Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Some events last week sent a strong signal that the tide is turning against fossil fuels. To paraphrase Churchill, this may not be beginning of the end for fossil fuels, but at least it is the end of the beginning of the campaign against them. Each of the events standing alone would have been noteworthy.

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

The term “fossil fuels”, however, is mentioned 16 times. It’s indeed true that emissions must go down, but we also must explicitly acknowledge that we need to reduce our dependence on coal, oil and gas (“fossil fuels”). Coal, on the other hand, is only mentioned once in connection with methane emissions.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2023

County of Monterey –a major case involving the authority of California local governments to limit oil and gas development within their borders. County of Monterey case raises important and difficult questions for both the justices and the Executive Branch of California state government.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

Soon after, García put her experience and her education into action, joining a consultant group that helped the Colombian government evaluate what policies could support the large-scale deployment of renewables for the country. Back home in Colombia, García’s family is witnessing the consequences of a fossil fuel-centered energy system.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Australia has had a change of government. The Liberal Party — conservative in everything but name — lost control of the federal government to Labor. So the change in government is more than welcome. Together we can take advantage of the opportunity for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower.”. of total GDP.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2022

Now the reports driven by these resolutions are beginning to roll in, and while they certainly provide some insight into the fossil fuel industry’s investment in political influence, a sleight of hand is preventing investors from seeing the companies’ full strategy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

That’s a really good thing given the central role we expect and need solar to play in a just transition away from fossil fuels. Climate, conservation, community Working on this project has powerfully reminded me how much has changed since I started in the solar energy field more than three decades ago.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

When they converge on Glasgow this fall to rekindle pivotal global climate negotiations that were dampened during the pandemic, diplomats and government ministers will confront a world much changed since their last convention. We’re trying to think of this as a development priority as opposed to a nature conservation priority.”.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Statement by Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition Canmore | Traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations – Denying the link between fossil fuels, CO2, and climate change will only hurt Alberta and its future economic well-being.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 1, 2022

After much speculation and pressure from campaigners and opposition parties, the UK government has finally confirmed that they will impose a windfall tax on the oil and gas industry. The fancy wording chosen by the UK government was instead a ‘temporary, targeted energy profits levy’. Surging energy prices.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

Since 2019, more than seventy local and state jurisdictions have followed Berkeley’s lead in requiring or strongly incentivizing all-electric or fossil-fuel-free new buildings, with more considering similar approaches. Options that remain available to local governments are addressed in the next section. Under EPCA, the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, raising livestock, making cement, and using synthetic fertilizers are among the actions that have increased the amount of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere to the point that the planet’s basic functions are coming undone. Some People Are More Vulnerable Than Others.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 6, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his government are intensifying their support for the fossil fuel industry, and they have thus distanced themselves further from climate action previously pursued by successive UK governments. Photo credit: 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via FLICKR.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With just weeks to go before COP26 kicks off, all eyes are on the British hosts and the Conservative government and its leader Boris Johnson. This is directly related to the Conservative’s problem with onshore wind which many MP’s and voters are opposed to for the simple fact that wind turbines are seen as an eyesore.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Gone are the net-zero promises and focus on a rapid clean energy transition, and in its place is a new narrative that more fossil fuels will solve the country’s energy crisis. The revamped UK government, almost unrecognisable from the one led by Boris Johnson , has opened up new licenses for North Sea oil and gas production.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Federal government releases new policy aimed at ending international public financing for fossil fuels, next step is ending domestic financing . The Government of Canada estimates that this policy will redirect $2.5 billion in fossil financing towards accelerating the urgent implementation of climate goals.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

By Adam Barnett DeSmog catalogues how oil and gas firms have forged ties with the highest levels of government, the media, and influential think tanks. This retreat from climate action did not happen in a vacuum but was fuelled by a steady campaign by a network of climate science deniers and fossil fuel interests.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

As the water in hydropower reservoirs drops, hydropower production is reduced, possibly increasing energy prices, or forcing some utilities to compensate for energy demands by using more fossil fuels for power generation. Water conservation. Higher water and energy prices disproportionately affect low-income families.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Although NRG Energy as a company does generate some electricity using some renewable sources like solar and wind, more than 80% of its fuel mix is from fossil fuels, according to a 2023 analysis of the top 47 investor-owned utilities. Reason # 4 is that all jet travel is environmentally damaging. for the Portland Thorns.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It is a highly professional and analytically competent organization, rather conservative, and quite sympathetic to the perspectives and business needs of the energy sector, including fossil-fuel producers. Given this shocking message, the responses were mostly predictable, but with a few interesting wrinkles. To paraphrase St.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Unfortunately, decades of government subsidies to the fossil fuel industry have hindered efforts to reuse and recycle. The post The REDUCE Act Rewards Reuse Rather Than Waste appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

Industry and government experts have long recognized that investing in our electric transmission system can provide a wide range of benefits , and MISO’s Long-Range Transmission Planning (LRTP) process is designed specifically to identify investments that capture those benefits for ratepayers. for every dollar invested. billion to $11.6

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the technologies that are being sold as climate saviours when their real objective is to prolong the life of the polluting fossil fuels which are driving climate change: carbon capture, offsets and ‘blue’ hydrogen. Producing and using fossil fuels creates a lot of damage beyond climate disasters.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The plaintiffs had asked the court to issue a “remedial plan” that would require Montana to take many steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel production in the state.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Because of fossil-fuel subsidies, it is currently cheaper to make plastics from crude oil than from recycled plastic. trillion despite committing to phasing out fossil fuel two years ago.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2022

Even if the world were able to shut off all fossil fuels today, we cannot avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis unless we simultaneously, and without delay , reduce emissions from tropical deforestation and other land use changes. These partnerships are critical for conserving important forested regions of our world.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

World leaders, government officials and representatives from the private sector and civil society gathered in New York September 16 to 22 for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week and New York Climate Week. Never miss an update Enter your email and never miss an update Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The big reservoirs on the Colorado River continued to shrink as a warming climate and inadequate conservation dry out the basin. To conserve supplies, the group of health agencies that coordinates global vaccine distribution began administering one shot instead of the typical two doses. Colorado River Basin’s Moment of Reckoning.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is a signal not only of the country’s unhealthy reliance on fossil fuels but also a failure to move away from gas in a way that other countries have done successfully. Despite the government`s big talk on climate action , the country has hardly made a dent in easing its reliance on gas in recent years. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 21, 2023

City of Berkeley , addressing whether the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) invalidates a Berkeley municipal ordinance specifying when natural-gas infrastructure can be extended into new buildings. The California Restaurant Association (CRA) sued Berkeley, based in part on the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA).

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In July, more than 500 organizations criticized North American governments’ support for CCS and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies. In August, the IPCC released the first installment of its Sixth Assessment Report. For many decades coal guaranteed economic growth and prosperity.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Here are 120 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Here are 68 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The head of DESNZ explained that fossil fuels today hold back rather than advancing the UK: “Fossil fuels cannot provide us with the energy security and affordability it once could, to ensure energy security we must build our energy independence based on clean energy”, he stated.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The ocean has already absorbed 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases and 26% of the carbon dioxide emitted by humans burning fossil fuels. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

The demand statement focuses on upholding Indigenous rights and respecting Indigenous knowledge, bold and ambitious climate action (including phasing out fossil fuels and guaranteeing a just transition to a sustainable clean energy economy), protecting and restoring nature and establishing environmental rights in Canada.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. As the CEO of Ocean Conservancy, I naturally look to our ocean. We can decrease production of virgin plastic that comes from fossil fuels and pollutes our ocean as well. We need bold plans and execution at all levels of government to combat climate change.

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