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GOM communities, not fossilfuel interests, should determine policies that affect GOM people. ExxonMobil internal science, spanning from 1977 to 2003, featured graphs showing how temperatures would rise as a result of the heat-trapping emissions produced from burning the fossilfuels the company extracted, refined, marketed, and sold.
NaturalResources Defense Council, Inc., Fossilfuel companies and their attorneys will have the incentives and funding to file such briefs aggressively. Understanding the Chevron Doctrine The Chevron doctrine, established in the 1984 Supreme Court case Chevron U.S.A., This deference allowed agencies (e.g.,
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Offshore wind is a vital component of reducing our reliance on fossilfuels in order to clean up our air, land and ocean from pollution. Over the past year, anti-offshore wind groups, many of which are funded by fossilfuel interests , have been spreading misinformation about offshore wind.
” Prioritizing fossilfuels over renewable energy in 2023 for insubstantial reasons does not pass strict scrutiny. For another, the Montana Legislature and state agencies remain committed to energy policies that prioritize dirty fossilfuels and will not go without a fight. that justified the harm. “The
On the contrary, it relies on the routine exploitation of food and farm workers , heavy use of fossilfuels and chemicals that pollute the environment , and the degradation of soil and other naturalresources that are critical to future production of healthy food.
The second letter , submitted on behalf of Clinic client NaturalResources Defense Council, provided suggestions related to phasing out oil and gas production on the County’s portion of the Inglewood Oil Field. Much hard work lies ahead in removing fossilfuel infrastructure and preparing this land for healthier uses.
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We know that burning fossilfuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. by Justin Gundlach. These points are largely undisputed. Peter Frumhoff led off, presenting two key points.
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The remaining bills, Assembly Bill 460 and Assembly Bill 1337 , were unable to make it out of the Senate NaturalResources and Water committee. They are still alive and can be advanced next session; We will not stop working to pass them.
As John Dernbach wrote in a recent blog for ACOEL, on July 21, 2021 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that this amendment required all state revenues from oil and gas leases to go to conserve and maintain public naturalresources for the benefit of future generations. Now we have an important new decision from Montana.
This step is quite controversial due to the impossibility to ensure that the hydrogen there is really produced from renewables and not from fossilfuels. But also because hydrogen has been praised as an `energy security weapon´ to strive towards energy independence in a country that is poor in naturalresources.
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Reaction Tom Rutigliano , NaturalResources Defense Council, said in a blog post published on January 9-- "As that day and the next wore on [December 23, 24], power plant after power plant failed. Some couldn’t get fuel, some just stopped working, and still others failed to start when called on. "By
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The Plan points out that the demands placed on tribal members by numerous consultation requests present a significant burden and notes tribal members’ calls for increased technical assistance and capacity building resources, as well as compensation for participation in consultative processes.
It results in policies that favor building new fossilfuelresources or financially propping up existing ones. He served as Secretary of the PA Department of Environmental Protection and of the PA Department of Conservation and NaturalResources. Reprinted from the Kleinman Center website.)
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“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public naturalresources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public naturalresources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.
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Dr. Gillian Bowser, pictured right, is a wildlife ecologist and associate professor at Colorado State University’s NaturalResource Ecology Lab. o C over pre-industrial global temperatures with a transition away from fossilfuels. She networked with a number of groups and individuals during the COP28 workshop.
Every step away from fossilfuels is a step toward averting both climate disaster and the biodiversity crisis.” “As We look forward to building Renovo’s future with a vision based on tourism, our naturalresources, recreation, and our railroad history - all of which we hold dear.”
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