Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The share of online transactions among total US sales grew from just under six percent in 2013 to around 15 percent in 2021, according to the Census Bureau’s Annual Retail Trade Survey.

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Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 283

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2024

In North America, the land carbon sink between 2004 and 2013 offset roughly 39% of fossil fuel emissions , but varied substantially year to year. These same environmental changes can also increase carbon losses from land-based ecosystems.

Atmosphere 213

Atmosphere Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels Climate Change 213

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Last week, the Danish government pledged at least $13 million to developing nations which have experienced losses caused by the impact of climate change , becoming the first country globally to offer ‘loss and damage’. Photo credit: Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters. By Anders Lorenzen . The Sahel to benefit.

Climate Change 95

Climate Change Fossil Fuels 2013 2022 95

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

That provision was declared unconstitutional by the PA Supreme Court in a landmark ruling in December 2013 based on the Environmental Rights Amendment in Pennsylvania’s Constitution. Yaw announced the introduction of legislation prohibiting the distribution of Act 13 impact fees to any county “that is actively suing over fossil fuel use.”

Natural Gas 124

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Nuclear Power 2024 124

Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Last week world leaders gathered in New York for the UN Climate Ambition Summit where countries shared concrete action they’ve taken to phase out fossil fuels. There, the conversation was grounded in science, with leaders such as California’s Governor Newsom saying “The climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis.

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Fossil Fuels 2013 2017 2010 122

Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Solar activity provides no alternative explanation for today’s climate change Dagsvik and Moen claim that recent research indicates that variations in the sun’s magnetic field are of great importance for long-term fluctuations in solar activity. Our job is to be thorough and verify questionable results. It has taken time.

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Sea Level Greenhouse Climate Change Atmosphere 326

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

That’s a far cry from just six years ago, when EVs were considered a niche technology (and the fossil fuel baron Charles Koch and his minions wanted to keep it that way). To avoid the worst potential consequences of climate change, we will have to transform the transportation and electric power sectors in tandem.

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Electricity Air Pollution 2030 Clean Air Act 330

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

conference would be worse, for multilateralism and for global action on climate change. Glasgow was about ratcheting up ambition and closing the gap between what has been committed to and what is needed to avoid catastrophic climate change. . Finally F-words: fossil fuels. Because the collapse of a U.N.

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Paris Agreement Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2030 116

Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

Most of these provisions were enacted in the early 1970s during that great period of environmental lawmaking, but they received relatively little attention until a 2013 decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Robinson Township v. Not so in the United States. They include the right to a clean and healthful environment.”.

Fossil Fuels 126

Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Climate Change 2013 126

Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

This will be the first climate change case heard before the Supreme Court. Through May 2022, all existing climate litigation cases in Japan concern the construction or operation of coal-fired power plants and refer to citizens’ attempts to stop the use of coal. Japan’s climate change context. Civil law cases.

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Paris Agreement Climate Change 2018 Fossil Fuels 143

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

In 2013, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree with a research focus on energy transition. My journey in energy transition started as my attempt to protect my family and community – and other impacted communities – from the devastating environmental and human rights impacts of the fossil fuel industry.

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Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 2013 Government 138

The Energy Law

JUNE 2, 2020

Amidst historically low oil prices and economic shutdowns, fossil fuel companies continue to defend against lawsuits brought by state and local governments claiming climate-change related damages. Do State Nuisance Claims Related to Climate Change Arise Under Federal Law? 1442(a)(1). . San Mateo , pp.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act Law 52

A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2021

You could make similar health arguments as to why on earth Heineken are also allowed to sponsor this sporting event, or on climate grounds why are fossil fuel giants, Russia’s Gazprom and Germany’s car giant Volkswagen , also on the sponsor list? UEFA and CSR.

2020 96

2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2013 96

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. The government has shown time and time again that it does not care about climate change. Just over a week ago, Ontario released its annual budget.

Clean Energy 105

Clean Energy Government Electricity 2017 105

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

L&D has a specific meaning in climate talks that may not be obvious to anyone not immersed in the process: harms caused by climate change that are not avoided by adaptation. Given any particular trajectory of realized climate change (which of course depends on how fast emissions are cut), adaptation measures (e.g.,

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Climate Change Paris Agreement Atmosphere 2022 130

Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. But other entities such as cities, regions as well as utilities, banks or any sort of company can issue such bonds to finance climate responsible projects.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change 2012 Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 52

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

While we don’t expect final, precise details until January, the Roadmap’s five major objectives, with high-level preliminary strategies shared under each, are likely to include: Harness Abundant Renewable Energy to Reduce Long-term Costs, Reliance on Fossil Fuels, and Fight Climate Change.

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2023 Fossil Fuels 2013 Government 130

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Ribera has a strong record of enacting climate action policies having served in the Spanish government in various climate, energy and environmental ministerial positions. She joined the government in 2008 where she served as Director of the Spanish Office of Climate Change.

Clean Energy 52

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Politics 2004 52

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Paris Agreement 2030 52

Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2022

The resolution’s purpose is to systematize the human rights obligations of States in the context of the climate crisis to ensure that public policy decisions are made according to a rights-based approach. The resolution builds on this report and the Advisory Opinion No. The resolution builds on this report and the Advisory Opinion No.

Climate Change 69

Climate Change Paris Agreement Clean Energy Fossil Fuels 69

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Because of this, Europe ‘s five major utilities lost more than €100 billion in value from 2008 to 2013 because they were unprepared for an 8 per cent growth in renewable power, of which solar panels played a big part. We need to change our whole economic system… But these news are still great news.

2020 52

2020 Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2004 52

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

A Republican, he wrote the 2013 opinion that brought the ERA back to life. And then was approved by voters across the Commonwealth by a vote of four to one.” The Initiative will also be celebrating the Honorable Ron Castille , former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Natural Gas 77

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2013 Electricity 77

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Enbridge, like many other fossil fuel companies, has well funded PR teams that expertly craft marketing campaigns to give the appearance that the company is willing to work alongside Indigenous communities and act as partners in good faith. Reality: Between 1994 and 2013, the U.S.

Natural Resources 98

Natural Resources 2013 2017 2019 98

Environmental Progress

OCTOBER 17, 2021

By implying that the way to solve climate change is by expanding forest cover to absorb industrial carbon emissions. There is no rich nation that depends primarily on wood for energy, just as there is no poor nation that depends primarily on fossil fuels or nuclear.

Carbon Emissions 66

Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 2013 66

Environment Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

Portfolios were typically created by just excluding certain types of business such as tobacco, weapons, and fossil fuels and the number of companies available to invest in, that were involved in solving environmental problems, was limited. Times have changed.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2013 Air Pollution Regulations 52

Law Columbia

JANUARY 6, 2014

On June 25, 2013, President Obama delivered a major speech on the topic of climate change. In it he outlined a broad policy agenda aimed at addressing the challenges posed by the changing climate. These facilities account for around 40% of all carbon pollution in the United States.

Clean Air Act 40

Clean Air Act Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 40

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. The government has shown time and time again that it does not care about climate change. Last week, Ontario released its annual budget.

Clean Energy 52

Clean Energy Government Electricity 2017 52

Acoel

AUGUST 27, 2021

Most of these provisions were enacted in the early 1970s during that great period of environmental lawmaking, but they received relatively little attention until a 2013 decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Robinson Township v. Not so in the United States. They include the right to a clean and healthful environment.”.

Fossil Fuels 40

Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Climate Change 2013 40

Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

I have been a climate activist for 20 years. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently invited me to serve as an expert reviewer. On one side of that line, countries get zero-emissions electricity with the smallest environmental footprint and the only scalable alternative to fossil fuels.

Renewable Energy 54

Renewable Energy Politics Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 54

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. Like Greta Thunberg, Mariutti comes to the tale as an environmental obsessive passionate about facilitating the world’s transition from fossil fuels to cleaner forms of energy.

Electricity 134

Electricity Fossil Fuels Government Carbon Emissions 134

Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

That could be changing, though, as modern-day climate activists like the Valve Turners vigorously protest industry and government inaction in the face of increasingly dire climate change threats. In 2013, Massachusetts District Attorney C. Although no U.S. and one in Minnesota (a Valve Turners’ case). Pembina Cty.

2016 40

2016 2017 Climate Change Fossil Fuels 40

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE.

2016 40

2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

As climate change-related extreme weather events have become more frequent, blackouts have become more frequent. By contrast, between 2013 and 2016, the average customer outage was only three to four hours per year, and only about half of those hours were attributable to an extreme weather event. It’s a lot.

Electricity 333

Electricity Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Climate Change 333

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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Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2013 2015 266

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.

Atmosphere 52

Atmosphere 2016 Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fifty Years of Disinformation It’s no longer a secret that the US oil industry was well aware as early as 1957 that its products threaten the climate. As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. The sample letter, the group said , cited Brunekreef ‘s 2013 Lancet study.

2013 361

2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 361

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 11, 2022

Already an annual headache for a bird that is loyal to its nesting spot, the rearranging of rocks is now a figurative migraine as climate change from the world’s burning of fossil fuels intensifies rain, wind and crashing waves. This summer was also a relief from the roller coaster of climate change.

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Climate Change 2009 Ocean Fossil Fuels 279