The House State Government Committee is scheduled to meet September 27 to consider Senate Bill 533 would prohibit any public participation in state agency rulemaking and policy making processes during a declared state emergency.
The transaction kicks off what could be a torch-passing ceremony for the fossil fuel industry over the coming months and years from the most environmentally pressured to the least and from the least efficient to the most.
Climate change is among the greatest moral and spiritual issues of our time. One only needs to read the news on severe weather, flooding, fires, and drought to see the very real faces of those bearing the brunt of the climate crisis.
Nearly every nation is coming up short — most of them far short — in their efforts to fight climate change, and the world is unlikely to hold warming to the internationally agreed-upon limit, according to a new scientific report.
The federal government could soon invest more money into developing greener train technology. A Senate bill introduced by Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey would offer $600 million in grants to companies and universities like Wabtec and Carnegie Mellon University.
The orange-and-black scooters now seen across multiple neighborhoods were introduced July 9 as part of the city's MovePGH program, which the administration touts as a way to increase transportation options while reducing carbon emissions.
The Indonesian government has walked back an earlier pledge to phase out all coal-fired power plants, saying now that it will keep them running but fit them with carbon capture technology.
Gov. Tom Wolf won approval this week to impose carbon pricing on power plants. But environmental advocates say it comes after Wolf's administration empowered the methane-emitting natural gas industry.
A House committee passed a disapproval resolution for the rule. The House and Senate now have a deadline to send disapproval resolutions to the governor.
Big energy trading houses, long focused on deep, volatile markets such as oil and natural gas, are now bulking up their carbon-trading operations as governments around the world push to expand the market for trading carbon emissions.
The planned expansion of one of the largest pulp and paper producers in North America will threaten Canada's boreal forest, the most carbon dense woodland in the world, environmentalists warn.
The painkiller, taken by half of pregnant women worldwide, could be contributing to rising rates of reproductive system problems and neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD and autism.
"If we look at the rate of carbon emissions, most is emitted by the developed and industrialized countries, but the problem is poor countries like Bangladesh are the main sufferers."
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