Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

o C in 2100, relative to pre-industrial times, is still avoidable, but whether or not we are able to stay within these limits and avert catastrophic climate change depends on achieving our climate goals of emissions reductions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels in 2030, on the way to net-zero emissions in 2050.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 23, 2023

March 8, 2023, marked the start of the demonstration phase of Project Greensand , shipping carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from Belgium for storage in a depleted oilfield in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark. on the Export of Carbon Dioxide Streams for Disposal in Sub-Seabed Geological Formations for the Purpose of Sequestration.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2024

In fact, the current target for oil and gas emissions doesn’t even stack up to Canada’s own national target, which is 40-45 per cent emissions reduction from 2005 levels by 2030. No free rides for the industry! The inclusion of offsets in the framework is also concerning.

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which was passed into law on November 15, 2021, included key amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”) that pave the way for carbon sequestration in offshore federal waters. However, these provisions did not directly address leasing for carbon sequestration.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Energy Information Administration, in 2015 more than 76 million American households (64%) used a central air-conditioning system, an increase from less than 66 million households (59%) in 2005. And with increasingly irregular climate conditions, this number is only rising.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

While “natural” gas is mostly composed of methane, a greenhouse gas that’s 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide during its first 20 years in the atmosphere, Ebel and his industry counterparts have succeeded in minimizing the perception of its climate impact.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Mechanisms of climate mitigation via soil carbon sequestration At the root of the excitement around soils is their ability to hold on to carbon, potentially drawing it out of the atmosphere and locking it away.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

EPA tells us succinctly, Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities. In 2020, carbon dioxide accounted for about 79% of all U.S. Surprising to some, carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. We have been doing this GHG work since 2005. emission trends.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

According to Cooper, energy use is the largest driver of Penn State’s greenhouse gas emissions, costing the University more than $30 million annually to provide heat, air conditioning, electricity and hot water to its buildings and fuel for its vehicle fleet.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Inventory had shown a steady decrease from 2005 through 2016 from 289.62 million tons in 2005 to 73.09 million tons in 2005 to 73.09 percent coal and 5 percent natural gas in 2005 to 20.5 percent decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide sequestered in 2018 compared to 2017 from the forest and land use sectors-- 4.55

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Environment Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It is also a major source of carbon dioxide; contributing around eight per cent of the worlds CO2 emissions. Concrete Canvas Ltd was formed in 2005 to develop and commercialise this technology. However, new technologies and processes are being developed that greatly reduce its environmental cost. Concrete and CO2.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

A later post will cover the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) Carbon Reduction Plan. The two approaches share goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70% by 2030 (from a 2005 baseline) and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Seven northeastern states created RGGI in 2005. Background on RGGI. The draft N.C.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We emitted about 269 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018 (the latest year for which data are available), with industry, electricity production, and transportation the largest sources. Pennsylvania is acting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO 2 e) per service population for development projects because the record lacked substantial evidence that the threshold, which relied on statewide service population and GHG inventory data, was appropriate to apply to San Diego County development projects.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

At the same time, we are making progress in reducing our carbon footprint. In 2018, CO2 [carbon dioxide] emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power sources were 33% below 2005 levels. In 2021, Pennsylvania exported 35% of the electricity it generated, more than any other state.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

Gas is made mostly of methane – a climate-damaging fossil fuel that is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Between 2005–2019, heat pump use increased by just one per cent, from four to five per cent of Canadian homes. And, kicking gas out of your home is good for your health and the climate.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

CO 2 emissions by up to 10 percent from 2005 levels by 2050. In addition, increased fossil fuel use for hydrogen production may require additional pipelines to transport carbon dioxide to authorized sequestration sites if the CO 2 is not reused for enhanced oil or gas recovery, or in the production of higher value chemicals or products.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

Tory peer and former party treasurer Lord Michael Spencer, who has donated £6 million to the Conservatives since 2005, holds an 18.8 The GWPF – a group founded to contradict established climate science – has in the past expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mischaracterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. January 22, 2023. A 2021 North Carolina law requires the N.C.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

Those who work on soil issues have long hoped for a new study, with well-known soil scientists calling for one as early as 2005, at the government’s annual Two Sessions meetings. billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent every year – 40% from protecting existing carbon, and the remaining 60% from rebuilding depleted stores. each year.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Embedded in the new statute are more than $140 billion in direct payments and tax incentives for renewable fuels and cleaner electrical generation to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the decade. The statute also includes $19.5 The law enables the U.S.D.A. to fund its $19.5

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 10, 2021

To the extent those sectors continue emitting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, those gases will need to be captured prior to release into the atmosphere. This necessarily raises the question: what should be done with all of the carbon dioxide? to 2 o C target set in the Paris Agreement. Outer Continental Shelf.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

Carbon dioxide and methane (a short-lived but extremely powerful global warming gas) are emitted during the extraction, processing, storage, transportation and combustion of gasoline, diesel and other petroleum fuels used by our vehicles. We have over 284 million gasoline- and diesel-burning cars, trucks and buses on our roads.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

.' -- The Allegheny Front: US Energy Secretary Visits Pittsburgh Steel Plant To Tout New Energy Efficiency Rule, Union Jobs -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Saving Butler Steel Mill From New Federal Rules Was Inspired Policymaking -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PJM Electric Grid Has Significant Decline In Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide (..)

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The conversion of energy-poor feedstocks like water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich fuels involves multi- electron, multi-proton transformations. She received her BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 where she worked in the laboratory of Prof. Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 16, 2025

Wetlands also capture and store atmospheric carbon dioxide, allowing it to be converted into other carbon compounds and cellulose and thus mitigating global heating. The Conservation Society of Monavale (COSMO), a support group founded in 2005, took it upon itself to promote and protect Monavale Vlei in Harare.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

Beginning January 1, 2005, DEP started receiving drinking water complaints related to the shale gas drilling over a nine square mile area. [In

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Earlier this month the International Energy Agency (IEA) released data showing that global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions hit an all-time high in 2021, rebounding sharply from the 2020 decline caused by COVID-19 related economic slump. It’s clear we cannot continue to live this way, it will destroy our civilization.”.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Anaerobic digestion is a biological process happening naturally that breaks down organic matter in an airless environment, resulting in the generation of methane and carbon dioxide (among other things, see below). Carbon dioxide makes up to one third of biogas and could potentially be another revenue stream for operators.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 3, 2023

Yeti Crab Kiwa hirsuta The yeti crab , an unusually hairy crab with no eyes, was discovered in 2005 on a hydrothermal vent near Easter Island. Many crabs are vulnerable to ocean acidification —which is occurring because the ocean has absorbed carbon dioxide and become more acidic.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Martin Produces Whale Of A Guitar For Earth Day As Lehigh Valley Company Continues Environmental Tradition -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PJM Electric Grid Has Significant Decline In Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Since 2005 -- Scranton Times: Author Diane Ackerman Sheds Light On Environmental Factors And Mental Health (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Fossil fuel combustion produces carbon dioxide (CO2), the most abundant global warming pollutant, but also produces local pollutants such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The accident resulted in 15,000 residents seeking medical attention.

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. emissions 50% below 2005 levels by 2030. But the company has not been as forthcoming about the environmental harms expected to follow. The environmental review for the project estimated a release of about 9.2 As with any major project, there are pros and cons.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

In addition to carbon dioxide emission reductions, sulfur and nitrogen pollutants also declined and improved public health. fell from 38,000 in 2005 to 3,100 in 2020 (a?91% Natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices.” The researchers estimate? premature deaths?fell 91% decrease).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

New UCS study shows how we can accelerate US clean energy ambition An interdisciplinary team of UCS experts set out to explore how the US can meet its goals to cut heat-trapping emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions no later than 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Oil and gas major ConocoPhillips’ website says gas is “one of the safest and cleanest fuels available” and that when it is burned, it “produces mostly carbon dioxide and water vapor—the same substances emitted when humans exhale.” Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects.

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