Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). filed June 9, 2017).

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Since the Ford government took power Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions have gone up. In 2017 (before the Ford government) emissions were 156 Megatonnes (MT). In 2018 emissions rose 5 MT to 163 MT and in 2019, the most recent year of data, the emissions held steady at 163 MT. MT in 2017 to 12.4

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

In California, we see this, among other places, in the Scoping Plan process, and through such oversight institutions as the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) and the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee (IEMAC) – established in 2017 under AB 398. – Do no harm.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

On November 30, PPL Corporation released its updated climate assessment report , which highlights risks and opportunities associated with climate change, evaluates potential future emissions and generation mix using scenario analysis, and outlines the company's strategy and goals to enable a responsible transition to a cleaner energy future.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Every five years, they are to issue so-called ‘nationally determined contributions’ (NDCs), describing their actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change impacts. This success is an important achievement, as the OCO missions were designed to measure carbon emissions at much larger spatial scales.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Ontario businesses that are attempting to lower their carbon footprint can no longer count their electricity use as having low emissions. Municipalities that have made commitments to reduce carbon emissions can no longer rely on clean electricity to bring them closer to their emissions reductions targets. .

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] trillion. [25]

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

“The use of SAF is expected to contribute around 65% of the reduction in emissions needed by aviation to reach net-zero in 2050,” says Albert Tjoeng, head of corporate communications for the IATA, which defines a SAF as a non-fossil fuel that has the potential to generate lower carbon emissions than conventional kerosene in its life cycle.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In total, the JIVE project seeks to deploy 139 new zero-emission fuel cell buses and associated refuelling infrastructure across five European countries and has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Both Republicans and Democrats are touting natural gas with CCS as the next clean energy solution, and significant funding has been earmarked for its research and development — at the expense of renewable energy projects that have proven to be cheaper and to produce fewer carbon emissions.

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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.” This has been achieved through a variety of strategic energy, sustainability, and real estate optimization plans.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change. Farmers struggle to break into booming carbon-credit market. Modelling the potential impacts of urban ecosystem changes on carbon storage under different scenarios by linking the CLUE-S and the InVEST models. Ecological Modelling 345 , 30–40 (2017). Gately, C.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While the CRC rejected the youth petitioners’ claim as inadmissible, it found that each State has duties to address climate harm outside its own territory, and therefore can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children within and outside its territory.

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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 ). Jessica Wentz. Associate Director and Fellow.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 12, 2021

In 2009 the King of Bhutan proclaimed his Himalayan country was ‘carbon negative’ because all of its power was hydroelectric or solar buttressed with large forested areas. In 2017 Sweden became the first nation to enshrine a ‘net zero by 2045’ target into law, but the law actually only requires 5 year reports on progress.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A 2017 study led by geographer Camilo Mora from the University of Hawaii found that around 30% of people around the world are already exposed to climatic conditions above this deadly threshold for at least 20 days a year ( Nature Climate Change 7 501 ). Overall, cement accounts for 3% of the world’s carbon emissions.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 7, 2022

Countless research has warned of the climate catastrophe that will happen if anthropogenic carbon emissions continue to rise: sea-level rise will accelerate, tropical storms will occur in greater number with greater severity, and droughts will grow harsher and longer. (1) 11, 2022); see generally G.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On November 22, 2022, sixteen municipalities of Puerto Rico filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Puerto Rico seeking to hold coal, oil, and gas companies liable for losses resulting from storms during the 2017 hurricane season and ongoing economic losses since that time. In Municipalities of Puerto Rico v.

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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. Ocasio-Cortez said, “the plan is to transition off of nuclear.”

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 27, 2018

Verdict: This must-read book will give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the issues at hand. – Climate of Hope (2017). The authors dig into critical nature restoration practices and explain the roles of mangroves and peat bogs, which can be major carbon sinks. Climate of Hope was my favorite book last year.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 23, 2022

It is one thing when government leaders make an ESG claim: In 2009 the King of Bhutan proclaimed his Himalayan country was ‘carbon negative’ because all of its power was hydroelectric or solar buttressed with large forested areas. all emissions or only greenhouse gases or just carbon dioxide or?).

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Brazil seeks to combat deforestation with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and achieving the Brazilian climate target. On December 7, 2021, the third chamber of the appellate court confirmed the decision. The court found that while both lawsuits concern illegal deforestation in the Amazon, IEA v. Federal Prosecutor Office v.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. And this came after the share of green jobs in all of China’s recruitment had actually been falling since 2017. in 2015 to 13.3%

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

For Marcelo Mena, himself a former Minister for the Environment (2017–2018), “water scarcity must be tackled through inter-sectoral coordination. The whole world values the reduction of carbon emissions and the protection of the environment. Today, selling green products is more successful than selling grey products.”.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

3) Approval of New Feedstock for Cellulosic Biofuels – The EPA aims to increase the use of cellulosic biofuels, the fuels with the lowest carbon emissions. For more specific information please contact Elizabeth Wheeler or Jackie Hickman.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

As the Ohio River Valley Institute explains “residential rates in Pennsylvania are 7 percent more expensive than the national average, according to 2017-2020 data from the US Energy Information Administration , and this price premium has held true over time.” The data flat-out does not support this.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

So actions taken to curtail some carbon emissions, but not all, might still suffice. Common Dreams (March 10, 2017), [link]. Trial was set for December 11, 2017 but was cancelled and the case is awaiting a new trial date. May 30, 2017). June 7, 2017). in some way. alleviate or reduce the risk. reasonable.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

In 2017, the upper-class residents of Cape Cod, for example, defeated an effort by a wind developer to build a 130-turbine farm, despite the developer having spent $100 million on the project. The good news is that recent and historical events show that economic growth can actually lower carbon emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Six years ago, in 2017, electricity generation was 35% coal, 35% nuclear, 23% natural gas, 6% renewable, biomass and other. It is also worth noting that these nuclear plants are providing this reliable, around-the-clock power without releasing carbon emissions." Yaw praised. Read more here.

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

According to Zheng, “more time and research are needed to find if demand response helps reduce carbon emissions when renewable energy isn’t available.” If owners delay charging until this time, it could therefore lead to increased carbon emissions or the need for more grid storage capacity.

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Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

LED bulbs are just one example among many on how doing more with less has a lot of potential as it is estimated that 570 million tons of carbon emissions have been prevented in 2017 alone by the adoption of more efficient lights. A recent study has shown again that this alone could limit global warming to 1.5C.

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 29, 2017

This embryonic sector is less interested in mitigating global warming, a certain degree of which is now baked into our ecosystem over the next few decades regardless of what we do about our carbon emissions, than in helping communities and corporations anticipate the effects of that warming and minimize the consequences. Consequences.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

By 2017, half of all cars were “connected.” As businesses and governments increasingly adopt EVs to reduce carbon emissions and meet sustainability goals, telematics systems allow them to address some of the unique challenges associated with electric mobility.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 16, 2022

The energy sector accounts for the largest source of GHG emissions (60% of total emissions). In 2017, Nigeria’s GHG emissions per capita (including land use) was 3.37 In 2020, greenhouse gases (GHG) in Nigeria totalled 126.9 million tonnes (see country profile here ).

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E2 Law Blog

JULY 6, 2021

The Ruling concerns a methanol plant with an existing acid gas removal (AGR) unit placed in service in 2017. During 2021, an investor purchased and installed new components of carbon capture equipment necessary to create a single process train capable of capturing, processing, and preparing for transport this CO2.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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