Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

All told, they represent 56 percent of the US population, generate 62 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and are responsible for 43 percent of the country’s annual carbon emissions. From 2020 to 2040, solar generation in these states jumps nearly ninefold and wind generation more than sevenfold.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

CCS does nothing about methane leakage or the emissions that result from burning fossil fuels; therefore ignoring 90 per cent of the problem. Carbon capture prolongs our dependence on oil and gas at a time when preventing catastrophic climate change requires winding down fossil fuel production and use.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

Both fossil fuel and utility companies bear some responsibility for wildfires’ damage, and must be held accountable to ensure disadvantaged and low-income communities aren’t left to shoulder the costs and impacts of these disasters. Emissions traced to fossil fuel companies, on the other hand, have contributed to 19.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The 2020 Maine Fishermen’s Forum was the last conference I and many others attended before the pandemic shutdown. GOM communities, not fossil fuel interests, should determine policies that affect GOM people. It was the first weekend in March, and I recall people even then were unsure of offering a handshake or a fist bump.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2021

Buried two-thirds of the way through a dense tax code bill, nestled between tax breaks for entertainment venues and expansion criteria for Keystone Opportunity Zones, was a major $320 million giveaway for a new fossil fuel facility. In 2012, the Legislature passed the largest corporate subsidy in its history—a 25-year, $1.65

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. Other countries are dependent upon these fossil fuels, they don’t make themselves free of them. This is a fossil fuel war.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

The state-specific fact sheet, On the Road to 100 Percent Renewables for Minnesota , outlines how it could meet its electricity needs completely and equitably with renewable energy by 2035 and dramatically reduce fossil fuel use in vehicles and buildings.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

When it comes to climate action, it can be difficult to understand what makes a strong climate plan that puts us on a pathway to zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – and what new policies and tools are actually dangerous distractions from real solutions. Producing and using fossil fuels creates a lot of damage beyond climate disasters.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Carbon-reduction plans, if not well designed, can worsen water scarcity and pollution. Plans to reduce carbon emissions should take water into account. Some low-carbon energy options require significant amounts of water. But is there the same focus on water’s role in reducing carbon emissions as there is for adaptation?

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These risks aren’t hypothetical: A leak from a carbon dioxide pipeline already caused serious health harms in Satartia, Mississippi, where 45 people were hospitalized following a pipeline rupture in early 2020.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, raising livestock, making cement, and using synthetic fertilizers are among the actions that have increased the amount of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere to the point that the planet’s basic functions are coming undone. There Is Still Time to Act.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the technologies that are being sold as climate saviours when their real objective is to prolong the life of the polluting fossil fuels which are driving climate change: carbon capture, offsets and ‘blue’ hydrogen. Carbon capture and release: a license to pollute .

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

million square feet, released its 2021 Progress Report detailing efforts by partners who have committed to a dramatic reduction in energy use and carbon emissions in their buildings by the year 2030. below the baseline (compared to 13% in 2020), amounting to $4.6 The District also announced a new focus on carbon emissions.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. photo credit: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Alamy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. But solar is the big winner here, with it’s share of total US capacity increasing from 7% in 2020 to 29% in 2050. EIA also recently reported that US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These firms recognized that they could not assume the risks of exacerbating climate damage from continued burning of fossil fuels. Across the US data center energy use grew 66% from 2020 to 2023, from 90 billion kilowatthours to 150 billion kilowatthours. Data centers’ total energy demand is challenging to meet.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

Rated for 1,320 megawatts — roughly the size of a large fossil fuel plant — the dam is now capable of only 800 megawatts. Less hydropower will force utilities to look elsewhere for replacement supplies, including from fossil fuel sources. Most comes from fossil fuels, wind, and solar.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The agreement will help The GIANT Company avoid more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon emissions associated with its energy use annually, the equivalent of taking nearly 24,000 cars off the road, according to U.S. In June 2020, The GIANT Company completed a two-phase solar project at its Carlisle, Pa. EPA estimates.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

In 2019 and again in 2020 , Shell found that CAPP was out of step with Shell’s principles because of lack of support for the Paris Agreement and climate policies such as carbon pricing. and Canada achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. You know what isn’t a pathway to zero emissions? Increasing them a lot.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Despite ongoing COVID constraints on the economy, global fossil fuel consumption rebounded after its collapse in 2020. With this rebound came the increase in carbon emissions and effects of climate change. 2021 was a year dominated by environmental news. 2022 is the year this is supposed to happen.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

CDV-2020-307 (Mont. The case has received some serious attention in the weeks since because Judge Kathey Seely found that the plaintiffs—16 young residents of Montana—had suffered and would suffer injury on account of climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions in Montana and combustion of fossil fuels extracted from Montana.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In 2021, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) set a target for the aviation industry to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. 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.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 14, 2023

The states’ approach aligns thematically with their 2020 Vision for a Clean, Affordable, and Reliable 21 st Century Regional Electric Grid which, in part, recognizes the need to integrate significant levels of new offshore wind resources at the lowest cost possible in order to achieve a decarbonized system in New England.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries can also be used to assist with peak electricity demand; currently instead of batteries, fossil fuel-powered “peaker plants” are often used to supply energy during high-demand periods. Despite being used infrequently, these plants are inefficient and highly polluting, and contribute to US carbon emissions.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

degree warming by the end of the century and to minimise the effects of climate change, cities need to be at net-zero carbon by 2050 (Coalitions for Urban Transition, 2019). So what needs to change: Cities of the future will need to rely less on fossil fuels and invest in renewable energies. Resilient Melbourne, 2020, p.03.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Grist said, "These leaders have pushed back against harmful industries (and won), cut carbon emissions from hospitals, advanced wildfire solutions from Hawaii to California, and brought together unlikely coalitions to break ground on clean energy networks. Wilcox is at the forefront of figuring out how that happens.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

None of this happened in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, which led the UN to postpone the meeting, and negotiations are resuming this year with the same agenda. Bangladesh has said it can reduce emissions a lot more if it gets money from rich nations to do so. The net-zero debate.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2024

A polluting fossil-fueled energy agenda Unsurprisingly, Project 2025 also pushes for more fossil fuels, with statements like ‘ Affirm an “all of the above” energy policy…’ and ‘Support repeal of massive spending bills like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).’

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

The demand statement focuses on upholding Indigenous rights and respecting Indigenous knowledge, bold and ambitious climate action (including phasing out fossil fuels and guaranteeing a just transition to a sustainable clean energy economy), protecting and restoring nature and establishing environmental rights in Canada.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

The 2021 date is almost as early as the 2019 one (the 2020 date was pushed back due to COVID-19 induced lockdowns), showcasing the increasing impact of humanity on Earth’s biocapacity. carbon footprint increase over last year, as well as the 0.5% In 2021 the carbon footprint of transportation will remain lower than pre-pandemic levels.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 13, 2024

A plane flies over a football match at the Japan National Stadium, the primary venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. By Niu Yuhan With the 2024 Euros and Paris Olympics vowing to be greener, I explore the challenges of cutting emissions from major sporting events. What drives emissions from ‘big sport’? Photo credit: Alamy.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2021

government in reducing greenhouse gas emissions around the world is to make strategic investments in research and development (R&D), such as those included in the Energy Act of 2020 , which serves as a strong foundation to an all-of-the-above approach: renewables, nuclear, fuel and energy efficiency, hydrogen, electrification (i.e.,

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On November 24, Queen’s Park Today reported that in response to the Ontario Liberal Party’s campaign proposal to offer electric vehicle incentives, Minister Piccini claimed the Progressive Conservative government policies have already led to “a 210 per cent increase in EV (electric vehicle) sales year over year from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021.”.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

Just as key will be new regulations and measures that push the shipping industry to zero emissions, and we caught a glimpse of what those could be during the IMO meeting as well. After agreeing to a very weak short-term measure in November 2020, the discussions last week focused on new measures that could take effect by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2022

Going forward, annual performance reports will assess each participating building’s carbon emissions intensity and progress. below the baseline, a slight decrease from the 2020 reduction of 42.1%, but still far greater than the 2019 reduction of 19.8%. Last year, Pittsburgh 2030 District partners reduced energy use to 34.9%

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