PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

“This collaboration with Constellation is an exciting next step toward meeting our environmental goals of reaching 100% renewable purchased electricity by 2025 and reducing carbon emissions and energy use 75% by 2035.” Investing In Renewables Since 2014, PNC has invested nearly $2.3

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

billion) over the three years 2014–16. Yang Fuqiang thinks it is unreasonable to make energy-producing provinces such as Inner Mongolia solely responsible for cutting carbon emissions. If it benefits, it has to help cut carbon. Yet the industry still causes pollution and carbon emissions. billion yuan (US$1.7

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

We feel that natural gas and derivative products provide a path for the transportation industry both to reduce carbon emissions in the short-term while working toward a goal of net-zero in the long-term as hydrogen and other potential solutions mature," said Christina Cassotis, CEO, Pittsburgh International Airport.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Natural Gas Development The poll also asked questions about unconventional shale gas development in the state. 44 percent believe more benefits, 40 percent more problems, 14 percent about equal -- Who Should Control Where Drilling Is Located?

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 22, 2021

The easiest is to slow the vessel down, reducing both fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Plenty of other tweaks are on offer, including the installation of wind shipping technology that can cut emissions by 20% or more. On the average ship, there are many ways to improve this. C warming scenario.

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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.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

The potential for trees to capture carbon emissions through photosynthesis seems crucial to the recent upsurge. million tonnes of CO2 between 2014 and 2015. These attempts have gone some way to help Costa Rica gain recent financing for its nature.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In November 2014, the United States and China—two of the world’s most significant emitters—. to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. Furthermore, the specific effects of carbon emissions on global climate change are also.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Much of the cradle-to-grave carbon intensity data that governments depend on to guide in photovoltaic arrays are instead based on modeling assumptions that are likely to have grossly under-estimated — if not made-up — solar’s carbon emissions because they cannot get insights from Chinese manufacturers.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

The PA Coal Alliance said, “In February of 2014, during a cold snap, PJM found that 23% of total generator outages were due to interruptions of natural gas supply, and in January of 2018, during the polar vortex, half of the total PJM natural gas capacity was not available to supply peak demand.” Read more here. And this isn’t a new problem.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Any energy use entails carbon emissions, some more than others. Now imagine if all buildings in the world did the same… Another study I blogged about in 2014 noted that retrofitting buildings brings a 387% return on investment and that for each million dollar invested over 17 new jobs were created….

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The IPCC’s 5 th Assessment Report noted that, “Globally, economic and population growth continue to be the most important drivers of increases in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion”. 3 from IPCC, Fifth Assessment Report, Mitigation Report, Summary for Policymakers (2014). Figure SPM.3

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

The inaugural project in 2014 provided a first-of-its kind approach through the fusion of river surfing, paddleboarding, and conservation actions that fostered love and appreciation for the outdoors and improved the lives of students in areas with limited opportunities and access.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

So actions taken to curtail some carbon emissions, but not all, might still suffice. 8, 2014), [link]. And under many iterations of the defense, the action taken need not be designed to avoid the entire harm, but rather to. in some way. alleviate or reduce the risk. reasonable. legal alternatives—not any alternative at all.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The petitioner in this case requests that the NPCC be updated according to the best available science and the IPCC’s sixth assessment report ( Climate Change 2021 ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the Brazilian government consistent with a 1.5 o C global warming scenario. That fate mustn’t be repeated.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Flooding hits Bentiu, South Sudan in 2014. It’s an issue to which the world’s poorest countries like South Sudan largely did not contribute—comprising just a sliver of global carbon emissions—but are the most vulnerable. Torrential rainfall is battering one of the world’s poorest countries, laying bare its weak infrastructure.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

These new protections will include updates to power plant standards on carbon emissions , mercury pollution , and toxic coal ash pollution , just to name a few. The 2014-focused study referenced above found that Black Americans were most affected by the toxic power plant emissions.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The Washington Court of Appeals upheld Jefferson County’s 2014 Shoreline Master Program, which is a combination of planning policies and development regulations that address shoreline uses and development. Washington Appellate Court Said Climate Goals in County’s Shoreline Master Program Were Not Unconstitutionally Vague.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Oil and gas companies know these are dead-end technologies which won’t make a dent in emissions, but are using them to delay the clean energy transition and wring out even more subsidies. The Carbon Capture Facility at the Boundary Dam Power Plant in Saskatchewan went into service in 2014.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Natural gas had the same problems during a cold weather event in 2014 and the polar vortex in 2018. It is also worth noting that these nuclear plants are providing this reliable, around-the-clock power without releasing carbon emissions.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

19] France spends just over half as much per kilowatt-hour for electricity that produces one-tenth of the carbon emissions of German electricity. [20] As a result, 1,280 people died from cold from unaffordable electrical power, researchers calculate, between 2011 and 2014. [24] 18] Michael Greenstone et al.,

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

Another quote from JC; "But reducing carbon is thus, logically, just one item on the list of answers to "What can we do to raise GDP in 2100?," Asked that way, you can see that "lower carbon emissions" is about #100 on the list, even admitting the 5-10% of GDP thumb-on-the-scale estimates. See my 2014 lecture.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 11, 2021

The public consensus was that the approval was rubber stamped, so in 2014 we joined forces with another group, Voters Taking Action on Climate Change to challenge the permit in court , represented by the not-for-profit environmental law firm, Ecojustice.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

percent of total emissions. Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends. What went into that calculation?

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Elon Musk Should Come Clean: Tesla’s Emissions Are Rising David Fickling | Bloomberg | February 17, 2021 At a time when most major companies are working on plans to cut their carbon emissions, one of the darlings of green investing is working to increase its emissions footprint. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

metro area in 2014, Dr. Declet-Barreto lived in Phoenix, where the average daily temperature now tops 98 degrees F from late May through mid-September. Obviously, the federal government also has a role to play to mitigate carbon emissions and protect the country from unavoidable climate impacts.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

In 2014, areas where there had been selective logging and prescribed burning survived the high-intensity King megafire Eldorado National Forest. 39] If everyone followed a vegan diet, which excludes not only meat but also eggs and dairy products, land-based emissions could be cut by 70 percent by 2050, said IPCC. [40] December 2016.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Black carbon’s lifetime is on the order of days to a couple weeks, which is about 0.004% of the lifetime of other pollutants like CO 2 (which has a lifetime of 300 – 1000 years). This means that if we focus on limiting black carbon emissions, we will see very fast improvements in our atmosphere and health. March 26, 2014.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Check Out C-SAW -- Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers New R.I.S.E Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth.

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