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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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The first climate case in Japan was filed in Sendai in 2017 ( Sendai Citizens v. Background Japan has heavily relied on the use of fossil fuels for its power generation. According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% Sendai Power Station ).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Switching from fossil fuels like gasoline to increasingly clean electricity sources is vital for hitting climate and air pollution goals. Gasoline consumption is down by more than two billion gallons per year since 2017, when 15.6 billion gallons were sold in the state.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Ebel, the CEO of Enbridge, to our list of infamous Climate Villains – powerful people with fossil fuel interests holding Canada back from effective climate action. The executives behind the fossil fuel industry often avoid public scrutiny, which is why we’re shining the spotlight on their activities.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Following a recent Auditor General report that Ontario is failing in its progress on tackling climate change, Minister Piccini made some dubious claims about Ontario’s work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He said: “I can look Ontarians in the eye and say Ontario is a leader in greenhouse gas reductions in this federation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

These corporations and politicians don’t want to see a transformational transportation system we need, one that prioritizes people before highways, health before harm, access before asphalt, climate before corporations, freedom over fossil fuels. How did we get here? Why aren’t there more ways to get around my community?

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 15, 2022

My caption was “NEPA Is Still Going to Pose an Obstacle to Leasing Public Lands for Fossil Fuel Extraction.” When Secretary Zinke terminated the moratorium in 2017, litigation ensued and, in 2019, the Court ruled that the Zinke Order was subject to NEPA. Once more, Judge Morris found DOI’s NEPA analysis inadequate.

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Law Columbia

MAY 9, 2023

On Tuesday, May 9, the Sabin Center and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment launched Transferred Emissions are Still Emissions: Why Fossil Fuel Asset Sales Need Enhanced Transparency and Carbon Accounting. Fossil fuel asset sales do not just shift greenhouse gas emissions, but may increase them.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. California’s system uses revenues from auctioning allowances to fund its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) and to limit cost increases to electricity users. Carbon markets are at a crossroads.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 19, 2024

Recently, CEOs from five of the biggest oil and gas companies in Canada were called to parliament to testify about their failure to bring greenhouse gas emissions down, despite billions of dollars in annual profits. All the CEOs tried to evade this fact and the CEO of Cenovus even denied it, falsely claiming emissions peaked in 2017.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Plastic is made almost entirely from fossil fuels in a process that releases greenhouse gases — which is why plastic is being called the new coal. . gigatons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the world’s atmosphere in 2017 alone. One gigaton is equal to a whopping 1 billion tonnes.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent. Given that fossil gas will be used more and more, how long will we even have clean energy credits to sell? Meanwhile, it is leaving the public with increasing fossil gas emissions and electricity prices.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On October 18, the FracTracker Alliance announced the winners of the 2023 Community Sentinel Awards to honor the leadership of individuals working to protect communities from the harms of the fossil fuel industry. Shapiro, Let's Hold Them Accountable - Support The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

Cuba’s power system is currently heavily reliant on fossil fuels. In 2022, fossil fuels accounted for about 95% of electricity generation, and about 48% of the fossil fuels used were imported, putting the country at high risk of price shocks and supply shortages.

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2023

The Report builds upon previous reports from 2017 and 2020 , providing a comprehensive update on the current state of, and trends in, climate change litigation worldwide. Keeping Fossil Fuels and Carbon Sinks in the Ground: A significant trend in climate litigation revolves around efforts to halt fossil fuel extraction and use.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet August 24 to review the latest Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory for Pennsylvania and hear an overview of DEP’s Energy Office Clean Energy Program Plan. million tons in 2017 to 241.12 million tons in 2018. These sectors accounted for 51 percent of emissions in 2018.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

This is a good opportunity for the government of Ontario to select a more appropriate person to lead the agency, ideally one that supports the much needed transition away from fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Celebration when Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017. Photo credit: By Lorie Shaull CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen. France could be at a crossroads, and it could be a worrying one if you care about the climate crisis.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

While the main focus has been on operational activities in Antarctica, global warming caused by fossil-fuel burning by these (and other) countries has left Antarctica on the brink of irreversible change. In the Arctic this has led to regional warming four times faster than the global average.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, many airlines are considering carbon-capture-and-storage technologies and electric-powered planes. Saville considers the airline a leader in this sense, noting it has been the only airline that has consistently made other offtake agreements with fuel producers.

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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). Clean Air Council v.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The Department of Planning denied the Rocky Hill Coal Project application in December 2017, after reviewing the associated environmental impact report. This blog provides a quick review of the case and its noteworthy developments. An Overview of the Case. Gloucester Resources Limited promptly appealed the decision. Section 4.15(1) In the U.S.,

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

As with many environmental issues, when it comes to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this is no ordinary election. . As the province with the second highest greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, not doing enough to reduce these emissions is bad for the future of not just Ontario, but the whole country. .

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The site was acquired by Fairmont Brine Processing in 2012 and has been inactive since 2017. The shale gas industry also shipped over 138,000 cubic feet of TENORM waste to secure low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in 2022 and over 911,000 cubic feet since 2017. Read more here.] [In

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

Transport accounts for about 13% of Kenya’s greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, in 2017, Roam (then called Opibus) became the first company in Kenya to commercially future-proof diesel and gasoline vehicles by converting old combustion buses into EVs. Greenhouse gas emissions are another problem, he said. By Charles Wachira.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

On top of all these real challenges, Homer City faces the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Pennsylvania’s long stated intention to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The current ownership group took over in April 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

percent annually of total global fossil fuel emissions. Construction of the plant began in 2010; by 2017, the plant was still not in service and the costs had risen to $7.6 If the intent is to reduce our carbon emissions, using captured carbon to produce more fossil fuels is simply not a reasonable solution.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2023

As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent. Given that fossil gas will be used more and more, how long will we even have clean energy credits to sell? Meanwhile, it is leaving the public with increasing fossil gas emissions and electricity prices.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The 2016 AQMP analyzes existing and potential regulatory control options and seeks to achieve multiple goals in partnership with other entities promoting reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and toxic risk, as well as efficiencies in energy use, transportation, and goods movement. Endnotes. [1] 5] See [link] (last visited Nov. 20, 2019). [6]

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Shapiro In Support Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [PaEN] -- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Isn’t Sold On RGGI Climate Program, His Working Group Isn’t Either - What’s Next? -- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro, Let’s Hold The Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable Via RGGI - By Rev.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

2 (10) rGD now uses the terminology `low-carbon hydrogen´, which is supposed to mean the hydrogen content of which is derived from non-renewable sources, which meets a greenhouse gas emission reduction threshold of 70%. Low- carbon hydrogen`is now one form of `low carbon gases´ (art. 2 (11) rGD).

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Back to 2017, I had loved listening to famous environmentalist Paul Hawken present his book Drawdown. It details 80 (+ 20) ways to slash global greenhouse gases emissions and achieve emissions levels that can be absorbed by Nature. What if things were radically better on a global scale by mid-century ?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Although not every stream showed improvements in water quality, the model allowed the researchers to see what would happen to emissions and stream sulfate concentrations in Pennsylvania if 30 percent of the electricity generated by coal-fired power plants in 2017 came from natural gas instead.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

That defendants might still petition their congressional representatives or write a newspaper editorial decrying fossil fuel use does not itself preclude taking matters into their own hands. 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.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As Russia seeks new clients for its construction technology and fossil fuels, and with Pakistan desperate for a secure and cheap supply of natural gas, the visit could lay the foundations for Russia to build a pipeline to transport natural gas from Karachi to Lahore. The demand is there, but not the infrastructure to cater to it.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Healey issued the CID in connection with an investigation into unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce with respect to fossil fuel products and securities. Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y. United States v. Ruffatto , No. 2:16 -cr-00167 (W.D.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

CAFOs — specifically their large manure lagoons — are also a huge source of methane , a potent greenhouse gas, as well as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter, 3 all of which pose risks to human health. 4 This report builds on Payments for Pollution in two important ways. What is Combustion System Improvement? April 9, 2023.

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