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The Top-Ten Lower Court Decisions on Environmental Law

Legal Planet

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2007). The ruling was a major boost to state renewable energy programs. The decisions has its supporters butis more often harshly criticized. Still, theres no denying its importance. Center for Biological Diversity v. Download as PDF

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I’m With Paul

Legal Planet

US emissions went down by around 15% between 2007 and 2019, while GDP per person went up around 25%. Another is that the costs of renewable energy and electric vehicles have declined so greatly in the past ten years, making them more or less competitive with their fossil-fuel alternatives.

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Climate Change and Indian Country

Legal Planet

Up in western Washington State, the Swinomosh have been focused on the issue since 2007. Renewable energy is much more available. and others are producing solar energy, while windfarms are targeted by the Sioux. Many other projects are listed by DOE’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.

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Emissions by the Big Utilities: Where They Are, What They’re Aiming For

Legal Planet

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. Net zero by 2030, 50% cut from 2007 by 2030. Dominion Energy. Renewables: 15%. Interim goal of 50% reduction of 2007 GHG emissions by 2030. Southern Company.

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The Stream, October 19, 2022: California City Approaches Water Supply Peril in Next Two Months

Circle of Blue

It is Syria’s first outbreak of the waterborne pathogen since 2007. Green hydrogen, like the canceled Kallis Energy Investments project in Australia, uses renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Social and political circumstances in Syria may have aided the outbreak. Hydrogen comes in many flavors.

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Progress Continues for US Residential Solar: Reviewing the Latest Numbers

Union of Concerned Scientists

For residential systems, they found that median prices per watt fell 63 percent from 2007 to 2021. And there’s a lot more solar activity underway and on its way—especially with the new federal Inflation Reduction Act’s 10-year extension of the tax credits that have been so powerful for driving renewable energy, including solar.

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Dam Battles Converge on Cambodia’s 3S Rivers

Circle of Blue

Yet the Cambodian government revived the project in 2007, and in 2012 the dam became a joint venture between Cambodia’s Royal Group and China’s state-owned Huaneng Group, which remains the majority stakeholder. Construction began in 2014.

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