Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 10, 2024

Last Wednesday by a 3 to 2 vote the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted long awaited rules to enhance and standardize climate related disclosures, including for the first time requiring greenhouse gas emission disclosures by public companies and in public offerings. Make no mistake, this is huge.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

The UN agency concluded global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are at the highest levels in human history and without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors limiting climate change to 1.5°C They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The cost of electricity generated from solar panels fell by 89 per cent between 2010-2022. Low-income families and renters are hit the hardest as they haven’t had access to government support to access cheaper renewable energy or heat pumps, which dramatically cut home heating and cooling costs.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This blog post is adapted from testimony delivered at the New York City Department of Buildings hearing on proposed rule §103-14 , Procedures for Reporting on and Complying with Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Certain Buildings in connection with the City’s building performance standard, Local Law 97.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 25, 2024

such as renewable energy) Sustainable finance is not about making an environmental investment here or there, it’s about creating an entire financial system that helps achieve sustainability goals rather than being at odds with them. Profit need not come at the expense of public good. Who is funding climate change?

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Vermont Law

APRIL 24, 2019

The disparity between the economies of Pakistan and India is related, in part, to energy infrastructure and policy. While India has forged ahead with renewable energy, corruption, bureaucracy, and poor energy policy have soured Pakistan’s attempt at entering the renewable energy revolution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms. Methane is also a fast-acting greenhouse gas in terms of its impact on the climate.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation A Cap-and-Invest Approach . In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1].

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

Since 2010, WCU has cut energy costs by millions of dollars, lowered per capita carbon emissions by more than a third, and significantly reduced the environmental impacts of its campus operations. The campus also features ground and roof solar arrays, and WCU purchases renewable energy credits.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

International financial institutions, the private sector and governments are all being coaxed into aligning global and domestic financial flows with the world’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing resilience to climate change. degrees, but data suggests emissions have instead increased instead by 16% since 2010.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2022

Legislation includes: -- Ending the Moratorium On Fracking In Delaware River Basin: House Bill 2451 (Fritz-R-Wayne) proposes to unilaterally change the Delaware River Basin Commission compact by including a provision that would reverse the unconventional shale gas fracking moratorium adopted by the Commission in various forms starting in 2010.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2022

“Immediate reductions in gas demand can be achieved through energy efficiency solutions such as ramping up demand response devices, including smart thermostats, and deployment of heat pumps. “ The REPowerEU plan estimates that reductions through energy savings in homes can replace 15.5 Read more here.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. More than 180 local governments nationwide have committed to 100% clean energy, and many more have set ambitious renewable energy goals that fall short of a complete transition.

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Law Columbia

JULY 31, 2015

The most detailed state-commissioned assessment of what California must do to meet Governor Brown’s 2030 goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels shows that the state will need to add 1,600 megawatts of renewable resources – roughly 12 new utility-scale projects – annually.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

The project’s opponents denounce it as a green-in-name-only risk built on a legacy of mistreatment of Indigenous peoples and continuing ecological harm to Canadian rivers, one that boxes out New York energy producers. The project, announced in 2010, is backed by scores of elected officials, including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Under the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), every country on Earth is treaty-bound to “avoid dangerous climate change”, and find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally in an equitable way. above pre-industrial levels, and greenhouse gas emissions are still on an upward trend.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 24, 2023

Question: Some people claim EVs are worse for the environment than gasoline cars Answer: Battery-Electric vehicles (BEVs) have on average two thirds lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline cars today, and this will improve as electricity grids get cleaner by cutting out fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Both Republicans and Democrats are touting natural gas with CCS as the next clean energy solution, and significant funding has been earmarked for its research and development — at the expense of renewable energy projects that have proven to be cheaper and to produce fewer carbon emissions.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

On December 28, 2018, California adopted comprehensive amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines , which include a suite of provisions aimed at improving the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts in state environmental reviews. GHG Emissions Analysis. Section 15064.4(2)(b)

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. In particular, the court found that conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions constituted a significant impact was not clearly erroneous. Circuit’s partial vacatur in Mexichem Fluor, Inc. State , No.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Yaw said, “Putin spent years bolstering Russia’s economy with oil and gas exports, knowing full well the West’s race to renewables left them vulnerable and dependent.” “. The natural gas industry could even start drilling on the 65 percent of State Forest land it leased in 2008 and 2010, but never developed for gas. Read more here.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

CAFOs — specifically their large manure lagoons — are also a huge source of methane , a potent greenhouse gas, as well as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and particulate matter, 3 all of which pose risks to human health. Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. Environmental Council of Sacramento v. C076888 (Cal.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The amount of institution support from universities for research and development has also increased over the past ten years — in 2019, institutional funds constituted more than a quarter of university R&D, up from less than a fifth in 2010. EPA to cut greenhouse gases thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide – Washington Post.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In its papers supporting the order to show cause, the attorney general said that PwC had served as Exxon’s independent auditor since before 2010 (the time period covered by the subpoena), a role in which PwC examined whether Exxon’s financial statement disclosures were supported by evidence. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5%

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

CEQ is also planning to revive guidance on how to factor greenhouse gas emissions and climate change into NEPA reviews, after Obama-era guidance was yanked by the Trump administration. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Evidence demonstrates that the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula alone show increased water vapor feedback, much higher sensitivity, and increased sensitivity in deserts to greenhouse gas emissions. Many are not aware that deserts are a net carbon sink, providing some relief from the increase in greenhouse gases. C (which is -129F).

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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. 2016), [link].

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