2013 Carbon Emissions Regulations 
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 30, 2024
But as I showed in my 2013 and 2021 reports, the hype surrounding SMRs is way overblown, and my conclusions remain valid today. In any event, regulators are loosening safety and security requirements for SMRs in ways which could cancel out any safety benefits from passive features.
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 23, 2023
The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps of California, where a cap-and-trade system began in 2013, while trying to learn from its missteps. Signed into law … Continue reading Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.
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A Greener Life
JANUARY 18, 2022
As a result, Costa Rica began to implement stricter environmental regulations, new conservation policies and changes in the agricultural market. The potential for trees to capture carbon emissions through photosynthesis seems crucial to the recent upsurge. These factors halted net deforestation and allowed forests to regenerate.
Greenbuilding Law
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Scope 4 greenhouse gas emissions are not new. They date to 2013 when the Greenhouse Gas Protocol identified “avoided emissions” as emission reductions that occur outside of a product’s lifecycle or value chain, but as a result of the use of that product.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
According to the US EPA, environmental justice is “ the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies ”. Current Issues in Tourism , 13 (5), 495-505. OECD (2022).
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. Circuit to Consolidate Methane Standards Challenge with Other Challenges to Emissions Standards in Oil and Gas Sector.
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