The Energy Law

APRIL 7, 2010

By Stephen Wiegand EPA recently announced its position regarding the timing of the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program. In Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S.

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Real Climate

APRIL 4, 2024

Last year, Jim Hansen and colleagues published a long paper that included a figure suggesting that they expected that global temperature trends from 2011 to increase above the recent linear trends. As with most punditry, there is less here than it might seem. 24 from Hansen et al (2023).

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits. If Montana stopped emitting greenhouse gases, would that prevent the injury to plaintiffs from climate change? “We

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Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

The AMOC has repeatedly shown major instabilities in recent Earth history , for example during the Last Ice Age, prompting concerns about its stability under future global warming, see e.g. Broecker 1987 who warned about “unpleasant surprises in the greenhouse”. 2011; Garzoli et al. For more on this see my Review Paper in Nature.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

In 2011, in AEP v. 410 (2011). In AEP , 8 states (including California – I was counsel of record) sued the 7 largest owners of coal fired power plants for public nuisance resulting from emissions of greenhouse gases from their power plants. Now, in West Virginia v. Connecticut , 564 U. Post, at 20.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

According to the AR6 findings, Earth’s average temperature in the last decade (2011-2020) was 1.09? On their own, our greenhouse gas emissions would have caused a much higher warming, were it not for the masking effect of aerosol pollution. warmer than pre-industrial times (here defined as 1850-1900).

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We saw a continued focus on incentivizing affordable and infill developments on the condition that the project pay prevailing wages (AB 2011), reducing barriers for specified sustainable transit projects (SB 922), and amendments akin to “pet project exemptions” that are targeted to solving a narrower set of concerns (SB 118 and SB 886).

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

CES-E was designed to maintain the state’s existing clean energy supply from nuclear and large hydroelectric generators with a nameplate capacity greater than 30 megawatts and whose commercial operations started prior to 2011. What amendments were made to the CES?

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2010

By Stepehen Wiegand In October 2009, EPA promulgated the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule. Under the proposed rules, the newly covered sources are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011 and are required to submit the first annual reports to EPA on March 31, 2012.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

in 2021, which is 2% higher than the percentage before the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. In 2022, the amount of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationwide was over one billion tons , making Japan the 5 th largest GHG emitter in the world.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Subpart W rule to cover petroleum and natural gas facilities under the agency’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program. Under the final rule, facilities are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011, and the first annual report is due by March 31, 2012.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Backgrounds After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were temporarily shutdown due to safety concerns. Sendai Power Station , the first climate change case in Japan, withdrew a claim based on greenhouse gas emissions and focused on air pollution arguments. Kobe Steel Ltd., Kobelco Power Kobe No.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Protests by oil workers in Zhanaozen in 2011 , which resulted in a massacre of protesters by police, were precipitated by unfair wages, violation of worker rights and other issues. According to the World Bank, Kazakhstan is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in Europe and Central Asia. share in Kazakh oil production.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 12, 2024

since 2011. greenhouse gas emissions; home construction and water use have even more impact. Read the full story at Trellis. Fannie Mae has been working to reduce the climate impact of housing in the U.S. That’s a big task, as energy use by homes accounts for 19 percent of U.S.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In recent history, we have witnessed LUC exacerbating climate change due to disturbed soils, development of greenhouse gas (GHG) producing land uses, and more 4. Progress in Planning 75 , 53–107 (2011). Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap. IPCC guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories 4 , 1–59 (2006).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Since 2011, the Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Imagine the sheer futility of the greenhouse gas emissions stemming from the production of that wasted food— hurting the planet for no reason. Roughly a quarter of the freshwater utilized in worldwide food production ends up being wasted because the food it helps grow is ultimately not consumed [3]. References: [1] J. Gustavsson, C.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

By 2030 the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set targets that aim to halve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 2000 levels. But the country switched off most of its nuclear generators following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Japan is the fifth-largest CO2 emitter in the world and has committed to being carbon-neutral by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

Here is a summary of the findings-- Americans continue to favor reducing greenhouse gas emissions as their preferred approach for staving off the worst impacts of climate change, according to new public opinion findings. Considerable doubt endures about either strategy, with little opinion shifting from identical questions posed in 2011.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students.

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The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2011

Moreno On May 3, 2011, the U.S. The action prolongs EPA’s authority to issue Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits for Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) emissions in Texas. Following a series of EPA regulatory actions, GHG emissions became subject to PSD requirements as a non-NAAQS pollutant beginning on January 2, 2011.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 15, 2012

McNamara in Albany County dismissed a lawsuit filed in June 2011 by three members of Americans For Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group, that challenged New York’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) cap and trade program. The case was not brought until 2011. The suit, Thrun v.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2021

In 2020, Hershey achieved its 100 percent certified and sustainable cocoa commitment made in 2011 and further committed to 100 percent direct sourcing of all cocoa from Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana by 2025, enabling the company to have greater visibility and impact into where and how its cocoa is grown.

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Edouard Stenger

MARCH 21, 2023

C above 1850–1900 in 2011–2020 this is not any more the case. As climate scientist say, every tonne of greenhouse gases counts. But as global surface temperature is reaching 1.1°C Kids born this decade will face a radically different lifetime than folks born in the 20th century : IPCC’s report isn’t mincing words.

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Capaccio

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The baseline levels were established by averaging the production and consumption from the start of 2011 to the end of 2013, plus fifteen percent of 1989 HCFC and 0.42 CO2 equivalent (CO2e) is a way to standardize emissions from various greenhouse gases based on their global warming potential (GWP). percent of 1989 CFC levels.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Subsequently, Japanese greenhouse gas emissions and electricity costs for industrial and residential consumers have skyrocketed. The country had planned a massive expansion of its nuclear power program in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with its. earthquake occurred off the Japanese coast on March 11, 2011.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

Ontario Electricity Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions Historical and Forecast. But so have methane emissions (which natural gas is mostly made of) – an extremely potent greenhouse gas which leaks unburned at every stage of natural gas production, from fracking to combustion. Source: IESO Annual Planning Outlook (updated Feb 2021).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2024

greenhouse gas emissions, but only if they are connected in networks that enable Americans to get where they need to go, just like roads, airline hubs and train tracks do. I have a strong conviction that multiuse trails are critical to the goal of reducing U.S. More than 400 miles of the trail network are complete.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

On September 13, 2011, I began the endeavor of writing Miller Starr Regalia’s CEQA Developments blog. 4th 204, taught that a project’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (and related climate change impacts) are cumulative impacts and constitute a rather “different animal” for CEQA analysis purposes.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The recycling and refuse industry has long embraced natural gas to mitigate the impact of greenhouse gas emissions,” said Chad Lindholm, senior vice president, Clean Energy. On December 7, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Over Last Year [PaEN] [Posted: December 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2022

Since 2011, the Green Ribbon Schools Program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2022

As the paper discusses in more detail, proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining requires significant energy consumption and thus produces large quantities of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Researchers have recently estimated that Bitcoin mining is responsible for 65.4 megatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2011, the first lawsuit using the Rights of Nature provision was filed by the Global Alliance for Rights of Nature (GARN) and others against a construction company for building a road across Ecuador’s Vilcabamba River and dumping rubble into the river. Can we reach this goal? That remains to be seen.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

Many see this cutting edge enactment as crucial to making possible the State’s ESG goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in buildings. A decade later, in 2011, Maryland was the first state to authorize the use of the IgCC for private and public construction. The backstory is important.

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