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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Last week, I joined my colleagues at COP28 in Dubai , as negotiators and civil society push for a fossil fuel phaseout to meet climate goals. The industry is pushing a narrative that misleadingly calls out emissions , not fossil fuels as the problem. Source: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.
Legal Planet
JUNE 16, 2022
According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.
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Law Columbia
JUNE 1, 2022
Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. Civil law cases. Kobe Steel Ltd.,
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 19, 2022
Thermal coal is the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel and increases global carbon pollution putting all countries at risk from the disastrous impacts of climate change. . According to the International Energy Agency , coal is “the single largest source of global temperature increase” in 2018. .
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Gigatonnes of CO 2 equivalent emissions from 1990 to 2018. Despite its stated commitment to pursuing a safe climate and its ratification of the Paris Agreement, the Indonesian government’s national carbon reduction targets under that Agreement are grossly inadequate, allowing Indonesia to increase emissions when it should be making deep cuts.
Edouard Stenger
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
A 2010 US study showed that stopping burning coal could be done by 2030 with renewables and energy efficiency. More recently, another study showed it had to be done in OECD nations to comply with the Paris Agreement targets. Ending fossil fuels subsidies and divesting away from coal will put the final nails in the coffin.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. EPA’s 2018 rule also suspended the prohibition for companies currently using ozone-depleting substances. In ruling on the challenge to the 2018 rule, the D.C. The court also rejected the contention that the 2018 rule was not final action.
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