Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

By coincidence rather than design, two different approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector have been under discussion by North Carolina agencies since 2021. The two approaches share goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70% by 2030 (from a 2005 baseline) and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force published the Louisiana Climate Initiatives Interim Report earlier this month, which outlines the process by which the Task Force plans to develop climate actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana. The Task Force is charged with making recommendations to achieve these goals.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2024

Two years after Prime Minister Trudeau first promised to limit and reduce Canada’s oil and gas emissions, the federal government finally released a regulatory framework at COP 28, in December 2023. Of course this means that the federal government has to fast track the development of the cap. The framework is by no means perfect.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force published the Louisiana Climate Initiatives Interim Report earlier this month, which outlines the process by which the Task Force plans to develop climate actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana. The Task Force is charged with making recommendations to achieve these goals.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

However, whether Canada is prepared for the transition or continues to prop up a dying fossil fuel industry very much depends on what the federal government does in the coming months. The findings of the IEA are used by both the public (government) and private sectors when making important decisions. What does this mean for Canada?

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

The motion asks the company to produce a report examining how Enbridge’s governance systems are functioning. The motion asks the company to produce a report examining how Enbridge’s governance systems are functioning. Just like it’s expanding gas network, Enbridge is also expanding greenhouse gas emissions.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

It turns out that, two years later, the government has only implemented six of those recommendations. Ontario is failing to reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. This is pitiful, especially because p rovinces hold sizable levers that can reduce (or increase) greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

And so just by hearing it , members of the Supreme Court seemed to tip their hand, signaling a majority actively on the hunt for a chance to slash away at the government’s ability to advance vital environmental and public health safeguards. Unfortunately, those ominous signs were right on the mark. But that’s about where the good news ends.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Statement by Aly Hyder Ali, Oil and Gas Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – We applaud the Government of Canada for releasing the much awaited framework on the oil and gas emissions cap. The government should not distribute free allocations. We cannot afford any more delays.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

Those goals call for a statewide reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2025, with a further 80 percent reduction by 2050 from 2005 levels. Wolf’s 2019 Executive Order also established the PA GreenGov Council, which develops strategies to help state government reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

At last year’s edition of the climate negotiations, the Government of Canada made a promise to cap oil and gas emissions – a bold and historic first. The federal government’s announcement last year was a big deal – it sent a strong signal that this government is finally ready to tackle the oil and gas industry’s pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

Transportation is now the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. The country had a dip in transportation emissions around 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, when damage to refineries and production caused oil prices to spike above $70 a barrel (that’s a lot). Bleviss, 2020 ).

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

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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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In 2021, the Government of Canada set out a target to reduce 40-45 per cent of its emissions by 2030, from 2005 levels. The report is clear that government action must target the most polluting industries. The report is clear that government action must target the most polluting industries.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

This is outrageous, especially given that Ontario successfully phased out coal-fired power plants between 2005 and 2017 and brought down greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 93 per cent. The Ontario government may not care about climate change but the Federal government says it does. What a boondoggle!

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Despite accounting for just 5 per cent of Canada’s economy, the oil and gas sector is the largest and fastest growing source of climate pollution, accounting for 27 per cent of Canada’s domestic greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions from the sector are rising; they have increased by nearly 20 per cent from 2005 levels. degrees Celsius.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 10, 2023

Emissions from the oil and gas industry in Canada now account for nearly 30 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. From 2005-2021, oil and gas emissions in Canada increased by 12 per cent , while other industries, such as electricity and heavy industry, reduced their own pollution during that same period. degrees Celsius.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Between 2005 and 2017 Ontario phased-out coal plants, reducing greenhouse gas pollution from our electricity system by 93 per cent. Had the current provincial government not canceled over 750 renewable energy projects in its first term, we would already be in a better position.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To a recent Reuters article , the government is pushing towards energy security and more renewables, so these encouraging results may just be the beginning. As Politico notes , « Greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector have reduced by a quarter « between 2005 and 2022, largely thanks to 14 GW of solar in June 2023 (!)

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

o C in 2100, relative to pre-industrial times, is still avoidable, but whether or not we are able to stay within these limits and avert catastrophic climate change depends on achieving our climate goals of emissions reductions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels in 2030, on the way to net-zero emissions in 2050.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

APRIL 1, 2021

Greenhouse gas emissions will continue to rise over the next decades and this will exacerbate climate change risk in both predictable and unpredictable ways. My 2005 RESTAT paper on the Death Toll from Natural Disasters was my first paper on rising resilience. My book emphasizes that an important race is now taking place.

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Manning Law

MARCH 15, 2022

Work on clean electricity, the Minister says, will also be key to reaching Canada’s ambitious and achievable emissions reduction target of 40 to 45 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050. Manning Environmental Law is a Canadian law firm based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 23, 2023

This blog post highlights three ways in which this pioneering carbon capture and storage (CCS) operation could advance the field—through its economic aspects, climate governance, and the pertinent international legal regime. As such, it advances economic aspects and climate governance considerations about CCS.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Under Governor Wolf, we’ve accelerated and expanded work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to equip Pennsylvania’s communities, businesses, and individual residents to address climate change impacts occurring now and projected for the near future. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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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 Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

But in the long term, they see increasingly strong government climate policies continuing to pop up and understand that if they are going to achieve their goal of keeping the country dependent on their product, they need to keep prices at a socially acceptable level so that people don’t switch to other technologies that are cheaper—and cleaner.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

As climate change has become a more pervasive and urgent political issue, governments around the world have started to look to soil as a potential part of the solution. It was a topic for farmers or agronomists, outside the sphere of influence for most people. Not so in the modern day, however. Soils are becoming a true kitchen table issue.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Executive Order 80 supports the 2015 Paris Agreement and sets several goals for the state to meet by 2025: Reduce state greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels. The most direct effect of the executive order will be on state government operations. Increase the number of zero-emission vehicles in the state to 80,000.

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

In the Unites States’ march to transition to clean energy and reduce greenhouse gasses, resilience may be the most important word to summarize 2021. Over the past decade, economy-wide emissions are down 15 percent from 2005 levels. The federal government is also taking notice. The long-term trend of the U.S. and our allies.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Other Key Sources Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's profile on ExxonMobil - UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is an NGO that employs researchers on five continents who work with activists, companies and governments alike to advance human rights in business by eradicating abuse.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

For the first time since 2005, we'll add three new parks to our national award-winning system to bring our total to 124. Farmers, foresters, and government officials from municipalities, counties, and state government, along with many others, have found ways to reduce runoff pollution and improve river and stream health.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Other Key Sources Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's profile on ExxonMobil - UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is an NGO that employs researchers on five continents who work with activists, companies and governments alike to advance human rights in business by eradicating abuse.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

These include: adoption of the Marrakech Action Proclamation , in which government leaders re-affirmed their commitment to “full implementation” of the Paris Agreement and called for “urgently raising ambition and strengthening cooperation amongst ourselves,” so as to “meet the [Agreement’s] long-term temperature goals;”. billion per year.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

Driven by emissions from power generation and industrial activity — activity that generates jobs and economic opportunity for southwestern Pennsylvania — our greenhouse gas emissions, on a per capita basis, are about 50% higher than elsewhere in the state or country. Our region is currently a primary hub of carbon-based energy production.

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