The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

The permit was issued under the Clean Water Act in March 2019 – the same year the project received FERC approval – and will allow construction crews to “clear, grade, excavate and place fill material” on site to build the plant, which is being built on a 1,000-acre site on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles. [1]

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The necessity of fossil fuels In Yadav’s COP28 statement , the climate change minister says India has successfully reduced its greenhouse gas emissions intensity “vis-à-vis its GDP 33% between 2005 and 2019”, and “achieved 40% of installed electricity generation capacity through non-fossil-fuel sources”.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2022

“They were like, ‘You planning to rob a bank?’ Buildings contribute 67 percent of New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions , with apartment buildings representing the biggest share of that. I told them, ‘That’s like a blueprint, man. You get paid for doing that,’” he says.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Some residual nitrogen was lodged in soils where microbes converted it into nitrous oxide, a significant greenhouse gas. IRIS suspended the assessment in 2019 because it “was not identified as a priority by Agency partners,” an EPA spokesperson wrote in a statement to Circle of Blue. billion in farm sales in 2019. World Bank.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2024

Photo by Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Last week was big for green bank champions. On Thursday April 4th, the Environmental Protection Agency announced $20 billion of awards from the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) created under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The idea has come a long way fast.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources. economy and to significantly contribute to its greenhouse gas reduction efforts. green banks”). green banks”). Second, $11.97

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But as world leaders meet on the banks of the Clyde in Glasgow for the COP26 summit , they will have to turn talk into action. The previous summit, held in Madrid in 2019, ended in frustration with little progress on issues such as carbon financing or sharing climate burdens between nations. °C above pre-industrial levels.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Workers at the Tengiz oil field in western Kazakhstan have brawled and gone on strike numerous times, most recently in the summer of 2019. According to the World Bank, Kazakhstan is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in Europe and Central Asia. Chinese investments fuel Kazakhstan’s energy economy.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

million tons of greenhouse gases that the project is expected to emit annually. James, Friends of the Earth, Earthworks and a coalition of environmental and social justice organizations telling JPMorgan Chase bank not to invest in Formosa Plastics and denounce the company’s proposed Sunshine Project in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

And while greenhouse gas emissions may dip this year because of lockdowns, we should not celebrate. The World Bank estimates that COVID-19 is likely to cause the first increase in global poverty since 1998. In April, the World Meteorological Organization said temperatures have increased 1.1 We have only turned down the tap slightly.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2023

The creation of NYCI follows the 2019 passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), under which New York State’s electricity sector must reach zero emissions by 2040. By 2030, analysts project that emitters will have enough banked allowances to comply with the cap without further reducing emissions.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Introduction On 11 December 2019, the new European Commission presided by Ursula Von der Leyen presented the European Green Deal. Bn from the EU budget and on a European Investment Bank lending of €10 Bn. By Dr. Romain Mauger 1. The aim for the EU is to become climate-neutral by 2050 and this will require massive investments.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Brett Walton 2021-08-13 15:37:34 2021-11-29 20:52:34 The Colorado River Basin’s Daunting New Math Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts 1 Comment / June 2, 2021 Arizona and California intend to draw on water they banked in the big reservoir, even as water levels drop. Brett Walton. Brett Walton.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

Indeed, he included in his 2023 inaugural address his 2019 opposition to a framework to reduce carbon pollution in the transportation sector, concluding: And my veto pen has plenty of ink and will always be ready to protect our citizens from that kind of nonsense.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

21] In 2019, German electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. [22] 22] A study published in late 2019 found that Germany’s nuclear phase-out is costing its citizens $12 billion per year. [23] 52] And from 2010 to 2019, consumers from across the U.S. per megawatt-hour on average in 2012 to $30.42

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

But in Apocalypse Never I show that, for Malthusians, making the world a “better place” has meant letting the poor starve, keeping poor nations dependent on wood fuel, and diverting World Bank funding from dams, roads, and fertilizer for development to charitable endeavors like solar panels for rural villagers aimed at making poverty sustainable.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Supermarkets and banks can stop this. JBS gets away with it because retailers and banks are ignoring the company’s environmental destruction, criminal behaviour and corruption scandals. SA) agreed to pay $52.5 million to settle litigation accusing meat-packing companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $63 billion-a-year U.S.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Supermarkets and banks can stop this. JBS gets away with it because retailers and banks are ignoring the company’s environmental destruction, criminal behaviour and corruption scandals. SA) agreed to pay $52.5 million to settle litigation accusing meat-packing companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $63 billion-a-year U.S.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

According to the UNs 2024 Emission Gap Report , 107 countries, covering approximately 82% of global greenhouse gas emissions, had adopted net-zero pledges as of June last year. Researchers have calculated that, in 2019, the total scope 1 carbon emissions of Chinas listed firms accounted for 18.3% of national emissions.

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Law Columbia

JULY 23, 2024

With the SEC’s new climate rule, publicly traded companies will be required to disclose greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions information and climate-related financial risks for the purpose of informing investor decisions. Market capitalization, or the total value of industry stock, equals approximately $6.7

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: DWS/Deutsche Bank Chief Resigns After Police Raid Over Greenwashing Claims PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Scranton Times Editorial: Legislative Gift Bans Long Overdue -- MCall: U.S. Wolf Announces Over $8.4 What’s Your Community Doing?

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

For example, Lee has expressed her view that the SEC should revisit—and perhaps enhance, supplement, or replace—its August 2019 guidance on the proxy responsibilities of investment advisers that exercise voting authority for clients' securities.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Beginning with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) release of the report Livestocks Long Shadow in 2006, the totality of the contribution of cattle to livelihoods, food security, and ecosystem services has been questioned when contrasted with their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental equilibrium.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Unions fight back against Kochs and allies since supreme court 'disaster' Mike Elk | The Guardian | February 8, 2019 After decades of trying, the Koch brothers and their allies won a major battle last year when the US supreme court stripped public sector unions of their ability to collect “fair-share fees” from non-union members.

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. Pennsylvania governor vetoes measure stopping the state from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. 20-21 to discuss measuring and monitoring greenhouse gases and accelerating innovation in energy technologies.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Vegetarianism is not important for protecting the environment or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. should directly and through the World Bank and other institutions help poor and developing nations to modernize agriculture for economic development, environmental, and public health reasons. and around the world. and around the world.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency show that CO2 accounts for the vast majority of heat-trapping greenhouse gases emitted by the U.S. from 1990–2019. Pennsylvania is banking on it. Tom Wolf in late 2019 created a task force to look at the state’s potential for capturing, storing and using CO2. Studies by the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

17 [PaEN] -- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Receives Great Greenway/Trail Designation -- SunburyDI: Friends Group Formed For R.B. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

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ESA

AUGUST 29, 2022

The bill includes $60 billion for environmental justice, $3 billion for climate justice block grants and $27 billion for a new federal green bank. How Governments Can Boost Natural Capital Thinking for Better Decision-Making (April 12, 2019). Joe Manchin (D-WV), the bill will reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The international meeting yielded no breakthrough on phasing down emissions nor on the unconscionable levels to which banks and asset managers continue to bankroll oil, gas and coal. Five years ago, the World Bank said it would end investments in oil and gas extraction by 2019. Banking against science.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Business Roundtable's "Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation", released in August 2019, espouses a stakeholder-centric approach, and has received the endorsement of the CEOs of over 180 major corporations.[[N: N: Business Roundtable, "Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation," August 19, 2019.]] N:Source: Activist Insight.]]

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JUNE 2, 2021

ISDS tribunals are mostly established within the World Bank International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC). Total ISDS cases had reached 1,023 by the end of 2019.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

We also summarize the issue of climate-related disclosures from the perspective of the banking regulators. On March 2, 2021, Gary Gensler, President Biden's pick to lead the SEC, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs as part of his nomination hearing. In 2019, Rep.

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Energy and Climate Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Since the Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016 , a withdrawal via the route of article 28 (1) would be possible at 4 November 2019 and President Trump, indeed, proceeded that way. However, he also made clear that fossil fuels would not be eliminated until at least 2050 in the US. They can take various forms.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Diplomats also called to tweak the mandates of multilateral development banks and financial institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to better fund climate mitigation and adaptation projects. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. McArthur Graduate Student Policy Award. Submissions are due Nov.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Net Zero Banking Alliance (“NZBA”) is one such organization, convened with United Nations support to align the banking industry with a 2050 net-zero carbon emissions target. The NZBA is comprised of 120 members, which together represent nearly 40% of global banking assets. companies engaged in the fossil fuel business.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

BLM prepared the supplemental EA in response to the court’s decision in March 2019 that identified shortcomings in BLM’s original climate change analysis for the leases. s challenge to the constitutionality of the linkage between California’s greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program and Quebec trading program. United States v.

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