Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund dropped the company from its portfolio because of environmental destruction from mining in Indonesia. In 2019, it signed an agreement with a Chinese steelmaker to find ways to reduce emissions from steel making. In 2021, it release plans to spend $7.5 aligned were achieved.”.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This first report presents data from 2021, but only for a few topics. The report’s authors claim that success in lowering carbon emissions will be determined by how well the world manages its water. Freshwater ecosystems like marshes and wetlands store carbon, protect biodiversity, and improve soil and water quality.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Canadian decision makers in government and business are ill-served by the 2021 Canada’s Energy Future report released today by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Astoundingly, the CER does not even estimate carbon emissions for its chosen scenarios.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States. In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. As in the United States, state governments made some effort to pick up the slack. As in the U.S.,

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. Drought and carbon neutrality. “By

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

That’s understandable in terms of India’s current carbon emissions, which are now only a quarter of China’s. But given the growth of the economy, carbon emissions were projected to continuing growing steadily through 2030. the national government isn’t the only presence in terms of climate policy.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

What is South Korea doing to cut its emissions? Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. With economic growth have come carbon emissions. As of 2016, half of its total emissions are from the power sector, with 20% from industry and 15% from transportation, and.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

“The need for urgent action to address the climate crisis was front and centre in the 2021 Speech from the Throne. We’re also compelled to note the huge levels of public spending the government continues to provide to climate culprits, including for false solutions like carbon capture and fossil hydrogen.”

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People — With Canada’s 2021 federal election just five weeks away, a coalition of 34 Canada’s leading environmental organizations are calling on everyone in Canada to vote on September 20 — and when they do, vote for a green and just recovery from COVID-19.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Today marks one year since the precedent-setting court ruling in the Netherlands, which ordered Shell to cut its activities’ carbon emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels to align with the Paris climate agreement. The industry’s actions, the CHR report said, were driven “not by ignorance, but greed.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2021

On August 30, Allentown-based PPL Corporation published reports focused on the company's sustainability performance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Net-Zero Carbon Goal PPL has set a goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Posted: August 30, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A look back at significant decisions in climate litigation in 2021. 2021 was a significant year for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. Perhaps the most significant decision in climate litigation in 2021 came from the Netherlands.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 26, 2022

The White House has taken a strong stance in expanding the production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation industry. The Administration has identified the aviation industry as a climate priority in its push to reduce the country’s carbon footprint. White House SAF Initiative.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy. The US also works with electric vehicle manufacturers VinBus and VinFast, as well as Vietnam’s largest electric utility, to support the country’s goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

Though transportation emissions decreased around 10% from the previous pre-pandemic year, no one would wish for the turmoil and economic disruption that came with it. FHWA, 2021 ). In December 2021, Colorado approved a greenhouse gas emission reduction standard to require this analysis, and other states are thinking to do the same.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This report is used by federal and provincial governments developing public policy, energy companies making decisions about future directions, and investors trying to figure out where to put their money. Second, none of the scenarios include estimates of Canada’s carbon emissions. No assessment of carbon emissions.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 16, 2022

Legislative instruments play a critical role in empowering governments to take urgent and strategic actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change and can significantly impact the growth of climate litigation in a particular jurisdiction. Overview of the Climate Change Act 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By recognizing and documenting the threat of climate change to cultural heritage, we add one more important layer of rights-based obligations to hold nations accountable for reducing carbon emissions. Cultural heritage is under immediate and urgent threat from climate change worldwide. What’s next for climate and cultural rights?

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

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Law and Environment

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Massachusetts will soon see significant updates to the energy codes that govern the construction and alteration of buildings throughout the Commonwealth. In short, the new regulations unquestionably set the Commonwealth on a course to electrify new construction and squeeze carbon emissions out of new buildings.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On November 24, Queen’s Park Today reported that in response to the Ontario Liberal Party’s campaign proposal to offer electric vehicle incentives, Minister Piccini claimed the Progressive Conservative government policies have already led to “a 210 per cent increase in EV (electric vehicle) sales year over year from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021.”.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The court found that the UK Government’s plans to cut carbon emissions were inadequate and breached national law. The NZS was adopted in October 2021 under s.13 It requires the UK Government to set, and meet, legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — August 9, 2021. government to allow Indigenous people to continue stewarding the lands as they did before colonization. All of the carbon emissions that are contributing to climate change and the climate crisis, you have to root it back to what colonialism’s goal is in the first place,” she said.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Experts in the airline industry estimate these eco-friendly options will contribute to roughly 65% of emission reductions. When it comes to the airline industry, sustainable aviation fuel may be its ticket to a low-carbon future. In April, Air Canada committed to investing $50 million in SAFs and other carbon-reducing technologies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

That requires bringing global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. To meet that goal, the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap released in 2021 says no new oil and gas supply projects can come online. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Author: Sorcha Brennan Professor Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been a Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. However, people might say, ‘Wait a minute, in the 1850s, nobody knew about carbon.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

“This collaboration with Constellation is an exciting next step toward meeting our environmental goals of reaching 100% renewable purchased electricity by 2025 and reducing carbon emissions and energy use 75% by 2035.” In 2021, PNC financed solar projects that collectively could generate more than 2,000 megawatts of solar assets.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On September 9, National Fuel Gas Company announced the release of its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report , providing a comprehensive review of environmental, social, and governance performance metrics.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These events highlighted clean trucks as a growing priority for a few reasons: Trucks have a disproportionate impact on public health and carbon emissions. Indeed, in the US, trucks make up only 5% of vehicles on the road but account for more than 25% of overall transportation emissions.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. Writ large, transportation is responsible for 29 percent of US carbon emissions—more than any other sector—and car and truck emissions today represent 81 percent of the US transportation sector’s global warming pollution.

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Acoel

MAY 11, 2022

Recent articles in the New York Times about peatlands underscore their importance in sequestering carbon. Peatland protection is receiving greater attention since last November’s COP 26 Climate Summit where 141 government signatories, including the United States, pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 9, 2023

When the Act was passed in 2021 , it recognized that existing climate investments were not enough and that revenue raised through the CCA should be dedicated to reducing carbon emissions, transitioning our state to a carbon-free economy, and enhancing climate resilience. © Benjamin Drummond.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 9, 2022

In 2021 only, severe weather events caused $2.1 The best way to reduce the negative financial effects of climate change, or climate-related financial risks, is to reduce the impacts of climate change by investing in a net-zero carbon emission economy. A recent Bill tabled in the Senate offers clear-eyed solutions.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

in 2021, according to LinkedIn’s Green Skills Report. In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. According to a 2021 report from Syntao, 1,092 A-listed firms in China (25.3% in 2015 to 13.3%

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

29th of July was the day calculated as Earth Overshoot Day for 2021, the day which marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. carbon footprint increase over last year, as well as the 0.5% Image credit: Earth Overshoot Day.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82

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