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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. trillion tons.]

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DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report

PA Environment Daily

As of 2020, the three largest sources of emissions in Pennsylvania are: -- Electricity Generation (29% of gross emissions) -- Transportation Fuel Consumption (22% of gross emissions) -- Industrial Emissions (19% of gross emissions) Emissions from electricity generation decreased 10.4% from 2005 to 2020.

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Challenge to New York’s Participation in RGGI Dismissed

Law Columbia

First, it challenged the authority of Governor Cuomo, DEC, and NYSERDA to enter into the RGGI program because the state legislature never approved the memorandum signed by former Governor Pataki in 2005, or authorized Governor Pataki, DEC, or NYSERDA to join the program. The case was not brought until 2011.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

19] France spends just over half as much per kilowatt-hour for electricity that produces one-tenth of the carbon emissions of German electricity. [20] could reduce carbon emissions 42 percent and generate 70 percent of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2030. trillion. [25] 18] Michael Greenstone et al.,

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

crops declined 18% between 1980 and 2008 and is today 80 percent lower than their 1972 peak. [17] Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. 63] This difference in emissions comes down to diet and lifespan.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Shell: 100 Years is Enough by Corporate Watch (UK).

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

Corp Watch

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Shell: 100 Years is Enough by Corporate Watch (UK).