Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

The problems with the SPM are similar those from the previous fifth assessment report which prompted me to write a post in 2013. I think in hindsight that my concerns from 2013 to some extent were supported by the fact that the IPCC organised an Expert Meeting on Communication, Oslo, Norway, 9–10 February 2016.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2024

A brief history of the land carbon sink Every year, globally, land-based ecosystems remove roughly 30% of human emissions from the atmosphere, slowing both the accumulation of atmospheric CO2 and increases in global temperature.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In the 2021 update to its Nationally Determined Contribution, under the Paris Agreement Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 46 % by 2030 compared to its 2013 levels (with aspirational target of 50%) and to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Because methane has 28 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide and a shorter atmospheric life of only 12 years, immediate action to reduce methane emissions —including from agriculture—is critical to slow our warming climate, especially in light of expanding global populations and food demand. 2018 , Petersen et al.,

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Dernbach said that Pennsylvania’s courts did not take the environmental rights amendment seriously until 2013, when they invalidated parts of a state law that encouraged oil and gas development. On the other hand, advocates for the transmission line say it is a vital springboard to a low-carbon future.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

Don’t mention the hiatus: Readers will probably remember the prominence of the ‘hiatus’ in the discussions around the AR5 report (written in 2013) (see here , here , or here ). Russell, "Climate Impact of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide", Science , vol. Johnson, A. Lebedeff, P. Rind, and G. 957-966, 1981.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Methane is a climate super-pollutant that is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. The result, according to the California Air Resources Board , has been a methane emissions reduction of over 3 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent since 2013. million cattle produce nearly 20 percent of all US milk.

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2022

The bodies of water absorb around 90% of the Earth’s accumulated heat and 23% of the carbon dioxide emissions from human activity. The annual increase from 2013 to 2021 is more than double the increase between 1993 to 2002. Oceans bear much of the brunt of the warming climate and increasing climate emissions.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

The first, known as greenhouse gas (GHG) removal , seeks to mitigate climate change by pulling GHGs – most commonly carbon dioxide – out of the atmosphere and durably storing them. based company—Planktos— announced plans to undertake a project aimed at removing and storing carbon dioxide.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

a joint venture of Shell, Petronas, Mitsubishi, PetroChina and Kogas): 2013 – 2021 Shell Canada Ltd.: 2010 – 2013 Shell Oil Company Inc.: As always, the format is satirical but the information is real. Shell Canada Products Ltd.: 2021 – present LNG Canada Development Inc. (a

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

In April 2013, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry developed the ‘Director-General Meeting Agreement’ that substantially loosened the assessment standards for building new coal-fired power plants. This led to the increased use of other energy sources, especially coal, for electricity generation.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 16, 2017

China’s coal consumption declined over three consecutive years (2013 to 2016), and a continued slow decline is expected. Now, not only coal is spewing insane amounts of carbon dioxide – one kilogram per kilo-watt/hour on average – it is also now more expensive than wind, solar, and soon battery storage.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

A cow near flames of the 2013 Rim Fire close to the Yosemite National Park border in Groveland, California. [6] California’s 2020 fire season, along with many other climate change induced severe weather events; is a wake up call and a reminder that these events will only worsen if we don’t cap carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. [12]

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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.” In July 2013, the D.C.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 21, 2013

On August 21, CCCL released a new white paper that evaluates the legal workability and constitutionality of regulating imports into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or “RGGI” (for background on RGGI, the Northeastern states’ cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide, see prior posts ).

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Environmental Progress

OCTOBER 17, 2021

All of the supposed "overshoot" of resources is from carbon emissions that the Footprint converts into forest area needed to offset the emissions. Different forests absorb carbon dioxide at different rates over time. The Footprint thus leads readers to ignore all the other ways of absorbing or never emitting CO2. It gets worse.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The group of petitioners challenging the EPA rules imposing strict limits on carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants filed its opening briefs on Friday, February 19. The Rule’s strategies for limiting carbon dioxide emissions are not what the Clean Air Act requires. The lawsuit, West Virginia v.

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Acoel

MARCH 10, 2022

595 , 606 (2013). For tree ordinances, government can point to the obvious and measureable benefits of trees in carbon dioxide exchange. Johns River Water Management District , 570 U.S. And there are other less obvious but equally important benefits of tree preservation.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging President's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze In Order to Protect PA Interests; Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Many Other Funds At Risk [PaEN] NewsClips: -- MCall: As Energy Costs Rise, Politicians, Advocates, Utilities Debate Consumer Protections And Unpaid Bills; LNG Gas Exports Driving Consumer (..)

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HumanNature

MARCH 24, 2022

Forests are incredibly good at storing carbon, in both soils and plants. When forests burn, that carbon is released into the atmosphere and contributes to greenhouse gases (mostly as carbon dioxide). Normally when a forest regrows after a fire, it’s able to capture that carbon dioxide and store it again.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 6, 2014

On June 25, 2013, President Obama delivered a major speech on the topic of climate change. The first pillar, “ Cut Carbon Pollution in America ,” describes policies aimed at combatting the causes of climate change, principally by cutting carbon dioxide emissions. The Climate Action Plan presents three policy “pillars.”

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who envisioned the project in 2013 when he was minister for petroleum and natural resources, held a similar view. Over a 20-year period, methane can be 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide,” she said.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

In 2019, forests in the United States stored 59 billion metric tons of carbon — the equivalent of more than 33 years of U.S. Every year, forests remove 15 percent of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions, equal to removing more than 673 million cars from the road. forest carbon sequestration. economy-wide emissions.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

The disruption happened in under a decade, with China’s global share of PV production surging from 14 percent in 2006 to 60 percent by 2013. According to his findings, the carbon intensity of solar panels manufactured in China and installed in European countries like Italy was off by an order of magnitude.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

Despite worsening levels over decades, some work to combat heavy metal pollution has begun to yield results; a 2013 initiative to tackle air pollution and strict controls of cadmium content in zinc-containing animal feeds have brought sources of cadmium contamination under control. Rapid acidification. each year.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

An estimated 10 percent of emissions of methane — a gas with 34 times more planet-warming potential than carbon dioxide — come from active or abandoned coal mines. In recent rounds of reauthorization, Congress reduced the AML fee: the 2006 reauthorization reduced the fee by 10 percent in 2008, and another 10 percent in 2013.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Studies show it may be possible through the adoption of improved farming practices which take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it in the soil. The importance of Soil Organic Carbon. Biden’s climate strategy looks to pay farmers to curb carbon footprint. European journal of soil science , 47 (2), 151-163.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

School Campus Could Save $10 Million -- Scranton Times: Renewable Natural Gas Plant Operator At Keystone Landfill Begins Test Drilling For Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage -- Protecting Clean Water Together: Starting To Think About The Garden? Of Environmental Professionals Inviting Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference Sept.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 9, 2025

Within this broad category, the parties have included a range of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) activities, which seek to use the ocean to uptake and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Despite the uncertainty regarding its effectiveness in durably storing carbon dioxide, in 2007, a U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Shapiros Budget Includes Energy Plan; Funding To Make-up Deficit In Oil & Gas Program; New State Park, Trail Initiative; Over $6.2

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential of approximately 28 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time horizon (IPCC, 2021). Picture courtesy of CSU AgNext Globally, livestock are responsible for approximately 14.5% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Gerber et al., ” FAO Report.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

That would of course include fossil gas, which consists of 85 to 90 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide. In rebuttal, AGA and APGA cited a 2013 Lancet study investigating the association between different cooking fuels and childhood asthma in 47 countries.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

Fact: DCNR testified at the Senate’s March 4 budget hearing, 65 percent of the prime natural gas leases on State Forest land in 2008-2013 have not been developed. Fact: The PA Supreme Court issued a decision in 2013 declaring a similar provision in the Act 13 state law regulating oil and gas drilling unconstitutional. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

States and Cities Challenged Rule Preempting State Regulation of Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emissions. The rule also finalized text in NHTSA regulations explicitly preempting state regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles. Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt , No. 2:19-cv-14353 (S.D. filed Sept.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A couple other issues came up: The preemption waiver challenged in Ohio is a reinstatement of a waiver initially granted in 2013, but rescinded in 2019 by the Trump Administration’s rollback of air pollution protections. Q: Any other issues in Ohio that got attention?

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