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How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. DTE asserts that it needs Belle River to achieve the partial retirement of Monroe in 2028. What’s in DTE’s proposed plan?

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A Hot Summer for Clean Energy in Michigan

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) intervened in the case with the Ecology Center, Environmental Law & Policy Center, and Vote Solar, focusing our testimony on energy justice, community solar and energy storage, and equitable grid transition issues. million customers for the next 20 years.

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Subnational Climate Action in the UK

Legal Planet

Carbon neutrality by 2028. Here’s a quick rundown on what’s happening elsewhere. Committed to net-zero by 2030. 2030 net-zero plan. Greater Manchester. 2038 net-zero target. Nottingham. This builds on extensive earlier emission reductions. Carbon neutrality for city and counsel by 2030. Net-zero city-region goal by 2030.

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The First French Climate Litigation Ruling - Commune de Grande Synthe

Energy and Climate Law

By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune de Grande Synthe case , potentially the first step towards a landmark climate litigation outcome in France.

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BLM Approves the TransWest Express Transmission Project; This Is Good News and We Need More of It

Law and Environment

TransWest estimates project completion by the end of 2028. The post BLM Approves the TransWest Express Transmission Project; This Is Good News and We Need More of It first appeared on Law and the Environment. Suffice it to say that that’s a long time. That would mean that it will have taken 23 years from initiation to completion.

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Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future

Circle of Blue

Last year, the agency set first-ever limits for six PFAS in drinking water, and it designated PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law. The primary landfill in Maine will be at capacity by 2028 after the states land application ban. And they have physical constraints.

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UCS Testimony on the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS supports Treasury’s proposed temporal-matching requirement, with a phase-in of hourly matching by 2028 with no exemptions for legacy producers. This is the starting point from which all of Treasury’s implementation decisions must follow. Hourly matching.