CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO 2 e) per service population for development projects because the record lacked substantial evidence that the threshold, which relied on statewide service population and GHG inventory data, was appropriate to apply to San Diego County development projects.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

In 2008, Congress directed EPA to develop a rule to “require mandatory reporting of GHG emissions above appropriate thresholds in all sectors of the economy.” The third disclosure regime at play in the United States comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and focuses solely on GHG emissions.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide are great absorbers of heat radiation coming from the Earth’s surface. Increased levels of greenhouse gases from human industry and agriculture are the root cause of the erosion occurring within the Pacific Islands. should be. [4] References. [1] 3] Gombos, M.,

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

2009 – 2010 TC Energy Corporation: 2002 – 2008 Villain Career Profile Climate Villain Susannah Pierce works hard to raise global temperatures on behalf of the oil and gas industry, with two decades of experience marketing, developing, and lobbying the government for further expansion of fossil fuels. 2010 – 2013 Shell Oil Company Inc.:

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The DEP Energy Programs Office began developing state climate action plans about 10 years ago, as required by the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008. Pennsylvania is acting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Public Health : Based on a law first introduced in 2008 and then the success of a pilot program initially implemented in the heart of London dating to 2019, the first year of this program alone will reduce GHG emissions by 45% from those vehicles that are no longer there. using 1,175 cameras to monitor which cars enter and exit the zone.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Burning coal in these two regions account for a little under two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with 1.29 Burning coal emits twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas and up to 50 times more than solar and wind in their entire lifecycles (manufacturing and recycling included). A moral imperative.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

In December 2008, then-EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson issued a memorandum indicating that the PSD Program applies to pollutants that are subject to either an actual provision in the Clean Air Act or a regulation adopted by the EPA under the Act which requires actual control of emissions of that pollutant.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

An estimated 10 percent of emissions of methane — a gas with 34 times more planet-warming potential than carbon dioxide — come from active or abandoned coal mines. In recent rounds of reauthorization, Congress reduced the AML fee: the 2006 reauthorization reduced the fee by 10 percent in 2008, and another 10 percent in 2013.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

carbon dioxide. In fact, British Columbia’s foray into carbon taxes in 2008 has been so successful that. But the most direct way to catalyze behavior change is to implement an environmental tax. Environmental taxes are levied on a physical unit of anything that has a proven negative effect on the environment, such as.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Figure 1: Size reference for atmospheric particles (US EPA 2016) and a general structure of freshly created black carbon. Direct Environmental Effects Did you know that black carbon is the second most important warming agent in our atmosphere behind carbon dioxide (CO 2 )? Health Effects of Black Carbon.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

Land-based wind similarly experienced temporary cost increases during the 2008 economic recession. While the cost of offshore wind projects has increased in the past two years due to inflation, rising commodity prices, and supply chain pressures, UCS expects these effects to be temporary.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Anaerobic digestion is a biological process happening naturally that breaks down organic matter in an airless environment, resulting in the generation of methane and carbon dioxide (among other things, see below). Carbon dioxide makes up to one third of biogas and could potentially be another revenue stream for operators.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

At a time where scientists are trying to figure out how to suck the excess carbon out of our atmosphere, Mother Nature has known how to do it for millions of years. Trees are very efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide. It is estimated that one acre of forest absorbs six tons of carbon dioxide and puts out four tons of oxygen.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) estimates that it will produce 576 million barrels of oil over its 30-year lifetime, resulting in more than 239 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 )-equivalent. This kind of closed loop, circular reasoning is inappropriate when addressing the impacts of a massive fossil fuel project.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The FWS concluded in 2008 that the trout should be listed but reversed course in 2014 and concluded that listing was no longer warranted. The court did, however, find that the FWS failed to explain different methodologies it used in 2008 and 2014 to calculate the number of healthy populations of the trout. Bernhardt , No. filed Sept.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

This electricity must include “24/7 carbon pollution-free electricity” that matches “actual electricity consumption on an hourly basis” and is “produced within the same regional grid where the energy is consumed.”

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

By Joshua Bledsoe , Kevin Homrighausen , and John Detrich On December 2, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final report that substantially increases estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (collectively, SC-GHG). 3d 1172 (9th Cir.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2024

Billion In Revenue Up For Discussion In House -- The Center Square: Education Spending Trends Deliver Mixed Results In PA -- PA Capital-Star: PA Lawmakers Consider How To Measure Success Of Taxpayer-Funded Universities -- Dept.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

BLM estimates that the project will produce up to 576 million barrels of oil over its 30-year lifetime, resulting in indirect emissions totaling 239 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

Fact: DCNR testified at the Senate’s March 4 budget hearing, 65 percent of the prime natural gas leases on State Forest land in 2008-2013 have not been developed. DCNR has not authorized any unconventional natural gas drilling under State Park lands. Read more here. House and Senate Republicans have been opposed to the regulations since Gov.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Several factors¾including the effects of the economic recession, shifts in energy markets from coal to natural gas and renewable energy sources, and carbon pollution mitigation and clean energy programs like renewable portfolio standards¾have been identified as principal drivers of these reductions. [2]. emissions from the power sector. [3].

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

-- PaHomePage: New Details On Underground Mine Fire In Columbia County -- Inside Climate News: A Company Planning A Drilling Spree In New York’s Southern Tier Goes Silent As Lawmakers Seek To Ban Use Of Carbon Dioxide To Produce Shale Gas -- Warren Times: Tapping Into Best Of Natural World [Maple Tapping Season] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: (..)

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

In addition, Coal Industry Petitioners and another set of petitioners with members that included companies in the petroleum, trucking, forest products, and other industries, as well as individuals and nonprofit organizations, filed briefs arguing that EPA could not regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants under Section 111.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 13, 2022

If the US had shaved even a single percent off its emissions each year from 1992 to 2008, our emissions would have grown less than 9% instead of 25% over the whole time period. That equals the amount emissions dropped in 2020 during the COVID lockdown, but spread over almost thirty years.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

crops declined 18% between 1980 and 2008 and is today 80 percent lower than their 1972 peak. [17] 32] Part of the reason the planet is greening stems from greater carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and greater planetary warming. [33] 33] Scientists find that plants grow faster as a result of higher carbon dioxide concentrations.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Circuit’s January 2021 decision vacating the Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule for carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. On June 23, 2021, two additional petitions for writ of certiorari were filed seeking Supreme Court review of the D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Since 2008, RGGI states successfully cut power sector emissions in half, reduced electricity prices, and outpaced the nation in economic growth, all while creating $4 billion in net economic gains, and nearly 50,000 job years of employment. RGGI has more than a long history of economic success.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Conservation Leadership - 2008 to 2020: -- 233 Stories: These Conservation Leaders Gave Us Cleaner Water, Land & Air In 2020! They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support! -- Be Inspired By Hundreds Of Environmental Stewardship Leaders From 2019! Posted: December 26, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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