Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. Recently that has changed. Electric energy generation by renewable sources has doubled since 2008. The post Electric Vehicles Combat Climate Change appeared first on Global Green.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This blog was written with help from Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager As a climate activist, I’m constantly confronted with the attempts of oil and gas companies to greenwash their operations, spread misinformation through their public campaigns and actively oppose much needed climate policies.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Both are leading scholars in their fields, exceptional classroom educators, and leaders of public interest initiatives that are shaping climate change and environmental law and policy in California, the U.S., and jurisdictions around the world. Carlson is taking a leave of absence from UCLA Law to fulfill her governmental duties.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 27, 2018

Sustainable energy – without the hot air (2008). The author was an engineering professor at Cambridge and the Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change and was knighted by the Queen for his work. All point out to one certainty: Humankind has the technological tools to fix this crisis.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2023

WRI also found that greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation in 2022 were equivalent to those of India (the third largest emitting country in the world!). Urgent Need for Investment The world continues to lose tropical forests at an alarming rate.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

by Pascale Chamberland, Masters of Public Administration Candidate 2021, University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance From a massive social media campaign to plant 20 million trees to businesses planting a tree for each product sold, people seem eager to fight climate change using natural climate solutions (NCS).

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

This blog takes a closer look at how the proposed amendments could affect ESA management decisions for species that are imperiled by climate change. In this context, new tools and approaches are needed to improve protections for species that face an existential threat due to climate change.

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HumanNature

APRIL 28, 2022

Many argue that this is one of the most intrusive things we can do to combat climate change. Getting ready to plant a ponderosa pine seedling in a post-burn landscape As human-caused climate change continues to warm the planet, plants and animals may no longer be suited to the climate conditions where they currently grow.

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Real Climate

APRIL 2, 2021

In 2008, after a series of Atlantic hurricane seasons that began earlier than normal, a study was published that explored whether the anomalously early starts may be part of a larger trend ( Kossin 2008 ). Li, "Past and Future Hurricane Intensity Change along the U.S. Kerry Emanuel and Adam Sobel also provided helpful input.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

This post is the third in a series of blogs that address specific legal features of the rule: Part One offered a summary of the final rule, and delved into the materiality threshold that was added throughout the rule, including for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Sea level rise within the Pacific has already surpassed the 2007 estimate from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and further predictions infer a further 2m increase within the century. [1] Ideally, the best way to save these islands is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. References. [1] 3] Gombos, M.,

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

And by the 2007 IPCC AR4 report, or in Lean and Rind (2008) ), at best, scientists had concluded that solar activity wasn’t likely to be responsible for more than 10% or so of the long term rise in global temperature. Lean, and D.H. 32, 2005.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Just days before the conference she was featured in an article where she attempted to shift blame away from the fossil fuel industry by saying that oil companies can only decarbonize as fast as the rest of the economy – a comment that completely ignores the fact that the oil and gas industry is Canada’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2022

California’s lead climate and air quality agency published a comprehensive draft plan yesterday for how the state could reach its carbon neutrality goals by no later than 2045. The initial plan was approved in 2008 , with the second in 2013 , and the most recent iteration in 2017. The views presented here are my own. ]. at § 38561(h).

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Law Columbia

MAY 27, 2021

The adverse effects of climate change are of course very different from the impact of a nuclear strike. It could create additional peer pressure and accountability, both in relation to other states and domestic civil society, and it could show goodwill and rekindle trust between parties to the climate negotiations.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Actually, the term green hushing was coined anecdotally in academia in 2008 to allude to a contrasting concept to “greenwashing” in the tourism industry describing “green hushing as the deliberate managerial undercommunicating of corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts for fear of negative customer opinions and responses.”

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

How would such a legal system work, and could giving rights to nature help in the legal battle against climate change? In 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to formally recognize and implement the Rights of Nature, which Ecuadorians refer to as the Rights of Pachamama (Mother Earth). State of Colorado.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Environmental Benefits : The primary goal of London’s LEZ, the world’s largest low emission zone, covering all London boroughs and much of the greater area, is to reduce GHG emissions from vehicles as part of a larger kingdom wide effort to fight climate change. The webinar is complimentary, but you must register here.

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Capaccio

MARCH 30, 2021

On 3/26/21 , Governor Baker signed comprehensive new legislation to support its commitment to Net Zero emissions by 2050, and builds on previously issued 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap and Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2030.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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A Greener Life

APRIL 15, 2022

Ships emit over 1 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases every year, or just under 3% of global emissions, according to the International Maritime Organization , the UN body responsible for shipping. Without further action, shipping emissions are projected to rise by at worst 30% by 2050, compared to 2008 levels.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

We knew that global greenhouse gases emission from energy had been peaking for the past three years – largely thanks to China – but now, here is another series of nails in the coffins of coal and oil. We need to change our whole economic system… But these news are still great news. Yes, you read that right.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

That could be changing, though, as modern-day climate activists like the Valve Turners vigorously protest industry and government inaction in the face of increasingly dire climate change threats. Climate change issues have cast doubt on our legal system’s ability to address systemic problems. Cohan, supra.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The past two years have yielded unprecedented executive and regulatory engagement in the climate change discussion. international climate change agreement. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the specific effects of carbon emissions on global climate change are also. free market.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In addition, fracking results in the release of methane into the atmosphere, a major contributor to the greenhouse effect and climate change. The Green Party has been against fracking since it was introduced by PA Governor Ed Rendell in 2008. Fracking needs to stop!”

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Nor does our ruling require the City to evaluate the Gemdale project’s greenhouse gas emissions under any specific approach. The Court further added that “we express no opinion on the specific method the City should use to evaluate the significance of the Gemdale project’s greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., Citing McCann v.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) released its long-awaited advisory opinion on climate change. There was little discussion, either in the written statements or at the oral hearing, of so-called “marine geoengineering” activities that seek to use the ocean to combat climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 29, 2024

Toronto is ramping up the use of gas plants in the middle of a climate crisis instead of making the sensible decision and switching to renewable sources. The Portlands gas plant was built in 2008 and was designed as a peaker gas plant, meaning that it would only operate a few hours per month when electricity demand was high.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2024

(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.

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