Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Until 2030 the EU shall emit 55 % less Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), compared to 1990 levels. Technically this shall be included in an amendment to the proposed Climate Law. this would not be sufficient to achieve a 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. It argues: `However, (.)

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The scoping process has been key to California’s success in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The State of New York most recently adopted the scoping process as part of an aggressive new scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The remainder of the post will take a closer look at the scoping process and at the current round of planning.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 6, 2023

Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an initiative measure that would have imposed severe restrictions on oil and gas development in Monterey County is preempted by state law and therefore invalid. The decision came in the case of Chevron U.S.A., County of Monterey.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

UCLA Professor of Law William Boyd. William Boyd is Professor of Law and Michael J. Klein Chair in Law at UCLA Law, with a joint appointment as Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability ; Alex Wang is Professor of Law at UCLA Law. UCLA Professor of Law Alex Wang.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

They called expert witnesses to calculate the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by activity in Montana, a major gas and coal producing state, and connected that to tangible impacts on ecosystems and humans in the state. ” Prioritizing fossil fuels over renewable energy in 2023 for insubstantial reasons does not pass strict scrutiny.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2023

The Vanuatu-led effort, which was initiated several years ago by law students at the University of the South Pacific, is now coming to fruition. If successful, the vote will invite the ICJ to issue an advisory opinion to clarify how existing international laws can be applied to strengthen action on climate change.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Council’s draft plan recommends a broad array of regulatory measures, legislation, and other state actions across every sector of the state’s economy – any and all of which could have significant implications for New York’s clean energy markets for decades to come. state energy] plan.”.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

With the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Tuesday Aug 16, the most significant climate legislation in US federal history (so far) became law. Despite the odd name (and greatly overused TLA ), the IRA contains a huge number of elements, totalling roughly $350 billion of investment, in climate solutions over the next ten years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 10, 2023

And, while a historic level of federal funding for climate action is on its way via the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, too many bad actors and opposition forces are working hard to stall and stop the help Californians need. based on our Equitable Grid Principles.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Let’s look at the three technological strategies which would lead to decarbonization of the transportation sector and the phaseout of petroleum by midcentury: 1) electrification, 2) strengthening greenhouse gas emission standards and fuel economy standards, and 3) clean liquid fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 23, 2022

It’s a political compromise with some simple changes to gun laws and some new investment in mental health services. . The Inflation Reduction Act makes some serious investments in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to slow global warming. Nowhere near sufficient. But maybe we aren’t ignoring it any longer.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Congress ratified the Kigali treaty, which will reduce emissions of super-greenhouse gases. The biggest of these stories is the Inflation Reduction Act, the first major climate law ever to pass Congress. It will reduce cumulative GHG emissions by an estimated 6.3 billion tons over the next decade.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Bridging the Gap: Ensuring a Just Transition for Rural Communities in the Clean Energy Revolution by Olivia Moulton As we begin transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy, we must be mindful of the disproportionate effects that the existing energy system has had on certain communities.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2023

Renewable energy projects have encountered significant opposition in at least 45 states. The report also describes, where applicable, state laws that preempt or curtail local restrictions. This report updates and considerably expands two previous Sabin Center reports, published in September 2021 and March 2022.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

That organization represents young people around the nation whose future–and present–is severely compromised by the country’s continued dependence on a carbon-based economy whose greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically changing our environment. Critically, the Juliana case relied on federal law. United States.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

So for my last Climate Law and Policy class at UCLA Law this semester, I once again asked my students to tell me what they are thinking about the future of climate policy in light of today’s global circumstances, keeping in mind lessons we’ve learned through the semester. –Richard Diaz, Master of Public Policy candidate, 2022.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

The state boasts cleaner water and air than many other states, significant and beautiful natural features, and progressive environmental laws. Million tons of regional CO2 per year, and providing energy cost savings to Mainers ($40 million per year in savings) and others in New England. The post Mainers Opposing Clean Renewable Energy?

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force, charged with making recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating in Louisiana, recently took another step towards that goal. This document contains proposed strategies and specific actions across several priority areas to be considered in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Furthermore, it goes out of its way to provide a definition by reference for “lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions” that unambiguously includes indirect emissions impacts, too. This won’t be a problem in the future when renewable energy predominates. But right now there is little slack in renewable energy buildout and use.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The CES relates to the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) in several ways, including that compliance with RPS programs counts toward certain CES compliance obligations. Why were these amendments made to the CES? What amendments were made to the CES?

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Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2021

The goal is to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% from 1990 levels by 2030. Meanwhile, China is ready to go live with its emissions trading system. is at risk of being left behind. The EU’s proposal is impressive. It would essentially ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

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Law and Environment

JULY 10, 2023

On June 26, 2023, the Cambridge City Council voted to amend the city’s Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) to require large non-residential buildings to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 and mid-size non-residential buildings to do so by 2050.

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Law and Environment

JULY 22, 2021

Despite the fact that utility regulators play a huge role in our energy sector–the sector primarily responsible for historical U.S. greenhouse gas emissions–they have had little to do with addressing climate change. This enhanced vision of utility regulation gives me hope in the fight against climate change.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 1, 2023

That the public unveiling of a new federal standard was made at Greenbuild 23, ‘the’ target rich environment of the year for green people and the very best place to learn what is new in green building, should not be lost on anyone given that the construction and building sector accounts for more than 39% of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund have just launched IRAtracker.org. Section 60103 creates a “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” (GGRF), which the EPA Administrator can use to make grants for the deployment of zero-emission technologies, and to carry out other greenhouse gas emission reduction activities.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

have long demonstrated leadership on climate change, with more than 170 of them having set targets to phase out fossil energy and many others committing to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. A new Sabin Center report, Cities Climate Law: A Legal Framework for Local Action in the U.S. , Cities around the U.S.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. Did the companies initiate plans to cut emissions or were they forced to do so by state law? thanks to Jetta Cook, Berkeley Law ’22). (1) 1) NextEra Energy.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

The European Green Deal and the proposed European Climate Law reinforce the EU’s goal to achieve “net zero” emissions by 2050, meaning that the EU will emit no more greenhouse gases than it removes from the air (for example through reforestation). insufficient renewable energy targets) or “delivery gaps” (i.e.,

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

To decarbonize our energy system, electrify transportation and buildings, and drastically reduce our contribution to climate change, we’ll need to develop and deploy significant wind, solar, and other renewable energy generating facilities as quickly as possible. One in particular is the state of our electric grid.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The changes are designed to support a renewable energy grid, make buildings more energy efficient, support the use of electric vehicles, and reduce waste and stormwater runoff. Create the newly defined use “energy infrastructure equipment” (EIE), and add it to Use Groups 4, 6, and 14 (ZR 12-10, 22-14, 32-15, 32-23).

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

(This post was authored by Eric Peshkin, a JD candidate at NYU School of Law and CLEE summer research assistant). This appears to be the only national level agricultural methane target currently in law. Last week , global leaders announced a commitment to reducing global methane emissions. Cap-and-Trade Programs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

The EV transition offers many advantages, including the ability to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. As the electricity grid transitions to renewable energy, more stationary storage batteries are necessary to ensure electricity is available at all times.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

Based on numerous sources, Governor Baker has now signed an Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind. This law should go a long way in increasing the percentage of ZEVs and helping the Commonwealth achieve its clean transportation goals. The Department shall approve the rebates not later than June 30, 2023; and.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

Modeling from Evolved Energy Research (where our panelist Jeremy Hargreaves is a principal) and Princeton University shows that reaching the IRA’s full potential for greenhouse-gas reductions will require transmission capacity to grow at a rate of about 2.3% per year—double last decade’s growth rate.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Specifically, New York is statutorily required to achieve: An economy-wide 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; 70% renewable energy consumption by 2030 followed by a 100% zero-emission electric system by 2040; and.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Colombia accounts for 0.4 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”). So far, the country has adopted several laws to strengthen the legal framework towards achieving these goals. Among the main legal statutes are: Law 164 of 1994 on the UNFCCC. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol. of the national total.

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