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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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Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (2013) 57 Cal.4th My August 9, 2013 post on the case can be found here. 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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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. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5 , 72–77 (2013). Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap. Adhikari, B. & & Boag, G. Alexander, P.,
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City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th Being deemed so similar to the already existing allowed land uses, the six proposed cannabis activities “were covered by the uses contemplated in the 2014 EIR and 2013 [GPU].” 4th 1301, 1311.)
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.
Ministers from poor, vulnerable countries call on those from rich, industrialized countries to do more: reduce their high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and assist people in the Global south to better cope with the climate disasters that keep mounting. Global injustices get put under a microscope, and magnified for the world to see.
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2019) Scientists have discovered that the world is warming, which researchers attribute to a rise of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, which triggers changes in weather conditions as well as the frequency and severity of severe weather events like heavy storms, heat waves, and droughts. 2012-2013 Drought, n.d.)
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