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. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 23, 2021. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

In 2019, it signed an agreement with a Chinese steelmaker to find ways to reduce emissions from steel making. In 2021, it release plans to spend $7.5 Still, it remains responsible for 31 Gigatons of carbon emissions per year. billion to reduce operations from its operations and suppliers. aligned were achieved.”.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This assessment wasn’t ExxonMobil’s idea, but was compelled by a successful shareholder resolution that was part of a 2021 investor revolt against the industry’s climate inaction that ultimately displaced several members of ExxonMobil’s Board of Directors. ExxonMobil’s withdrawal from IPAA is certainly a positive development.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Over the last 15 years, Penn State University has cut its carbon emissions by more than 35 percent, putting the University ahead of schedule to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas outputs to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The group began meeting this summer and aims to share its recommendations by the end of this year.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The federal government can reduce carbon emissions by 135 million tonnes with one neat trick. Transportation accounts for one quarter of Canada’s emissions – and we need action now to stop climate disaster. . In 2021 the federal government reaffirmed their commitment to phase out the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This first report presents data from 2021, but only for a few topics. The report’s authors claim that success in lowering carbon emissions will be determined by how well the world manages its water. Freshwater ecosystems like marshes and wetlands store carbon, protect biodiversity, and improve soil and water quality.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

The Pittsburgh 2030 District , a project of the Green Building Alliance , has released its 2022 Progress Report , revealing District property partners have reduced carbon emissions by 44.8% This achievement moves the District within range of reaching its target goal of 50-65% reduction in carbon emissions before the 2030 deadline.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 9, 2025

By Liu Lican Chinas first Biennial Transparency Report on Climate Change was released last week, and the country confirmed it has yet to peak its carbon emissions. The report, submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), discloses China s greenhouse gas inventory in 2020 and 2021.

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New Scientist

MARCH 2, 2023

Heatwaves and droughts in Russia and Canada resulted in a big jump in carbon emissions from boreal forests in 2021, on the back of a rising trend since 2000

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

That’s understandable in terms of India’s current carbon emissions, which are now only a quarter of China’s. But given the growth of the economy, carbon emissions were projected to continuing growing steadily through 2030. By some projections, it will have the second largest economy in the world by 2050.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Climate change has impacted Bangladesh more than almost any other country in the world, despite the fact that Bangladesh has hardly contributed to overall carbon emissions. The post The Stream, November 5, 2021: List of Contaminants in U.S. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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Legal Planet

JULY 28, 2022

The 2021 infrastructure bill, which required bipartisan support in both Houses to pass, contained $47 billion for climate resilience. There’s always been concern that talking about climate adaptation might mislead people into thinking that cutting carbon emissions isn’t urgent. Download as PDF.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Carbon Reduction Goals : Reduction of carbon emissions from generating facilities by 80% from 2000 levels by 2050. Other Carbon Free: 4%. Carbon Reduction Plan: Reduce carbon emissions by 87% by 2030. Carbon Reduction Goal: Net zero carbon by 2030. link] (page 5). (7) 7) Xcel Energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

Though transportation emissions decreased around 10% from the previous pre-pandemic year, no one would wish for the turmoil and economic disruption that came with it. FHWA, 2021 ). In December 2021, Colorado approved a greenhouse gas emission reduction standard to require this analysis, and other states are thinking to do the same.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 2000. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. trillion tons.]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Since the summer of 2021, five Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed bills banning their state governments from doing business with financial institutions that they allege have divested from fossil fuel companies as a result of ESG investment policies. Greenwashing can have serious consequences.

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Environmental Leader

MARCH 21, 2022

Ventas will focus on electrification, energy management and renewable energy to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, building upon its longstanding actions and commitment to environmental stewardship.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

A decade later In 2021, Steelton-Highspire School District worked with McClure Company to install a solar array large enough to offset 100 percent of its annual electricity usage. This is not only saving the school district money on its utility bills, but the array also eliminates tons of carbon emissions annually.

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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. This is where the analysis behind AEO2022 dates itself to November 2021. EIA also recently reported that US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — August 9, 2021. All of the carbon emissions that are contributing to climate change and the climate crisis, you have to root it back to what colonialism’s goal is in the first place,” she said. Pictured at the Santa Elena Canyon in Texas, the flow of the Río Grande shrinks during the summer.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

New California legislation will require corporations to disclose their carbon emissions. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. California set a 2035 deadline for eliminating gas and diesel cars, and eight other states are following suit. In short, we’re seeing something like a slimmed-down Green New Deal.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The question, posed recently to 714 likely Pennsylvania voters, shows their support for the state to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multi-state effort to reduce harmful carbon emissions. The survey, conducted by Susquehanna Polling & Research from Sept. Click Here for a copy of the poll results.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Today marks one year since the precedent-setting court ruling in the Netherlands, which ordered Shell to cut its activities’ carbon emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels to align with the Paris climate agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Illinois energy landscape Illinois passed the landmark Climate and Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) in September 2021. Among many other provisions, CEJA includes carbon emission limits for coal and fossil gas plants that phase in over several years, starting in 2030.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States. By late 2021, after a decade of conservatives control of the executive branch, Australia was ranked last of sixty countries in terms of climate policy, below countries such as Saudia Arabia and Kazakhstan.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

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. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

With empirical data and more and better modeling, it has become clear that, to first approximation, the eventual anthropogenic warming from carbon dioxide is tied to the cumulative emissions. This figure is from the AR6 SPM: The relationship between cumulative carbon emissions and temperature (SPM AR6). My answer is no.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

During the Texas power outages in 2021, Minnesota gas utilities were stuck buying gas at Midwest wholesale prices 4500% higher than usual, passing astronomical bills onto Minnesota consumers—many of whom are already struggling with energy burdens that are higher than average. Getting energy from where it’s produced to where it’s needed.

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Environmental Leader

MARCH 16, 2022

Through its virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with the Blooming Grove Wind Farm, and additional renewables contracting, Saint-Gobain North America has reduced a significant percentage of its CO2 emissions from electricity usage in 2021.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 13, 2022

In 2010, GM committed to a 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2020. And in January 2021, it said it would source 100% renewable energy to power GM facilities in the U.S. It achieved that goal in 2017. by 2030 and globally by 2035.

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Environmental Leader

MARCH 21, 2022

Ventas will focus on electrification, energy management and renewable energy to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, building upon its longstanding actions and commitment to environmental stewardship.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Global climate finance has emerged as a key tension at the ongoing COP26 climate conference, as many vulnerable nations say they simply do not have the resources to curb emissions or adapt to climate change absent financial support. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — November 8, 2021. report found. According to the U.N

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Between 2016 and 2021, the carbon emissions associated with mining bitcoin have increased from 0.9 tonnes to 113 tonnes per coin

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

That requires bringing global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. To meet that goal, the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap released in 2021 says no new oil and gas supply projects can come online. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 28, 2022

Although carbon emissions dropped sharply in 2020 amid the COVID pandemic, a subsequent surge wiped out any time the decrease may have bought, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. Read the full story at The Hill.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s goal is to reach “net-zero” emissions by 2050 while reducing its carbon emissions from 2005 levels 65 percent by 2028, 85 percent by 2035, and 90 percent by 2040. What’s in DTE’s proposed plan? Smaller amounts of efficiency: Unfortunately, DTE is targeting only a 1.5

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce For a hearing on “Power Struggle: Examining the 2021 Texas Grid Failure” Written statement submitted by: Michael D. is 32 years, as of January 2021. [14] percent, 47.4 percent, 51.5 percent, and 13.7 49 (2015): 15060-15065; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1510028112

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