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Local Officials Tour Burkholder's Country Market Solar Energy Project In Spring Mills, Centre County

PA Environment Daily

Not only do they provide shelter for vehicles from the elements, they also generate renewable energy that directly powers the business. We have a solar array that powers our own municipal buildings, said Katie Blume, Millheim Borough Council President and the Political & Legislative Director of Conservation PA.

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Mine Cleanup Law Weakened By Coal’s Decline

Circle of Blue

Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. According to oversight documents, during 2021 Illinois’ Department of Natural Resources spent an average of $17,000 per acre cleaning up sites abandoned prior to 1977. A Political Quagmire. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — October 6, 2022.

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A Montana Victory for the Youth Climate Movement

Legal Planet

” Prioritizing fossil fuels over renewable energy in 2023 for insubstantial reasons does not pass strict scrutiny. Notable for future litigation was this court’s focus on the feasibility of quickly moving to renewable energy systems, especially wind, water, and solar. that justified the harm. . Which means Held v.

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$10 Billion Climate Bond Heads to the California Ballot

Legal Planet

The California Natural Resources Agency estimates that annual climate-related costs could rise to $113 billion by 2050. Environmental justice organizations, labor unions, renewable energy companies and others have urged the legislature to support this bond.

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Environmental and Labour Groups Join Forces to Demand the Federal Government Expedite Sustainable Jobs Bill

Enviromental Defense

org In a letter sent earlier today, twelve major climate and labour organizations called on Prime Minister Trudeau, Natural Resources Minister Wilkinson, and all parties’ House Leaders to expedite the passage of Bill C-50, the Sustainable Jobs Act, following months of delays.

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Chile’s Lithium Boom: A Green Revolution or Environmental Ruin?

Law Columbia

Lithium has become a cornerstone of the global energy transition, powering technologies central to decarbonization efforts, such as electric vehicle batteries and large-scale renewable energy storage. Meanwhile, a pending case against Quiborax S.A. Financial Compensation: A Solution or a Trap?

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Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Union of Concerned Scientists

A simple statement that masks just how complicated the issues are: mixing politics, economics, livelihoods, fisheries and endangered species in the ocean body that is the Gulf of Maine. Fortunately, Maine is up to the challenge.