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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. California has done exactly that.

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Mariner East 2 Pipeline Charged with 48 Environmental Crimes in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

On October 5, the Pennsylvania Attorney General unveiled criminal charges against the Mariner East 2 pipeline, a long-distance natural gas pipeline that traverses the state. Under our state laws, if convicted, this company will be sentenced to fines and restitution. A Pipeline Plagued by Problems. Wolf took in around $1.5

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Canadian Police Arrest Indigenous Opponents of Gas Pipeline and 2 Journalists Covering It

DeSmogBlog

Starting on November 18, Canada’s RCMP violently cracked down on a group of Indigenous land defenders who had sought to block the construction of a major natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, arresting roughly 15 people over a two-day period. The RCMP also detained two journalists covering the events.

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Duke vs. Duke: Electric and gas utilities at odds over efficiency rebates in N.C.

Renewable Energy World

For nearly four years, Piedmont Natural Gas — one of Duke’s wholly owned subsidiaries — and the state’s other major gas distribution company have stymied incentives for new high-efficiency homes, claiming with scant evidence that the rebate scheme will lose them customers. Gas water heaters are still popular.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

AGreenLiving

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. California has done exactly that.

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Group Seeking to Overturn State Net Metering Reveals Member with Utility Ties

GreenTechMedia

This week, the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) filed an answer to the thousands of comments opposing its petition asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to rule state net metering policies illegal under federal law.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

By the time Doty’s team parked its monitoring vans outside K-Solv for the first time on June 4, 2005, de Zavala’s log house had been leveled, and industrial facilities had replaced wooded prairies. In fact, the agency rarely fines companies that violate Texas air pollution laws. But the agency didn’t fine or otherwise penalize K-Solv.