Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The post EPA’s $27 Billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to Prioritize Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. A minimum of $15 billion from the $27 billion fund will be allocated towards aiding underprivileged and low-income communities, and there will be two award competitions.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The post Clorox Aims Trims Greenhouse Gases By 32% and Energy Use by 17% From 2011 Baseline appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Clorox's key priorities include using 100% renewable energy to power its operations and reaching net-zero targets by 2050 from a 2011 baseline.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 9, 2023

When recent shifts from coal to lower-emission fuels, such as natural gas, have helped reduce the amount of emissions associated with energy usage.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 19, 2023

According to a Cornell study, the metaverse can greatly contribute to reducing business travel, a major carbon emitter as well as reduce transportation and commercial energy usage, transforming energy distribution.

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Real Climate

JULY 10, 2022

Step 1: There is a natural greenhouse effect. Thus there must be a large amount of IR absorbed by the atmosphere (around 158 W/m 2 ) – a number that would be zero in the absence of any greenhouse substances. Step 2: Trace gases contribute to the natural greenhouse effect. The Earth’s Energy Budget (NASA).

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Oil, gas, and coal exports are not counted when countries tally their greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. This allows wealthy nations to report progress on emissions reduction goals, while shipping their fossil fuels — and the pollution they produce — overseas. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

JUNE 8, 2021

As part of a broader effort to create a circular economy that reduces waste and greenhouse gas emissions, the EU will ban a host of throwaway plastic items next month and is creating an expansive and lucrative market for recycled plastics. Read more on E360 ?.

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Yale E360

JUNE 17, 2021

Now, scientists see the beginnings of a more sudden, disruptive rearrangement of the world’s flora — a trend that will intensify if greenhouse gas emissions are not reined in. Previous periods of rapid warming millions of years ago drastically altered plants and forests on Earth. Read more on E360 ?.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

We can explore the issues and pitfalls of this using the ‘simple model’ of the greenhouse effect we explored back in 2007. The simplest model for the greenhouse effect. Over the last 20 years the LW radiative forcing change from well-mixed greenhouse gases is around 0.7 A simple model with feedbacks.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Shaken by global instability and a populist backlash, European nations are retreating from plans to reduce greenhouse gases, promote sustainable farming practices, and boost biodiversity. Green advocates fear the EU will fail to meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

MAY 19, 2022

Despite decades of studies and climate summits, greenhouse gas emissions continue to soar. Energy scientist Vaclav Smil says it’s time to stop ricocheting between apocalyptic forecasts and rosy models of rapid CO2 cuts and focus on the difficult task of remaking our energy system. Read more on E360 ?.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It is 33 years now since the IPCC in its first report in 1990 concluded that it is “certain” that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities “will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth’s surface.”

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air. Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is the most important greenhouse gas that we have added to the atmosphere, however, some of it has been absorbed by land and oceans.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

So this is an attempt to put all of that in context and provide a hopefully comprehensive guide to how, when, and why to properly compare the two greenhouse gases. You might recall that GWP is defined as the ratio on per-kg basis of the temperature impact of other greenhouse gases compared to CO 2 over a specific time period.

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Yale E360

JUNE 15, 2021

New satellites are bolstering this urgent mission by pinpointing emitters of this potent greenhouse gas from space. Stemming the methane leaks from landfills, oil fields, natural gas pipelines and more is one of the most powerful levers we have to quickly slow global warming. Read more on E360 ?.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Wabtec estimates that the FLXdrive reduces a freight train’s total fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, particulate matter, and nitrogen oxides by at least 10%. The post Union Pacific To Purchase Ten Battery-Powered Locomotives from Wabtec appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 7, 2022

of the globe’s greenhouse gases. Patagonia is committed to organic materials and running all its operations using renewable energy. Indeed, the apparel industry is responsible for 6.7% The post Patagonia is Committed to Using Organic Materials and 100% Renewable Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Net-zero greenhouse gas emission does not have any geophysical significance. Wherever the authors had made a reference to net-zero CO2 emissions, the Saudis (and sometimes China) tried to amend it to say net-zero greenhouse gases instead. coming as part of the upgrade to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for the COP26 meeting.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 19, 2022

Nine global brands have been added to the Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition (Supplier LoCT), a consortium created to accelerate action throughout the supply chain in the march toward net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. This California law imposes limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles, a breakthrough in U.S. If I were listing laws in order of importance, I would put the CAA on top. Pavley Act.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Once enacted by the Governor, these two bills will set a new national standard for greenhouse gas emissions reporting and for disclosure of climate-related financial risks consistent with the framework established by the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). Breaking news!

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Scientists say climate negotiators have misjudged the effects of rising methane emissions and warn the potent greenhouse gas could imperil hopes of meeting mid-century climate targets. The key, they say, is to focus on cutting those emissions and their big short-term impact. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

This concern centers on the fact that by premising eligibility of combustion or gasification (C&G) facilities on net greenhouse gas emissions rates, the framework opens the door to complex issues requiring careful resolution to avoid heavily polluting generators exploiting carbon accounting loopholes. Fuel blending.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The challenge with all detection & attribution (D&A) work is that it must rely on counter-factuals – i.e. estimates of how the climate would behave in special cases – for instance, if the only forcing was greenhouse gases, or if there was only natural forcings or only internal variability. Hegerl et al., References.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 19, 2022

European Union governments and lawmakers reached a deal Sunday about key elements of the 27-nation bloc’s green deal, reforming the EU’s trading system for greenhouse gas emissions. The post EU Reforms Elements of the Green Deal appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

To identify which fuels should be promoted, CARB calculates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels. In these “carbon intensity” calculations, CARB is not allowed to count reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are already required by law. Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.

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Environment + Energy Leader

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Campbell Soup Company and Enel North America today announced a 12-year virtual renewable power purchase agreement, supporting Campbell’s goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The post Campbell Soup Company to Source 115 MW of Renewable Energy from Oklahoma Wind Farm appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). All this can be explained by physical processes and an enhanced greenhouse effect.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Kellogg is starting a program that will help rice farmers with sustainable practices that encourages them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The post Kellogg Program Rewards Rice Farmers for Emissions Reductions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Lowe's today announced its goal to reach net-zero emissions across the company's scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The post How Lowe’s Plans to Reach Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Yale E360

APRIL 21, 2022

This could spur an expansion of LNG terminals, which analysts say would lead to long-term increases in gas production and greenhouse gas emissions. plans to boost liquefied natural gas exports to Europe to help the EU reduce its dependence on Russian gas. Read more on E360 ?.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The Low Carbon solutions division is targeting greenhouse gas reductions in hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as heavy industry, commercial transportation, and power generation using a combination of lower-emission fuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage.

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Blackstone, which has stakes in more than 250 companies and 10,000 real estate holdings, will utilize Sphera’s platform to enhance its ability to measure progress against decarbonization efforts and strategically manage greenhouse gas emissions.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 24, 2023

By deploying the 700 delivery EVs, Frito-Lay will lower emissions by 7,052 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) annually. The company’s recent announcement is part of their goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2040.

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Legal Planet

JULY 21, 2022

Here’s the EPA authority the Court hasn’t touched: EPA’s jurisdiction over greenhouse gases. EPA , which gave EPA authority to regulate greenhouses gases. In order to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs), EPA first had to make an official finding that their emissions threaten public health and welfare.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 3, 2023

Signify helps complete Greece's first installation of LED lighting in a greenhouse for indoor vegetable cultivation. The post Philips LEDs Increase Sustainable Production in Greece appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Yale E360

AUGUST 3, 2021

While pandemic-related lockdowns led to a dramatic drop in greenhouse gas emissions last year, the event that had the biggest impact on the climate in 2020 was actually a series of devastating bushfires in Australia, according to a new study.

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