Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Nearly all of these plastics are made from fossil fuels including crude oil, natural gas liquids and coal. The greenhouse gas emissions from the plastics sector are about 2 gigatons , equivalent to the emissions from 370 million passenger cars. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. The first legal challenge mounted by Our Children’s Trust was Juliana v. United States.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions now, as Dr. Sarah Cooley , Ocean Conservancy’s director of climate science, emphasized when addressing a COP27 session. degrees Celsius. While not new, this remains a critically important commitment.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 13, 2023

While growing, they provide clean air and clean water, habitat for wildlife, and capture and store carbon, lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Artificial trees on the other hand, create more carbon pollution because of the energy needed to produce and transport them, and are often made of plastic (fossil fuels).

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The 49ers called it “ a meaningful part of our commitment to more sustainable practices” and praised United for its SAF program, which both companies said can reduce greenhouse gas emissions “by up to 85% on a lifecycle basis.” Indeed, NRG Energy operates several oil, coal, and fossil gas facilities from Delaware to California ( map here ).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Most prominently, because the approach is changing from rewarding specific technologies to rewarding anything that meets the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions threshold of “clean”—hence the “tech-neutral” label—exactly how the government goes about determining whether or not something is actually eligible will be enormously important.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 31, 2022

Selling new offshore leases to oil companies would have set the stage for more risky drilling and more greenhouse gas emissions—but would have done nothing to alleviate high gas prices. Ocean Conservancy applauds this decision. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Unfortunately, decades of government subsidies to the fossil fuel industry have hindered efforts to reuse and recycle. By 2030, greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production are expected to reach 1.3 Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763. billion tons.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The plaintiffs had asked the court to issue a “remedial plan” that would require Montana to take many steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel production in the state.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 10, 2022

EPA has now formally restored its waiver under § 209(b) of the Clean Air Act that allows California’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and Zero Emission Vehicle mandate, notwithstanding the preemption of state vehicle emission standards contained in § 209(a) of the CAA. My friend J.B. Time to get to work.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

EPA : when it comes to prodding progress from coal- and gas-fired power plants, the nation’s second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, the agency is constrained, but it’s not out. Supporting resilient food and farm systems through climate-focused incentives for conservation practices on farms and technical assistance for farmers.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Department shall approve the rebates not later than June 30, 2023; and. The proposals shall ensure equitable participation by all electric vehicle owners and lessees.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

In other words, the water conservation efforts made by farmers have been used (especially by large corporations) as a justification to be more unsustainable with California’s water use. That is equivalent to what half a million fossil-fueled cars emit annually. The good news is we know the problem.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Looking back, we noticed that MPP David Piccini, Ontario’s Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, made some less than accurate claims about Ontario’s environmental record. He said: “I can look Ontarians in the eye and say Ontario is a leader in greenhouse gas reductions in this federation. Let’s take a look.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Some in the industry see the warming as an opportunity, as passages through the Arctic open for longer periods, even going so far as to claim there will be lower overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the shorter voyages. appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. as a national policy leader.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For College Scholarship Program [PaEN] -- MCall: Can Dogs Be Used To Combat Spotted Lanternfly?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Generating and storing clean energy is a lifeline for the planet’s future; burning coal, oil, and gas fossil fuels causes 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources. It is wasteful by design. Washing copper ore in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Myers Family Farm In Centre County Receives 2023 PA Leopold Conservation Award [PaEN] -- PA Dept. PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 17 [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Feb. 19 & Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 19, 2024

Unhappy With Proposed Route Of PA General Energy Shale Gas Pipelines Thru Lycoming County -- Master Watershed Stewards, Erie Water Works, Ernst Conservation Seeds, Volunteers Team Up To Plant Native Meadow In Erie [PaEN] -- PUC: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Drops $100 Million From Last Year’s Record To $179.6

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Our team from Ocean Conservancy was right in the mix, meeting with governments and engaging in more than 30 events in just five days. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. degrees Celsius by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Pennsylvania Celebrates Conservation District Week April 28 to May 4 [PaEN] -- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Students Participate In Annual Warren Conservation District Envirothon Competition -- Lock Haven Express: Centre County Celebrates Envirothon Winners, Conservation District Week -- Republican Herald: Team From (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

Amanda Cappelletti (D) -- The Guardian: Lawsuit By University of Pennsylvania Climate Scientist Michael Mann Over Online Attacks Finally Comes To Trial -- DEP Extends Deadline For Comments On Proposed Grant Program To Reduce Industrial Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Jan. Schuylkill County -- PA Solar Center Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2021

Herrin talked at length about their “RGGI Investments Act,” which would direct proceeds from a potential cap-and-invest carbon reduction program similar to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) into environmental justice communities, workers affected by energy transition, and Pennsylvania’s growing clean energy sector.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

Climate change is a problem which has a known solution: We must dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and prepare now for intense climate impacts. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. As the CEO of Ocean Conservancy, I naturally look to our ocean. You can take action with Ocean Conservancy today.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 21, 2023

by Jamie Stroble, Climate Director for The Nature Conservancy in Washington Jamie Stroble planting trees at Ellsworth Preserve. This is of course extremely important; we need to be investing in the infrastructure and systems that enable us to become more sustainable and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, and the sooner, the better.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

11 Workshop On Living Near Shale Gas In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force Issues Report On The Best Ways To Increase Exports Of PA's Natural Gas; Minority Report Rebuts Need For LNG Facility, Outlines Impacts [PaEN] -- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By Jennifer Danis , Yesterday, the Sabin Center, Environmental Defense Fund, and New Jersey Conservation Foundation submitted comments to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“BPU”) proceeding investigating the state’s current and mid-term future supply and demand for gas. NJBPU Docket GO20010033.)

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This is the second post in our series on the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act , covering how the Act invests in strengthening our electric grid, which could better prepare us for the shift from fossil fuel generated electricity to renewable power. The Act establishes this $2.5

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

As with many environmental issues, when it comes to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this is no ordinary election. . As the province with the second highest greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, not doing enough to reduce these emissions is bad for the future of not just Ontario, but the whole country. .

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Nov. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day Nov. Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch live. Read more here. TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. to 9:00 a.m. ‘We

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, fossil fuel production accounts for 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions. For the first time, Ocean Conservancy attended the annual International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly to help advance a just clean-energy transition.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

Changing the way we produce and consume food could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 10.3 This has given a much-needed boost to the drive to wean the world off fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy. billion tonnes a year. Photo credit: FAO / Victor Sokolowicz. By Patty Fong. billion tonnes a year.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Alberta: Speak Up For a SAFE Climate: Take Action Here How Climate Action Makes Life More Affordable Renewable energy, including solar and wind power, is much cheaper and less polluting than burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil and coal. Previous Alberta governments provided a range of incentives.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2021

CRES Forum continues to focus on three guiding principles for judging climate policy from a conservative perspective: cut energy prices, not energy choices; export American innovation, not American jobs; reduce global emissions, not America’s economy,” Hernick said in his prepared remarks. Not fossil fuels. Hernick on U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. By the end of the week one thing seemed likely, a price on shipping fuel’s carbon emissions even if it doesn’t end up being the exact levy proposed by the Marshall Islands. The post Wind-powered Cargo Vessel Holds Hope for a Greener Future appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2022

Mitchell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network-PA [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: ‘Caring For Earth, Caring For You’ During Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14 - By Sister Pat Lupo , OSB, and Sister Dorothy Stoner , OSB, St. Million Fine Against U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2023

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Plastics are fossil fuels—they’re made using oil, gas and coal, yet we don’t often think about them as part of the climate crisis. What brings us to this work and convinces us that change is possible?

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