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. The reductions in PM2.5

Fossil Fuels 312

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2030 Climate Change 312

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Public Health -- Berkeley Lab: Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector ( April 2021 ) “Switching from coal to natural gas for power generation played a big role in lowering carbon emissions. fell from 38,000 in 2005 to 3,100 in 2020 (a?91% The researchers estimate? premature deaths?fell

Natural Gas 44

Natural Gas 2019 2021 2018 44

Cresforum

APRIL 22, 2021

Today, President Biden announced that the United States would pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030, compared to a 2005 base year. In 2005, President Biden’s baseline year, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions stood at roughly 6.0 economy grew since 2005, the U.S.

2030 40

2030 Paris Agreement 2005 Carbon Dioxide 40

Cresforum

APRIL 22, 2021

Today, President Biden announced that the United States would pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030, compared to a 2005 base year. The GHGs implicated in climate change are primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and fluorinated gases, like hydroflourocarbons.

2030 40

2030 Paris Agreement 2005 Carbon Dioxide 40

Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

32] Part of the reason the planet is greening stems from greater carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and greater planetary warming. [33] 33] Scientists find that plants grow faster as a result of higher carbon dioxide concentrations. 63] This difference in emissions comes down to diet and lifespan. 2] James C.

Climate Change 72

Climate Change 2019 2020 Greenhouse 72

Acoel

APRIL 8, 2022

The bipartisan infrastructure law funds clean energy demonstration projects to improve energy storage, advanced nuclear technology, carbon capture from fuel burning as well as direct carbon capture from the atmosphere. None of these provisions sets a price on carbon or requires energy users to increase the use of renewable energy.

Climate Change 40

Climate Change Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide 40

ESA

AUGUST 29, 2022

Joe Manchin (D-WV), the bill will reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030. White House CEQ – Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force. USFWS will accept comments received or postmarked on or before Sept.

2022 40

2022 Carbon Dioxide 2023 Law 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Perhaps the most consequential of all Paxton’s actions, however, is a lawsuit he and AGs from 19 other states, including Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina, filed in 2021 challenging the EPA’s authority to curb power plant carbon emissions. Landry’s deep ties to the oil and gas industry predate his time as Louisiana’s AG.

Fossil Fuels 360

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Sea Level Electricity 360

Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. The EPA is proposing a new standard for fossil fuel-fired power plants to avoid 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042. In the year 2023, the U.S.

Clean Air Act 246

Clean Air Act Carbon Emissions Greenhouse Fossil Fuels 246

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Challenge to Settlement in Utility Rate-Setting Case in New Mexico Cited Failure to Quantify Coal Plant’s Carbon Emission Risks. Both sets of intervenors also said the court should limit any abeyance period to 120 days. Attorney General of New York , No. __ (N.Y. million rate increase. In re Public Service Company of New Mexico , No.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Several factors¾including the effects of the economic recession, shifts in energy markets from coal to natural gas and renewable energy sources, and carbon pollution mitigation and clean energy programs like renewable portfolio standards¾have been identified as principal drivers of these reductions. [2]. emissions from the power sector. [3].

Greenhouse 40

Greenhouse 2015 2017 Regulations 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. What would they accomplish? Not even close.

Fossil Fuels 255

Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides Clean Air Act 255

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

The Supreme Court sharply limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to slash carbon pollution from power plants. The justices told EPA that it can set carbon emissions standards based only on interventions at individual power plants. Many other studies show that reducing PM 2.5

Fossil Fuels 289

Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Climate Change 2016 289

ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Ahead of COP, ESA issued a statement calling on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions that limits rising temperatures to 1.5?

2021 105

2021 Paris Agreement Climate Change Technology 105

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants’ environmental assessment understated traffic levels as well as carbon emissions. filed Apr.

2021 40

2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40