxonMobil, Shell, or other major fossil fuel corporations as the lesser evilor even worse, as integral to climate solutions. is not good enough?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2025

UCS has been a leader in peer-reviewed scientific research linking climate impacts to emissions that trace directly to fossil fuel companies. Major fossil fuel companies have fought hard to block mandatory and standardized corporate climate disclosures, long demanded by investors.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to Executive Order on Reducing Regulation. The court stated: “Any injury allegedly stemming from the prospect that the Executive Order has delayed the issuance of unspecified regulations relating to a broadly defined area of concern is too abstract and speculative to support standing.” Trump , No.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Maryland General Assembly passes major climate legislation. It’s the third chapter in the IPCC’s mammoth sixth assessment report, part of a series of studies that summarize the state of climate science and the planet released roughly every seven years.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A few general resources: Sidelining Science Since Day One: How the Trump administration has harmed public health and safety in its first six months by The Union of Concerned Scientists I Heart Climate Scientists. . pulling out of the Paris climate deal may make China great again. Trump regulators trigger pollution fight.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Mining in the area has been the subject of political controversy for years — President Obama recommended a mining withdrawal in this area in 2016, but the Trump administration stopped that process. can meet 2030 climate goals – E&E News.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

White House floats revising Trump-era NEPA rule to consider all climate impacts. The Biden administration proposed Wednesday reviving portions of a regulation underpinning federal environmental reviews, reversing Trump administration changes that limited consideration of climate impacts in agency project evaluations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

By contrast, the second-largest funder of climate disinformation, ExxonMobil, spent $39.2 Egged on by Koch devotees both inside and outside the government, the Trump administration rolled back at least 260 regulations , including more than 100 environmental rules. million on some 70 denier groups from 1998 through 2020.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

climate change and biodiversity conservation policies, including the 2050 net-zero emissions goal and the “30 by 30” conservation goal. Gonzalez is a forest ecologist who is adjunct faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and the leading climate scientist for the National Park Service. The SRC will meet on Sept.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The scientific community opposed this executive order, over concerns that this category could be used fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political employees. ESA and other scientific societies opposed this regulation. Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks – The New York Times.

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