PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

The energy used by commercial buildings is responsible for 16% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and costs more than $190 billion per year. ENERGY STAR certified buildings use an average of 35% less energy and are responsible for 35% less carbon dioxide emissions than typical buildings.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

, its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) forced the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Everyone produces greenhouse gases.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

Carbon dioxide and methane (a short-lived but extremely powerful global warming gas) are emitted during the extraction, processing, storage, transportation and combustion of gasoline, diesel and other petroleum fuels used by our vehicles. We have over 284 million gasoline- and diesel-burning cars, trucks and buses on our roads.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

By coincidence rather than design, two different approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector have been under discussion by North Carolina agencies since 2021. A later post will cover the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) Carbon Reduction Plan. January 4, 2023. The draft N.C.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 13, 2024

If we are to avert climate catastrophe, the shipping sector must immediately begin to eliminate the 1 billion-plus metric tons of greenhouse gases it emits every year. The ultimate goal is to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 through emission reductions of 30% by 2030 and 80% by 2040. times more potent than CO 2 over the near term.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once 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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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Another way to look at this information is through the lens of carbon budgets—the remaining allowable amount of CO 2 emissions that would still keep global average temperatures below a given level with a certain likelihood. The World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. The UNEP Emissions Gap Report.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

increase in carbon dioxide pollution from the Commonwealth’s power plants between 2020 and 2021. Pennsylvania’s power generation sector is one of the nation’s largest — and thus, also, one of the biggest emitters of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Environmental Protection Agency show a startling 9.6%

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Methane is a climate super-pollutant that is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. State leaders have taken first-in-the-nation steps to address livestock emissions, but much work remains to achieve 2030 targets. million cattle produce nearly 20 percent of all US milk.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

New technologies that capture and recycle carbon dioxide from industrial processes such as steel and cement making will be vital if the EU is to meet its goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and down to zero by 2050. Read the full story in Horizons.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 17, 2021

Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, responsible for fully 25 percent of warming. First, as a greenhouse gas, it is 20 to 85 times as potent as CO2. California, once again, as a sub-national government, leads the way with a 40% emission reduction target for 2030.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Understanding Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Increasing. F) of warming in the 21st century.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2021

Like all other industries, the clock is ticking for the sector to cut its carbon pollution, given President Joe Biden’s goal to halve the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. Using biogas for energy is not carbon neutral because burning the methane-rich gas still releases carbon dioxide.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

These measures led to a reduction of 78,650 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is equal to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 15,878 gas-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year or 182,909,597 miles. From the EPA GHG Equivalence Calculator as of Dec.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Methane is a really powerful greenhouse gas: it’s 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Fortunately, the federal government is developing new regulations to limit methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 75 per cent by 2030. Why is that such a big deal?

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Ivy Protocol

MAY 18, 2023

The year 2023 stands as a testament to this synergy, with a plethora of companies innovating in the carbon removal terrain with a shared goal of fighting climate change. Meeting the recent pathways laid out by the IPCC will require total cumulative net carbon dioxide removals of 20–660 GtCO2 by 2100.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 3, 2024

This blog may sound like a broken record as we have time and again warned about the risks of a business claiming that they will be “net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040” or the like. in a scheme to garner climate conscious customers. So, Letitia James’ problem is with beef.

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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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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

The UN agency concluded global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are at the highest levels in human history and without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors limiting climate change to 1.5°C They set out the state of climate mitigation and impacts in a report released on Monday the 4th of April. It was sombre reading.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 4, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The emissions from methane , a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose in 2023 despite several pledges and initiatives to reduce emissions. Graph credit: IEA.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

The rationale for this focus on the Ambition Gap is clear – despite the proliferation of net-zero pledges over recent years, governments’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain “ woefully insufficient to meet the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement ”. The gap between countries’ 2030 targets and 1.5°C

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan 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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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The latest science coming from a partnership between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of Washington (UW) highlights ways nature can help Washington achieve its net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by midcentury. million metric tons of CO2 annually by midcentury, accounting for over 9 percent of the state’s net-zero goal.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

o C in 2100, relative to pre-industrial times, is still avoidable, but whether or not we are able to stay within these limits and avert catastrophic climate change depends on achieving our climate goals of emissions reductions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels in 2030, on the way to net-zero emissions in 2050.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2022

Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan 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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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Climate Change Mitigation. Ecological Conservation. A Few Notable Vetoes.

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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

The social cost of carbon is an economic tool used to determine how much the cost is, in dollars, of emitting another ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. As carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere, it also traps heat surrounding the planet. The damage this heat creates is SCC. If the U.S.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

million metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions over its lifetime and infuse $15 million directly into the local economy through payments to participating landowners. The Flint Mine Solar Project will displace up to 4.9 Read more about RELDI here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

After the EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan in 2014, for example, fossil fuel interests and their backers tried to argue that the proposal’s 2030 emission-reduction targets were completely unrealistic, and that the country would see astronomically high costs and blackouts due to the rule. degrees Celsius.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2022

As the paper discusses in more detail, proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining requires significant energy consumption and thus produces large quantities of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. megatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year. Other estimates put Bitcoin’s annualized carbon footprint at 72.05

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

The SAFE Vehicle Rule proposes changes to EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light duty vehicles in model years (MY) 2021 through 2025. The rule will substantially increase vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. The rule will also increase upstream greenhouse gas emissions.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 16, 2017

These days the United States’ federal government is promoting coal and backtracking on climate ambition and the European Union is no longer cutting its greenhouse gases emissions. Recently India has unveiled working on having only electric cars on the roads by 2030. So, who is leading the fight against climate change ?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program provides $5 billion in grants to states, local governments, tribes, and territories to develop and implement ambitious plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution. billion for competitive implementation grants.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

This post is the third in a series of blogs that address specific legal features of the rule: Part One offered a summary of the final rule, and delved into the materiality threshold that was added throughout the rule, including for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

Most notably, thousands of corporations announced net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) pledges and hundreds of banks and other financial institutions committed to conform their lending to the requirements for a 2050 net-zero GHG world.

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