2005 Carbon Emissions Politics 
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 3, 2022
The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. carbon emissions today.
Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2023
On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. A decade ago, Australia had a climate tax. That was repealed in 2014, and the ensuing period saw little progress.
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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. trillion tons.]
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 22, 2022
Minnesota’s current goal is to reduce statewide carbon emissions 30 percent by 2025 compared to 2005 levels and 80 percent by 2050. Minnesota Power’s vision is to provide 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2050, achieve 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030, and eliminate coal burning by 2035.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2022
CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. This is in total opposition to the US commitment under the Paris Agreement to achieve a 50-52 percent emissions reduction below 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero by 2050.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 30, 2022
What’s more, all of these intersecting and compounding crises reveal similar fundamental flaws in our current social, political and economic systems—including that those who are most marginalized in society suffer disproportionate harms.
HumanNature
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
As climate change has become a more pervasive and urgent political issue, governments around the world have started to look to soil as a potential part of the solution. As someone who thinks a lot about soil carbon, the issue I see as rather under-discussed is what carbon economists call, “leakage.”
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