Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

From 1960 to 2005, coal use grew more or less steadily by 18 million tons per year. electricity to about one-fifth today. In fact, there was a surge in construction of new coal plants after 1970 due to high electricity demand. electricity use hit a ceiling , and it has risen only slightly since then. In 2010, U.S.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 30, 2021

A state of emergency was declared in nine western and northwestern provinces, and more than 55,000 residents remain without electricity. In 2005, close to 500 people died and hundreds were injured in this region, the Mocoties Valley, after similar destruction caused by landslides and these same overflowing rivers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Fossil gas power plants currently provide the largest source of electricity generation and capacity in the United States. To meet our climate goals and reach net zero emissions by 2050, most studies show that we need to dramatically reduce gas use for generating electricity, heating homes and businesses, and running industrial processes.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

67% cut from 2005 by 2025. American Electric Power. Carbon Reduction Goal : Reduce CO2 emissions rate by 67% by 2025 from an adjusted 2005 baseline. 6) American Electric Power. This was accelerated in 2021 from a 2050 goal after achieving a 54% reduction from 2005 levels in 2020. Fossil Fuel Use. VHC = Coal + Oil).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Replacing petroleum with renewable electricity as the primary source of transportation energy will leave us all much better off. To achieve net-zero emissions in 2050 we must have 100% of new sales of light-duty passenger vehicles be electric by 2035, and of medium- and heavy-duty trucks at the latest by 2040.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Here are five key takeaways from this year’s AEO, focused primarily on the electricity sector: 1. Relying on market trends is nowhere near enough to do the job. Carbon emissions remain high.

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Environmental Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Share of Electricity in Total Final Energy Consumption, 2005-2030. Rachel Jean-Baptiste. Tue, 11/01/2022 - 05:04.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. This covers electricity, heating, transportation, etc., and is separate from their 2020 goal which centered just on electricity. At least 70% of electricity must come from renewables in 2030. In 2020, they just missed this goal, at 97.4%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

Together with other modes of transportation, our vehicles emit the most heat-trapping gases in the US economy: 28 percent, followed closely by the electricity sector. In our study, by 2035 all new vehicles sold are either battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) or fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

More transportation options = less buildout of the electric grid UCS’s project examined several ways that the US can lower global warming emissions consistent with limiting overall warming to 1.5 But it requires ambitious policies, including nearly tripling renewable energy’s share of US electricity generation by 2030 (see graph below).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Last November, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released an interdisciplinary study exploring the various pathways to meeting US goals to cut heat-trapping emissions economywide 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050. The good news? How are we doing on that?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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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. Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Renewables are 42% of electricity. trillion tons.] Feed-in tariffs are replaced by auctions for renewables.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

Energy demand is projected to significantly increase in coming years, as data centers, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and new and expanded manufacturing facilities come online. The good news is that these goals are not mutually exclusive. Bucknell University.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

million homes’ electricity use for a year! Under his leadership, CNRL has been linked to staggering annual emissions of 26.34 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) , equivalent to 5.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Consequently, residential gas prices are expected to be 22 percent higher this winter compared to last year’s, and residential electricity prices are expected to be 6 percent higher on average.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Over the past year, precisely as our ability to identify the specific magnitude of action required to hit 2030 climate targets of 50-52 percent below 2005 levels has resolved into ever clearer view, the range of viable pathways for meeting those targets has consistently and considerably narrowed. No pivoting, just pivotal.

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Environmental Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In 2005, Schneider Electric became one of the first companies to highlight its goals on people, the planet, and profit. The post Schneider Electric Is Working to Cut Its Suppliers’ CO2 Emissions By Half appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

States’ roles in electricity decisions stem from their authority over public health, safety, and consumer protection. States’ jurisdiction on electricity supply and reliability are not limited to only reviewing proposed construction. States should be heard on transmission When regulators make policy, utilities listen.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The number of homes heated with clean, efficient electric heat pumps increased by 28% in a decade from 2005 to 2015. Wind turbines and solar panels made up a tiny fraction of our energy infrastructure 10 years ago. Today, they are everyday parts of America’s energy landscape. Just a few years ago,… Read more →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

The country had a dip in transportation emissions around 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, when damage to refineries and production caused oil prices to spike above $70 a barrel (that’s a lot). Increase transit investments and funding, especially electric ones: Transit has much room to improve. Bleviss, 2020 ).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

The US has pledged to cut its emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030—though we have yet to secure the policies to deliver on that goal. According to the IPCC, global emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, and IEA research shows it can be done.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The state plans to reduce heat trapping emissions 28 percent by 2025 and 52 percent by 2030 below 2005 levels, and to become carbon neutral by 2050. Pilot projects also can help spur widespread implementation of community solar, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and smart meters and thermostats.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Asher was a postdoctoral fellow (1998) in the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK, during 2005–2006, 2008 and 2012. The post Variational principles and topological constants of motion for MHD appeared first on Physics World.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

That legislation must include tax credits to help advance renewable energy and electric vehicles; investments that will help communities become more resilient to climate change, especially low-income communities and communities of color that bear a disproportionate brunt of impacts; and strong labor and environmental justice provisions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

The power sector is the nation’s second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and every path to meeting our nation’s climate targets—be it 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 or net-zero by mid-century —relies on a cleaned-up power sector doing an outsized share of the work. What this decision means for the climate.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 14, 2023

The new information shows that in 2021 GHG emissions were over eight per cent lower than in 2005. However, to reach the federal government’s 2030 climate targets – a 40-45 per cent reduction from 2005 levels – significantly more reductions are needed. This is thanks to fuel economy regulations and more electric vehicles on the roads.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

After having phased out coal and successfully decreased pollution between 2005 and 2017, emissions started to rise again in 2018 – when the current government came into power. The Goreway Power Station in Brampton uses polluting fossil gas to generate electricity. And its policies since have not helped to turn the tide.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ontario recently re-contracted four gas-fired power plants to generate electricity for the province and appears poised to contract more in the near future. . Yes, Ontario needs new electricity generation. This is a national-level policy being developed to decarbonize electricity systems across the country.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The government’s recent Economic Outlook document claims “[f]unds generated through the purchases of CECs could be returned to ratepayers, help lower electricity costs, or support future clean energy generation…” ( emphasis added ). We lose our claim to clean electricity . Allowing others to pollute . Doesn’t decrease emissions .

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Although no National Corridor designations are currently in effect, the Inflation Reduction Act provides $2 billion for loans to support electric transmission lines in National Corridors. Whether that process will be successful—thus allowing FERC to exercise its expanded permitting authority—remains to be seen. Background.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

The only reason Ontario’s energy grid is relatively clean (though getting dirtier now) is because previous governments (from other parties) responded to public pressure for cleaner air and lower emissions and phased out the use of coal to generate electricity in the province.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

million metric tons in 2005 and natural gas production greenhouse gas emissions increased from 8.74 million metric tons in 2005. DEP’s latest Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory shows coal mining-related greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 totaled an estimated 11.91 million metric tons, just behind natural gas production at 12.33

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ontario recently announced it would contract new polluting gas plants to generate electricity for the province. This is outrageous, especially given that Ontario successfully phased out coal-fired power plants between 2005 and 2017 and brought down greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 93 per cent.

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Manning Law

MARCH 15, 2022

Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, launched consultations to develop Canada’s Clean Electricity Standard (CES) intended to drive progress towards a net-zero electricity grid by 2035. Manning Environmental Law is a Canadian law firm based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

However, with entirely electric-powered aircraft some way off from becoming commonplace and limited in range, airlines have turned to cleaner jet fuels to help reduce their impact on the planet in the meantime. Estimates suggest that the sector is responsible for about 2.5% SAF is not a silver bullet.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Ontario does have a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. For example, the province could phase-out the use of gas plants (which utilize fossil fuels) to generate electricity for the province. Especially Ontario, which is the second most polluting province in Canada.

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