Physics World

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

As a versatile, colourless molecular energy carrier with great potential to decarbonize multiple sectors and help reach net-zero emissions, there has been a renewed interest in improving and expanding hydrogen production with minimal or zero impact to the environment. Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

It estimated that we would need an additional 843 MW of solar and an additional 4,545 MW of wind capacity (along with a basket of other sources) to ensure the province’s energy needs are met. . Between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power. This is completely doable. The Path Forward

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry. The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. Murray Energy Corp. 451962/2016 (N.Y. Pritzker , Nos.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Worse than that, it might end up misdirecting the world’s clean energy efforts into dirtier than appreciated energy technologies because of the country’s ongoing dependence on coal-fired energy. Basic reasoning suggests the manufacturing shift must have added to solar’s carbon intensity. million cars to the road.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

The amount that the Senate has proposed diverting from the RGGI fund for FY 2017 is more than 80% of the total value of RGGI auction proceeds earned by New York in FY 2016 (which totaled approximately $166 million ). Clearly, the diversion of RGGI proceeds to the general budget and for workforce development is at odds with these requirements.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Yaw did not mention renewable energy in this announcement.] Yaw noted the IEO would be modeled after Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office , which was created by Act 120 of 2010, and Act 100 of 2016. So it seems to me, and I love it when people say, oh, well by 2035 we're going to have totally clean energy.

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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 Brazil’s energy source is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world, with 47.5%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

Last year, my UCS colleagues working on climate science and corporate accountability found, in a peer-reviewed study , that 37% of the area burned in western North America since 1986 is attributable to the carbon emissions of just 88 fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers. That 37% equates to 19.8

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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] 24] Some of the cost of variable renewable energy sources comes in the form of the transmission lines they require. trillion. [25] 13] Lucas Davis et al., August 17, 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2024

[Pennsylvania] -- Public Source: There Is Something Wrong Under New Freeport, Greene County After EQT Shale Gas Fracking -- Public Source: DEP Takes Measured Approach To Private Water Supply Complaints Related To Oil & Gas Drilling -- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Gives Act 14 Notices In Washington County For 8 More Wells In Union Township -- DEP’s (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Modeling by the Union of Concerned Scientists says it is possible to slash heat-trapping emissions by more than half by 2030, with “deep” and “direct” reductions. It also requires a deep reduction in fossil fuel finance and an opening of the vaults for clean energy. trillion to $1 trillion. But it is not even close to enough.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Countries like Bangladesh emit relatively low amounts of carbon emissions but are also the most vulnerable to climate change. Countries will also continue work on emissions reduction commitments and climate finance, or funding for climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. . biodiversity talks – Mongabay.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Comitta To Introduce Bill Investing RGGI Proceeds In Helping Communities & Workers In Clean Energy Transition, Environmental Justice Areas, Promote Energy Efficiency -- Rep. -- Natural Lands, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Host Feb.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. In 2016, similar figures suggested anything between 2,000 and 3,000 although the official figure was 1,800 (27). Energy Conservation. As the population grows, we need more energy. American Bison.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. Foster , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A year ago, GFANZ said all its members “must align” their portfolios to the UN’s Race to Zero “stringent criteria” aimed at halving global emissions by 2030 and bringing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Scientists say such targets would help keep the average global temperature increase under 1.5

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Several factors¾including the effects of the economic recession, shifts in energy markets from coal to natural gas and renewable energy sources, and carbon pollution mitigation and clean energy programs like renewable portfolio standards¾have been identified as principal drivers of these reductions. [2].

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. EN: First, why are these new standards such a big deal?

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives. An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Rose asked Tillerson open-ended questions on a range of subjects, including climate change and national energy policy. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions. ExxonMobil is still funding those folks, big time.”

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Perciasepe said the administration would likely include efforts to expand natural carbon sinks, the next generation of regulations for vehicle emissions, and the likelihood of new clean energy and electric vehicle tax credits. Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’ – The Guardian.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

At stake was the ability to reduce carbon emissions as written in the ‘Clean Power Plan’ regulation under the auspices of the Clean Air Act that gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power to regulate “the best system of reducing emissions.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The committee followed up that hearing —during which the executives disingenuously denied funding such a campaign—with another hearing on February 8 focusing on the oil companies’ inadequate plans to cut their carbon emissions. Investing in Clean Energy While Trashing It. Decades of Disinformation.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. No More Freeways v.

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