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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Getting this right is important, both for California and to ensure the LCFS remains a workable model for other states and the federal government. Moreover, absent reform, the LCFS is not a replicable model for other states or the federal government.

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Analysis: Brazil plans to continue investing in coal-fired power despite global shifts

A Greener Life

Although coal represents less than 5% of Brazil’s energy mix, the federal government plans to invest 20 billion reais (US$3.7 The Bolsonaro government’s new coal plans face barriers to funding and worsen the country’s already worn-out image at COP26. billion) in the world’s most polluting energy source. billion – was in coal.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

The conference has been held annually since 1992 and governments use it to agree on actions to limit global temperature increases associated with climate change. During COP15 in 2005, developed countries pledged to donate US$ 100 billion per year for climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries by 2020.

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Should We Intensify Farming to Prevent Disease Epidemics like Coronavirus? An Interview with Josef Settele

Environmental Progress

This also assumes that there is no impact whatsoever on other areas, that there is no “leakage” from the industrially managed areas to those managed in other ways, and that maintaining agricultural expansion under control is subject to firm and transparent governance. Is that the wrong picture? It depends on the context.

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Analysis: New pipelines will fragment Assam’s protected forests, say environmentalists

A Greener Life

Oil India Limited (OIL), a government-owned fossil fuel exploration and production company is rebuilding one pipeline and constructing three from scratch as it seeks to expand production. Four oil and gas pipelines being laid through protected forests in Assam could be “disastrous” for wildlife, environmentalists have told me.