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Cardinal Health Vows to Cut Greenhouse Gases by 50% by 2030 ?

Environment + Energy Leader

Cardinal Health has set greenhouse gas emissions goals, vowing to limit its Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2030, using 2019 as its baseline. The post Cardinal Health Vows to Cut Greenhouse Gases by 50% by 2030 ? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Climate impacts of the #IRA

Real Climate

This is an historic effort though it falls short of the broader ‘ Green New Deal ‘ goals that were proposed in 2019, and doesn’t include all of the elements that were in the proposed 2021 reconcilliation package (the American Jobs Plan in “ Build Back Better “) that ultimately floundered.

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Greece increases its renewable energy targets

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen Having been at the forefront of dealing with climate impacts in recent years, Greece has shored up its renewable energy targets. Greece, which has recently battled one climate-fuelled wildfire after the other, has ramped up its renewable energy targets.

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Analysis: Argentina targets huge expansion of renewable energy by 2030

A Greener Life

“This is the first time Argentina has put into numbers the transformation needed in its energy sector to deliver on the country’s climate pledges,” Juan Carlos Villalonga, a renewable energy consultant and former deputy in the national congress, told Diálogo Chino. The plan targets US$2.7 GW of additional capacity.

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Emissions by the Big Utilities: Where They Are, What They’re Aiming For

Legal Planet

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. 4) Dominion Energy. Energy Mix (2019): [link]. Renewable: 3%. Energy Mix (2019): Con Ed’s investor report gives slightly different figures on pp.

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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The rail infrastructure to transport coal from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming–the country’s primary coal source –was proven to be vulnerable to extreme floods in the spring of 2011 , and even more extreme floods in the spring of 2019.

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Maine, Massachusetts, and Maryland Expand Utility Regulators’ Mandate to Include Climate Considerations, Marking an Emerging Trend by State Legislatures

Law and Environment

Despite the fact that utility regulators play a huge role in our energy sector–the sector primarily responsible for historical U.S. greenhouse gas emissions–they have had little to do with addressing climate change. The PSC went on to deny a rate-related case in late 2019 , citing the climate mandate as a primary reason for the denial.