PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

from 2005 to 2020. Reduction Strategies Strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation offer the greatest potential for decarbonization through 2050, followed by emissions from industrial sources, transportation, and buildings. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4%

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2025

In summary, the Court ordered the Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture, and Ministry of Transport to take specific measures to achieve a 55 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. percent reduction by 2030.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

For example, Section 60103 of the IRA , which establishes the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) , specifies that $15 billion of the $27 billion allocated to the GGRF should be used for the purposes of providing financial assistance and technical assistance in low-income and disadvantaged communities.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Flaring, which is shown here, as well as venting, can be a significant source of both nitrogen oxides and greenhouse gas emissions such as methane. Furthermore, the Energy Act of 2005 excludes hydraulic fracturing activities from regulation under the Safe Water Drinking Act. Water Quality Next is water quality.

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Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides Waste Regulations 70

PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2025

Pennsylvanias Right-to-Farm Act of 1982 and the Agriculture, Communities and Rural Environment law of 2005, also known as ACRE or Act 38, limit municipal actions against certain farming practices, shaping the regulatory landscape for agriculture.

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Conservation Law 2005 Greenhouse 78

Scientific American

JULY 16, 2025

The result is an increase in the countrys greenhouse gas emissions. was on track to cut emissions between 38-56 percent by 2035 compared to 2005 levels. is on pace to reduce emissions 27-44 percent below 2005 levels. emissions were 20 percent below 2005 levels last year. Now, it thinks the U.S. For context, U.S.

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Carbon Emissions 2005 Greenhouse Electricity 109

Real Climate

JULY 10, 2022

Step 1: There is a natural greenhouse effect. Thus there must be a large amount of IR absorbed by the atmosphere (around 158 W/m 2 ) – a number that would be zero in the absence of any greenhouse substances. Step 2: Trace gases contribute to the natural greenhouse effect. The Earth’s Energy Budget (NASA).

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Radiation 2022 Greenhouse Atmosphere 354

Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. This California law imposes limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles, a breakthrough in U.S. If I were listing laws in order of importance, I would put the CAA on top. Pavley Act.

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Law Clean Air Act Endangered Species Act Clean Water Act 291

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 reduction in emissions is a critical indicator of climate progress.

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Greenhouse 2005 Fossil Fuels 2030 104

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Despite adding six million more passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs to the roads over the last 10 years, California’s gasoline consumption has dropped over two billion gallons from its peak in 2005. Gasoline use per person has also fallen, from 445 gallons per year per person in 2005, to under 350 gallons per year per person in 2024.

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Carbon Dioxide 2005 Electricity Nitrogen Oxides 316

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

Transportation is now the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. 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). Bleviss, 2020 ).

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Greenhouse Climate Change 2005 2021 325

Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Furthermore, if you squinted, you could perhaps convince yourself that there was a correlation to solar activity – well, at least Soon could ( Soon, 2005) ). Indeed, it was still possible to claim in 2000 that Arctic temperatures had not yet exceeded levels in the late 1930s/early 1940s. And which solar reconstruction did he use?

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). I don’t know the answer to his question. But this discussion paper is problematic for sure.

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Sea Level Greenhouse Climate Change Atmosphere 356

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

Because while this decision does still recognize EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, it simultaneously sharply curtails the agency’s ability to do so. EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Unfortunately, those ominous signs were right on the mark.

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Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act Clean Energy Greenhouse 280

Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

In 2022, the Labor coalition passed a law mandating that Australia cut greenhouse gas emissions 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. Climate had played a significant role in the election, and Labor was committed to to climate action. This March, Australia adopted a follow-up law to implement these targets.

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2030 Law 2007 2005 265

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

67% cut from 2005 by 2025. Carbon Reduction Goal : Reduce CO2 emissions rate by 67% by 2025 from an adjusted 2005 baseline. This was accelerated in 2021 from a 2050 goal after achieving a 54% reduction from 2005 levels in 2020. For convenience, I lumped coal and oil together as “very high carbon” sources (VHC) in the table.

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2030 Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2007 247

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus (CSB) Program was established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to help communities reduce pollution from older, higher polluting school buses. Despite past investments, thousands of older polluting school buses remain on the road.

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Electricity Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution 322

Real Climate

MARCH 5, 2023

In 2014, McNider and Christy were well aware of the orbital decay correction (1998), and they were even aware of the diurnal drift correction that was needed because of a sign error introduced while trying to fix the orbital decay issue (discovered in 2005). McNider, "Satellite greenhouse signal", Nature , vol. K/dec 95% CI, natch).

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Real Climate

MARCH 4, 2021

Since it was a control simulation with no external “forcing” (no greenhouse gas changes, no variations in solar output, no volcanic eruptions, etc.), any oscillation that was produced has to be internally generated. Consider a parallel analysis (Figure 1-right) of the CMIP5 historical simulations. doesn’t actually exist.

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Cooling Ocean Radiation 2005 278

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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Clean Energy 2005 2030 Fossil Fuels 265

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By Penn State News With a goal of achieving 100% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2035, Penn State – under the direction of President Neeli Bendapudi -- is moving forward with several of the recommendations presented by the University’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Task Force in Spring 2022.

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Greenhouse Carbon Emissions Electricity 2005 98

Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report concluded that the world needs to cut greenhouse emissions in half by the end of this decade to avoid total climate breakdown. That renewable energy could have helped reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. But Ontario has been going in the opposite direction.

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Climate Change Government Renewable Energy Greenhouse 130

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2024

The Government of Canada has until the end of this year to set a new greenhouse gas reduction target for 2035. We need climate targets to measure progress on reducing greenhouse gas pollution. Globally countries must collectively reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. And they want to hear from you.

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Greenhouse Fossil Fuels 2005 Government 122

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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Electricity Biofuels Technology Technology 291

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Background Coal mine operators now have a greater interest in installing flares to reduce methane - a potent greenhouse gas - to participate in programs that allow them to generate and sell credits to other companies participating in greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. million metric tons in 2005. million metric tons.

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Carbon Monoxide 2005 Greenhouse Natural Gas 104

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

DEP’s latest Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory shows coal mining-related greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 totaled an estimated 11.91 The greenhouse gas emissions from coal mining increased from 9.82 million metric tons in 2005 and natural gas production greenhouse gas emissions increased from 8.74

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Carbon Monoxide 2005 Greenhouse Natural Gas 95

Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency has proposed more stringent methane regulations for the oil and gas industry that would dramatically curb emissions of the potent greenhouse gas. oil and gas sector by 87 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the decade, the agency said.

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Regulations Carbon Dioxide 2030 2005 98

Environmental News Bits

MAY 1, 2025

The EUs cap-and-trade scheme the Emissions Trading System (ETS) released data showing that participating sectors have reduced emission to 50 percent of 2005 levels.

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NRDC

DECEMBER 19, 2024

government today pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions 61-66 percent by 2035 below 2005 levels, joining other nations in ratcheting up climate goals as called for in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, which was signed. WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

With the federal government and state of Maryland each having announced within days of each other, the mandated disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we have received, maybe not surprising, many calls in the last two weeks inquiring “what are GHGs?” greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. emission trends.

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Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Atmosphere 52

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Ontario is failing to reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. This is pitiful, especially because p rovinces hold sizable levers that can reduce (or increase) greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Ontario does have a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Climate Change 2030 98

Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Government of Canada announced a new climate goal, setting a target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% to 50% by 2035, on a 2005 basis.

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Greenhouse 2005 Government 40

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Now the Prime Minister needs to chart the pathway to reduce the industry’s emissions – which account for 26% of Canada’s domestic emissions and increased by nearly 20 per cent from 2005 to 2019 – all of this while most other sectors have reduced theirs. The 2030 goal for the emissions cap needs to be a 60% reduction from 2005 levels.

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2005 2030 2026 Fossil Fuels 119

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2024

However, it is a much-awaited step in the right direction as the federal government moves to cap greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the highest polluting industry in Canada. It is a scientific fact that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are causing climate change. The framework is by no means perfect.

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2030 Climate Change Greenhouse Government 140

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet August 24 to review the latest Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory for Pennsylvania and hear an overview of DEP’s Energy Office Clean Energy Program Plan. The Inventory had shown a steady decrease from 2005 through 2016 from 289.62 million tons in 2005 to 73.09

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Greenhouse Electricity 2005 2018 52

Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

By coincidence rather than design, two different approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector have been under discussion by North Carolina agencies since 2021. The two approaches share goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70% by 2030 (from a 2005 baseline) and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Greenhouse Electricity 2005 Carbon Dioxide 52

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But it actually just gives the company an excuse to continue its regular operations, without decreasing its own greenhouse gas emissions. Trading schemes like the one being proposed (well, already being used), do almost nothing to increase investments in renewable power or drive down greenhouse gas emissions. .

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Clean Energy Electricity Greenhouse Government 122