Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

At the Union of Concerned Scientists, we’ve been looking into the benefits rural drivers could enjoy from switching from a gasoline vehicle to an electric vehicle. The lack of an accessible outlet to charge an EV at home is one such challenge faced by drivers when considering switching to an electric vehicle.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 3, 2023

According to the California Energy Commission, more than one in five of all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state at the start of this year was a zero-emission vehicle, which includes plug-in hybrids, battery electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles. More than 16 percent of new cars sold this year are fully electric plug-ins.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Another development with multi-state implications involves electric vehicles. There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. I predict that we’ll see a wave of legislation and agency regulation at the state level, sparked by federal legislation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

ISOs and RTOs perform many functions, but the short version is that they are like air traffic controllers for the power grid: they manage electricity markets and control the flow of electricity on the transmission system. Overall, they help the grid function more efficiently. While the power grid in the eastern U.S. grid only has one.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will also launch 12 key initiatives, including a levy on sustainable aviation fuel and low-carbon electricity imports. By the end of 2023, Changi Airport generated approximately 4% of its 2019 electricity consumption [ii] through solar power deployment. Davies , Farhana Sharmeen , Michael D.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

To accomplish this the law advances everything from “food residuals” and organic materials diversion, a new environmental justice litmus test, a solar panel “recovery, reuse, and recycling working group,” an electric school bus mandate, recognizes “nuclear power” as a carbon free energy source, and much, much more.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

electricity generation. Renewables are continuing to increase their share of the power sector, rising to almost 23 percent of the nation’s electricity supply last year, which was higher than the generation from both coal-fired and nuclear plants. In other words, when the air is hot, gas power plants cannot generate as much electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The rationale for this delay is largely based on industry disinformation, with manufacturers choosing to gin up anxiety among truck dealers to wage a war on the regulations by proxy. This path taken by industry is a game of chicken with the regulators, a refusal to comply with the regulations as they stand and a dare to enforce them.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 27, 2022

Canada can significantly reduce transportation emissions by standing up to the auto industry and implementing new clean car regulations. Many are considering making their next car purchase an Electric Vehicle (EV) to save money and cut their carbon footprint. What is a Clean Car Standard? So what does this mean?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. We need more electricity to transition our homes and cars off fossil fuels, but we can’t afford to let that electricity come from more gas power plants. States remain widely varied on their reliance on gas for electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2023

Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community? All through its eNotice system. Click Here to sign up.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Many of these companies are already undertaking some form of Scope 3 emissions accounting, and what’s more, SB 253 wouldn’t impose penalties on regulated businesses until 2030, giving the business world plenty of time to figure out how to more accurately measure and report this data. State regulators, too, will benefit from this information.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Lithium-ion batteries are efficient, compact, and have a long lifespan – all factors that enable electric vehicles (EVs), which are powered by these batteries, to be a great substitute for their gasoline counterpart. The California Advanced Clean Cars II regulation. Transportation is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

This week’s regulation will drive Colorado’s statutory GHG emission reduction targets of 7% by 2026 and 20% by 2030 for the buildings covered in the program, as compared to 2021 levels. However, the regulation is being applauded for providing flexibility for building owners and various pathways for meeting the standards.

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Law and Environment

JULY 10, 2023

Covered buildings will be required to gradually reduce emissions, relative to a 2018–2019 baseline, over compliance periods starting in 2026 and 2030. The same issues—particularly grid capacity—also present challenges to other decarbonization efforts, such as the rollout of electric vehicles.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 22, 2022

Today, the Securities & Exchange Commission voted 3 to 1 in favor of adopting a long-awaited set of proposed revisions to SEC regulations concerning the disclosure of climate risks and related financial impacts, as well as data on greenhouse gas emissions in certain SEC filings. Climate Disclosures in Financial Statements.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Today, the Program regulates roughly 450 entities responsible for roughly 85% of the state’s GHG emissions. Program Linkage : The Cap-and-Trade Regulations permit California to link its Program with that of another jurisdiction to promote cost effectiveness and facilitate greater emissions reductions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Recovering these materials from retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries is an alternative source to mining. In 2022, a report was released by the California Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Advisory Group which outlines policies the group believes the California legislature should implement.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This post is adapted from a Client Alert to commercial real estate owners and tenants in those buildings in Maryland about the new regulations requiring that beginning January 1, 2024 greenhouse gas emission data be collected for reporting to the state government.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Benefits AI Provides to the Environment Offsets its Energy Exertion It is undisputed that AI technology has the potential to significantly sap electricity consumption and exert unprecedented levels of energy. Indeed, data centers in 2022 made up 2% of electricity demand across the globe.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), where I spent the most time, is charged with protecting public health and the environment, and it uses two primary levers setting rules and regulations to level the playing field for markets to work in the service of ALL residents of the United States providing resources to promote the public good.

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Capaccio

APRIL 22, 2024

Keeping this in mind, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for compliance with the new rules. Greenhouse Gas Emissions The rules require large accelerated filers (LAFs) and accelerated filers (AFs) to disclose material Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 ( i.e., electricity, steam, heating, or cooling) greenhouse gas emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Despite assurances from state leaders “that Shell can operate a state-of-the-art facility,” representatives for Shell admitted that the facility won’t be fully operational until 2025 or 2026. These injustices are incalculable. Related Articles - Shell Petrochemical Plant: -- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. As the mainstay of its energy supply – thermal power plants (coal, oil and gas) supply 56% (239 GW) of the country’s total installed electricity – coal remains crucial for Indian energy security.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is still awaiting funding to craft the regulations needed to implement the laws, though it has indicated it will begin the process soon. However, the existence of federal regulations on the same subject as a state law does not mean that state law is necessarily preempted. See, e.g. , Rice v.

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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. Projects that include an electric generation component are generally not eligible for offsets. Core Principles and Mechanism.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The law mandates availability of protective equipment during poor air quality events, and directs Cal/OSHA, the state’s labor regulator, to consider additional high heat protections. SB 1205 protects water access by requiring the state to develop regulations considering climate change effects on water availability for water rights permits.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. These unit shutdowns, representing 15% of the coal generation fleet, would translate to thousands of unionized job losses in the coal mining, electric generation, and transport sectors.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We urge the government to strengthen the regulations, rather than weaken them. It is unacceptable to allow gas plants built in 2026 to operate until 2045, or later, completely unmitigated. The current proposal, if adopted, will come up short of the Prime Minister’s net-zero electricity commitment, made at COP 26 in 2021.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

To accomplish this the bill advances everything from “food residuals” and organic materials diversion, a new environmental justice litmus test, a solar panel “recovery, reuse, and recycling working group,” an electric school bus mandate, recognizes “nuclear power” as a carbon free energy source, and much, much more. All of which is true, but.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? Even when accounting for pollution from electricity generation, electric trucks can significantly reduce air pollution and get us on a better track to addressing climate change.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 11, 2022

The catalyst for the dispute was the Polish authorities’ concession extension to operate the mine until 2026 without carrying out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) as required by European Union (EU) law. The plant generates electricity for about three million Polish households, which amounts to around 7% of the country’s output.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. Finally, the bill adds the People’s Counsel as a member of the Maryland Commission on Climate Change and the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council. Drinking Water.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 29, 2024

The PBO report confirms a number of conclusions about Canada’s Electric Vehicle Availability Standard: Electric vehicle (EV) prices will need to decline for Canada to meet its EV adoption goals. However, this number includes the PBO assumption that federal and provincial EV purchase incentives will be phased out in 2025 and 2026.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 26, 2023

There is a move toward all electric buildings as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The state of Maryland is leading the way in this movement, including several local jurisdictions adopting all electric building code laws. So, the change to all electric buildings is not a simple issue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

By 2032, new light-duty vehicle climate emissions would decrease by nearly 50 percent (to 85 grams/mile) compared to existing standards that go through 2026. This is arguably the first time that the availability of plug-in electric vehicles has factored so significantly into the setting of US vehicle standards.

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