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Report: Oil and Gas Production Set to Escalate Under Landmark U.S. Climate Law 

DeSmogBlog

A new report warns that oil and gas production in the United States is expected to rise under Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), even as the legislation helps to moderately lower fossil fuel demand through billions of dollars in clean energy investments. The report, “ Biden’s Fossil Fuel Fail : How U.S.

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The fight is heating up over telescope construction on Hawaii’s largest volcano

Grist

This week, hundreds of protestors gathered at the base of Mauna Kea in opposition to a proposed 30-meter telescope that was set to begin construction at the summit of the mountain. On Wednesday, law enforcement in riot gear came to the Mauna Kea protest site and arrested 33 elders who described themselves as the “first line of defense.”

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Wind farms bring windfalls for rural schools, but school finance laws limit how money is spent

Renewable Energy World

The money that makes this possible came from a $35 million deal the school district brokered with a wind farm company in 2005, part of the massive growth of that sector in Nolan County and Texas. We think it is due to state school finance formulas and state- and county-level tax laws, and the incentives they provide to school administrators.

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

GreenBiz

The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has lunch with a group of Wake Forest law students in the Worrell Professional Center on Wednesday, September 28, 2005. Photo by Wake Forest University School of Law/Flickr.

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Government sets out new targets on air quality, water pollution, waste and woodland cover

Envirotec Magazine

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Kate Nield of environmental law firm ClientEarth said the target date was “far from ‘world-leading’”.

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How Will the Inflation Reduction Act Support a Clean Energy Transition in Business?

Green Business Bureau

is President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed into law in August 2022. 2005 is used as a baseline because of the Paris Agreement targets that year ). net greenhouse gas emissions down to 40% below 2005 levels. And leading this transition in the U.S. meet net-zero goals.

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How U.S. government procurement can lead the clean economy

GreenBiz

These actions, required by law since 2005, never have been implemented. The federal government, now more than ever, has an opportunity to reestablish climate leadership for itself, the nation and the world.