Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Renewables are 6% of power.
Legal Planet
APRIL 3, 2023
EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Standards for carbon and methane emissions from new sources Permitting requirements for carbon emissions from new stationary sources of major sources of existing pollutants. Standards for emissions from new vehicles.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 12, 2022
All told, they represent 56 percent of the US population, generate 62 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and are responsible for 43 percent of the country’s annual carbon emissions. We found that states have technically feasible and highly beneficial ways to achieve 100-percent renewable energy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. The package represents progress on a number of fronts. What’s In the Bills?
Legal Planet
JUNE 16, 2022
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. According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels.
Physics World
OCTOBER 28, 2021
First up I look at some of the latest developments in energy research – wind, solar, nuclear and energy storage. I’m joined by Daniel Kammen from the University of California, Berkeley, in the US, whose research interests span renewable energy, nuclear power and public policy.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The Grohnde plant is one of the German nuclear power plants which is due to shut down at the end of 2021. A recent report has shed light on the scale of the climate cost of Germany decommissioning its nuclear power plants. Photo credit: Preussen Elektra. By Anders Lorenzen.
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