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How Much Battery Storage Does Illinois Need? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Among many other provisions, CEJA includes carbon emission limits for coal and fossil gas plants that phase in over several years, starting in 2030. Prior UCS analysis has also shown that it’s helpful to locate storage in the general vicinity of fossil fuel plants that will be retired in the future.

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

With economic growth have come carbon emissions. As of 2016, half of its total emissions are from the power sector, with 20% from industry and 15% from transportation, and. According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.

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Statement from Sarah Buchanan, Ontario Climate Program Manager, on Ontario spending $26,000 per customer to subsidize fossil fuels over clean technologies

Enviromental Defense

. – Ontario has launched the second phase of a program to expand fossil fuel gas pipelines to new communities. This is a big subsidy for fossil fuels and a step in the wrong direction, when the government could have chosen to support clean technologies, help customers save money long term, lower capital costs, and cut carbon emissions.

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From Research to Action: The Growing Impact of Attribution Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

They can also look at known carbon emission sources and model the world with and without those added emissions. A study of a 2018 South African drought found that climate change made it three times more likely. Climate source attribution studies can inform strategies to reduce carbon emissions.

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Driving on Electricity Is Now Much Cleaner than Using a Gasoline Car

Union of Concerned Scientists

Replacing gasoline with electricity greatly reduces the carbon emissions from driving. Based on where electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold, driving the average EV in the US produces global warming emissions equal to a hypothetical 94 mile per gallon gasoline car, or less than a third of the emissions of the average new gasoline car.

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TCI Program Established to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Transportation

Clean Energy Law

In December 2018, after having successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 53.3%, a majority of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) jurisdictions announced plans to design a program to address carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels.

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Animal Cruelty and Interstate Commerce

Legal Planet

Ross involves Prop 12, adopted by California voters in 2018. For example, the Ninth Circuit upheld California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard against a similar legal attack. Like some other states, California also imposes limits on utility purchases of power from fossil fuel plants that apply to generators outside the state.