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Ontario is selling our Clean Energy Credit out from under us

Enviromental Defense

Last week, on Monday November 14, as part of its Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review , the Ontario government officially announced it would be developing a voluntary clean energy credit (CEC) registry. Now, the Ontario government is crafting an official Clean Energy Credit system that will presumably require transparency.

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The Ontario government boasts about a “clean energy advantage” while dismantling it

Enviromental Defense

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent. It will be something to watch.

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The Ontario government boasts about a “clean energy advantage” while dismantling it

Enviromental Defense

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent. It will be something to watch.

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Why is Congress’s Climate Breakthrough Such a Big Deal? Because Without It, We’d Be Irreparably Off Course.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Over the past year, precisely as our ability to identify the specific magnitude of action required to hit 2030 climate targets of 50-52 percent below 2005 levels has resolved into ever clearer view, the range of viable pathways for meeting those targets has consistently and considerably narrowed. It was bad news all the way down.

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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Union of Concerned Scientists

Because while this decision does still recognize EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, it simultaneously sharply curtails the agency’s ability to do so. EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. But that’s about where the good news ends.

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Emissions by the Big Utilities: Where They Are, What They’re Aiming For

Legal Planet

NextEra Energy. 67% cut from 2005 by 2025. Net zero by 2050, 50% cut by 2030, and 100% clean energy by 2040. Carbon Reduction Goal : Reduce CO2 emissions rate by 67% by 2025 from an adjusted 2005 baseline. 2) Duke Energy. Generated Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Fossil Fuel Use. VHC = Coal + Oil).

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The Energy Transition is Underway but More Needs to be Done for a Climate-Safe Future

Enviromental Defense

In this year’s World Energy Outlook report, the IEA showed a peak in demand in fossil fuels this decade due to the rise in clean energy technologies. Not only that, but the share of fossil fuels in our global energy supply is also decreasing because of clean energy. This is a big deal.