Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

While the main focus has been on operational activities in Antarctica, global warming caused by fossil-fuel burning by these (and other) countries has left Antarctica on the brink of irreversible change. In the Arctic this has led to regional warming four times faster than the global average.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. The Regulation sets a time limit on the inclusion of nuclear energy but not on fossil fuels and grants the Commission special powers to rule on nuclear taxonomy compliance.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Understanding Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Increasing. C according to projections.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

18 EarthTalk Features Penn State Sustainability Director Lara Fowler On Decarbonizing The University [PaEN] -- Penn State Delegation In Azerbaijan For UN’s Annual Climate Meeting -- WPSU: When Will Greenhouse Gas Emissions Finally Peak? Of Environmental Professionals Host Dec.

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Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. Yes, in some cases, fossil fuels are burned to generate the electricity used to charge electric cars, but this highlights two of electric vehicles’ many advantages.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In June, a DEP inspection of a Bradford County shale gas well pad found radiation levels high enough in an onsite wastewater tank to require decontamination [ Read more here ].] 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: My Hometown Shows The Benefits Of The Fossil Fuel Industry Come At A Tremendous Cost - Gov.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

On its face, this might seem strange since our scientific models have long identified population growth as one of the two primary drivers of humanity’s increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, and disruptive climate change has come on more quickly than expected.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

Most notably, thousands of corporations announced net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) pledges and hundreds of banks and other financial institutions committed to conform their lending to the requirements for a 2050 net-zero GHG world.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2024

Laughlin Introduces Bill On Local Solar Programs Supported By Utilities -- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Feds Offer $90 Million For Vast Solar Energy Array On PA Mine Land In Clearfield County -- Williamsport Sun: Families United Network ‘Flips The Switch’ To Solar Energy Panels At Their Muncy Campus -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Yes, Solar Energy (..)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It results in this dangerous radioactive wastewater that the fossil fuel industry cannot recycle or dispose of in a benign manner. Using the wastewater for dust control and deicing of roads is another disposal method that introduces radiation and other dangerous elements into our environment. Fracking needs to stop!”

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

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Vermont Law

JANUARY 18, 2016

the UHIE occurs in metropolitan areas and “can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related illness, mortality, and water quality.”. for example, allows both open-air and greenhouse rooftop farming. gency (EPA). , flood-prone regions.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

[PaEN] -- PennLive: PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Large-Scale Energy Projects To Bypass State Agencies -- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Request (..)

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

However, the administrations definition of clean includes the use of fossil fuels, which will extend the timeline of fossil fuel extraction, endangering the health of those nearby and placing our planet in continued jeopardy. -- Petrochemical facilities , such as the Shell ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, rely on fossil fuels to operate.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

With proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring GHG disclosure and new state statutes, including a new Maryland law that requires not only disclosure, but also a mandated reduction in GHG emissions, a greater appreciation of the subject of GHG appears in order.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Methane is essential to control, since stabilizing climate requires reducing all anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions to net-zero. CO 2 is at about 410 parts per million by volume (ppm) in the air, about 50% higher than before the start of large-scale fossil-fuel use. And more methane initiatives are surely on the way.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Greene County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Dec. 17 Hearing On Chapter 105 Permit For Pocono Mountains Corporate Center North Warehouse In Monroe County [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Dec. Could Be Soon -- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: PA Riparian Forest Buffer Project Plants Its 1,000th Acre Of Forest Buffer!

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HumanNature

JANUARY 30, 2025

We breathe oxygen from the atmosphere, weather systems distribute water, and the ozone in the upper atmosphere protects us from harmful radiation. One of the most well-known ways we have impacted our atmosphere is through the emission of greenhouse gases, which have adversely affected our climate. The volatile chemical precursors (e.g.,

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

We know we must now work to both cut greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the severity of climate change and at the same time work to adapt to the impacts we can no longer avoid. I show how Malthusians have used climate change to shift from claiming fossil fuels were scarce to claiming that the environment was scarce.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2023

Researchers attribute 70 percent of the greening to CO2 fertilization from of fossil fuel emissions. Another nine percent is attributed to fertilizers derived from fossil fuels.) This is one reason why there was no runaway greenhouse warming when CO2 concentrations approached 20 times that of today.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The deep earth is not just full of hydrocarbon vapors, but also full of radiation. 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: My Hometown Shows The Benefits Of The Fossil Fuel Industry Come At A Tremendous Cost - Gov. And of course, regulations cannot stop air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Casey, Colleagues: Introduce Bill To Empower Fossil Fuel Workers To Train, Find Jobs In Changing Energy Industry [PaEN] -- Patch.com: Chester County Commissioners Adopt New Climate Action Plan -- ReadingE: Muhlenberg Twp. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

Air -- Olympus Energy Shale Gas Driller Expresses Fear Municipalities Will Use Their DEP Compliance Record With Hundreds Of Violations To Help Make Local Land Use Decisions On Oil & Gas Infrastructure Projects [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Methane Leaks From Natural Gas Pipelines Targeted By Proposed Federal Rule -- TribLive: Upgrades (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2022

Read more here. -- Guest Essay: Our Addiction To Fossil Fuels Fuel War: ‘Only Truly Addicted People Chase After Their Next Hit With Singular Focus As The Consequences Of Their Addiction Pile Up Around Them’ - By Rev. DEP Green Port , and other program reporting functions , not so much. Mitchell C. Mitchell C.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The ‘boundary values’ important for climate are just the levels of greenhouse gases, solar irradiance, the Earth’s orbit, aerosol and reactive gas emissions etc. Model systems that don’t track any of these climate drivers are simply not going to be able to predict the effect of changes in those drivers.

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ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

International United Nations report cautions against solar radiation management and calls for international regulations for the use of this technology. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring & Information System. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring & Information System. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

This is after Zeldin told senators in written answers for his confirmation that he planned to learn from EPA career staff about the current state of the science on greenhouse gas emissions and follow all legal requirements. Holding high-level positions in the Office of Air and Radiation are Abigale Tardif and Alex Dominguez.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

This is after Zeldin told senators in written answers for his confirmation that he planned to learn from EPA career staff about the current state of the science on greenhouse gas emissions and follow all legal requirements. Holding high-level positions in the Office of Air and Radiation are Abigale Tardif and Alex Dominguez.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 16, 2025

He further detailed his plan by announcing a suite of more than 30 actions aimed to weaken or eliminate longstanding protections for air quality, water quality, chemical safety, greenhouse gas regulation and much more. During my fellowship, I worked in the Office of Air and Radiation in the Indoor Environments Division.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

’s climate policy: a finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The science could not be clearer that greenhouse gas emissions have already led the earth to warm — so much so that it now appears we have breached the 1.5 A commitment to the fossil fuel industry is.

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