Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane.

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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. There are some federal regulations, but they leave much to be desired.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Three trade associations—the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, Texas Oil and Gas Association, and American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM)—were identified as “partially aligned” for failing to fully support these positions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It doesn’t make financial sense for many coal plants stay open due to competition from more affordable clean resources —such as wind and solar—as well as from other fossil fuel power plants, such as those fired by methane gas. This ongoing PUCO proceeding is specific to the costs of operating the two coal plants in 2020.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

It issued five Flex Alerts in 2020, eight in 2021, but there’s only been one so far this year. For example, the two rotating blackouts in August 2020 occurred during energy supply shortages that happened at 6:38 to 7:40 p.m. California regulators recently created a slew of new programs to reduce demand on the hottest summer days.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The pledge is a voluntary agreement to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. Methane emissions come from two main sources : fossil fuels and agriculture—primarily animal-based agriculture. At COP27, 636 registered attendees are lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, announced new regulations enhancing pipeline safety and governing hazardous liquids pipelines owned by public utilities in Pennsylvania are expected to be published as final this month and take effect in November. Of Interior Approves $76.4

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Edmonton, AB — The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) quietly released a report on its web site last week showing that oil sands tailing ponds grew another 90 million cubic meters in 2020, despite a drop in oil production. Toxic waste holding ponds now contain 1.36 billion cubic metres of fluids and cover a surface 1.7

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Since the initiation of climate change litigation several years ago, various state governments and interest groups have filed lawsuits against fossil fuel companies and governing authorities. On January 10, 2020, the New York Attorney General’s Office stated that it will not appeal the trial court’s decision.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

While municipalities may have some flexibility in how they zone or regulate oil and gas operations – provided they do not exceed limitations in state or federal law – doing so in an unreasonable manner which prevents future natural gas development should render the municipality ineligible for state collected and distributed impact fees.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2022

As we’ve discussed before , multiple cities and towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have tried to ban fossil fuel hookups for new buildings by zoning or other ordinance over the past few years. As we noted then, in order for municipalities to restrict or ban fossil fuel connections, [T]he legislature must move first.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

But, behind the scenes, they have a long history of lobbying to delay and derail regulations that would prevent pollution, keeping us addicted to disposable plastic. If the company fails to reply, the communities threatened "judicial and commercial measures". Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

But solar is the big winner here, with it’s share of total US capacity increasing from 7% in 2020 to 29% in 2050. Capacity factors for existing natural gas combined cycle plants are cut in half, from nearly 60% in 2020 to below 30% in 2050. EIA also recently reported that US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Power companies will therefore have to pay more for the fuel, but utilities are generally allowed by state regulators to pass those cost increases onto their customers in the form of higher electricity rates. The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020. There are examples from across the country.

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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. The dip in gasoline use in 2020 was due to the reduction in personal vehicle use during the initial phases of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Now the same district court has gone further, again in favor of environmental groups but now against Royal Dutch Shell (“Shell”) , the world’s largest non-state-owned fossil fuel company. In the face of disappointing legislation and regulation, activists have increasingly turned to courts in the last fifteen years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Coming off its recent decision requiring all new passenger cars and trucks be zero-emission by 2035, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is developing a first-of-its-kind regulation to reduce emissions from heavy-duty vehicles like delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses. The rule was prompted in part by Gov. Volvo Trucks USA.

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Clean Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

On September 23, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-20 , which will have sweeping implications for the oil and gas industry, automakers, low-carbon fuel producers, the logistics industry, and public transit agencies, among others (the Executive Order). By Jean-Philippe Brisson , Joshua T.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

Proponents of a greater setback distance, like the 2,500 feet recommended in 2020 report, say nearby wells damage the quality of life, and increasing setbacks would reduce exposure to noise and other pollution. It feels like we’re going backward when we want cleaner, safer, healthier homes for families in Washington County.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2021

The draft MOU detailed the cap-and-invest program and outlined model rules that jurisdictions could use to draft their own implementing legislation or regulations. Affected Fuel” is defined as “the fossil fuel components of motor gasoline and on-road diesel fuel.” By Jean-Philippe Brisson , Joshua T.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

But make no mistake, the larger issue is the regulation for the first time of GHGs (including carbon) which will literally change the structure of the global economy, our political order, market capitalism and even our biological selves.”. In 2020, carbon dioxide accounted for about 79% of all U.S. emission trends.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This needs some thought, as both the laws of physics and the principles of supply and demand will apply, even if legislatures and regulators have not yet spoken about allocating costs and resources related to data center energy demands. Data centers’ total energy demand is challenging to meet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the distribution system will be even more important when making a rapid clean energy transition, particularly considering the role distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar, battery storage and electric vehicles, can play in helping Illinoisans dump fossil fuels. Illinois utilities contributed to that trend.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For the past few years, California regulators have been hard at work on a wholesale revamp of their resource adequacy program, which helps ensure the lights stay on when electricity demand is at its highest, during hot summer evenings, for example. The current “peak load” framework. in this graph). Source: CAISO).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2024

The incident, which occurred on April 29, 2020, damaged both customer and utility-owned equipment. These include failure to follow company procedures by technicians, insufficiently detailed training materials provided by Peoples Natural Gas, and possible design flaws in the regulator station.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

In August of 2020 when the last permit fee increase was put in place, DEP estimated it would need the revenue from 2,000 unconventional shale gas permits a year to adequately support the regulatory program for both conventional and unconventional oil and gas drilling. Read more here. Read more here. In other words, next to nothing.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations. WEDNESDAY 6:30: Ohio River Valley Institute Hosts Webinar On Policy Action In Response To The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment & Beyond. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Originally, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 13, 2024

To reach these targets, a massive energy transition from dirty conventional marine fuels to zero-emission energy (like wind-assisted propulsion) and fuels is imperative. There is no time to waste on false climate solutions like Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)—a fossil fuel with serious global warming and public health implications.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The financial part of this Green Deal is the European Green Deal Investment Plan (EGDIP) , revealed on 14 January 2020. Source: The European Green Deal Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism explained, EC, Brussels, 14 January 2020, p. A legislative proposal will be presented in March 2020 to officially set it up.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

The co-product category was questioned by the Coalition because DEP has not approved any request from conventional oil and gas well owners to use the industry's wastewater under the co-product provisions of the Residual Waste Regulations. regulation with Co-product determination. I know this is hard to believe because D.E.P.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gas prices: Without a cap, the flood of bio-based diesel into California will continue, requiring a rapid increase in stringency to stabilize LCFS credit markets, sending 2030 stringency from the 30 percent proposed in the regulation to 34.5 In 2020, every state except Alaska blended at least 9.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In addition to the inequitable impacts of hurricanes, Dunbar residents also have to deal with toxic pollution in their communities that remains unaddressed by environmental regulators. We need to make sure that the Justice40 initiative is properly incorporated into every federal program and investment.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While that may have been the early objective of the “responsibly sourced” movement, Project Canary provided a description of how they and the concept has evolved in response to the development of more federal and state regulations that limit methane emissions from natural gas facilities. is considered responsibly sourced. So you are correct.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Tesla market share used to be even higher (60% in 2020 vs 45% in 2023), and they’ve been trying to maintain it with lower pricing—to the benefit of prospective buyers but the chagrin of competing manufacturers and Hertz ( declining prices on new Teslas was a key factor for downsizing their EV fleet). Tesla dominates the U.S.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In July 2020 the German government is taking over the rotating presidency of the European Union. The backdrop for these ambitions at EU level is the current work that is being conducted at the European Commission to complete a set of gas-related laws and regulations (so called gas package). This shall be concluded by 2021 at latest.

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