Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

The cuts are measured from a 2010-2012 baseline. The law also contains provisions addressing wages and benefits for workers on renewable energy projects. Here are a few details about the four bills: House Bill 2021 creates the emission reduction mandate. House Bill 2165 addresses electrical charging for vehicles.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

But when he ran for Governor in 2010, he attacked a Republican rival’s support for renewable energy. He then mentioned proposals to clean plastic from waterways and plant a trillion trees. Given that he represents Midwest farmers among others, Emmer is a big support of biofuels like corn ethanol.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 15, 2022

Wind is now the largest source of renewable energy in the country. From 2010 through 2020, the cost of electricity from wind fell more than 60 percent, according to the Department of Energy. In 2021, 9 percent of US electricity came from those graceful kinetic sculptures, up from less than 3 percent in 2011.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 22, 2022

Home Depot’s stores will run entirely on renewable energy by 2030. The post Home Depot Has Cut Electricity Consumption by 44% Since 2010. appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Solar will provide 75% of that by the end of 2023.

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Environmental Leader

AUGUST 9, 2022

Procter & Gamble has cut emissions at all of its global operations by 52% from 2010 to 2020. It has done so using energy efficiency and renewable energy. The post Procter & Gamble Is Well On Its Way to Using 100% Green Electricity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Electricity 2010 Renewable Energy 2020 104

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act is directing $20B toward climate-resilient agriculture Reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions through policies that drive renewable energy and clean transportation has well known benefits.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The wind is in our sails on the voyage towards a clean energy future. Wind energy is currently the largest renewable energy source in the US, and the industry is growing fast. The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The standard is based on a percent of total electricity sales, and in addition to certain eligibility requirements, requires that generators have commenced commercial operation after 2010. The regulations were amended in 2020 to include a program for existing generation units, CES-E, which has several distinct requirements.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

It was only in 2010 that India agreed that all countries should take responsibility for controlling their own emissions, but there was backsliding the following year at the next round of international negotiations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

The SEC released guidance in 2010 directing public companies to disclose risks resulting from climate-related regulation, legislation, and weather, among other sources. The rule was created in response to investor complaints that companies weren’t adequately disclosing information about climate-related financial risk.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.

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A Greener Life

JULY 7, 2021

New research from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) confirms renewables are continuing to outpace fossil fuels on cost. They found that the share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive fossil fuel option doubled in 2020. Photo credit: IRENA. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 21, 2023

This report is an updated analysis of previous Critical Materials Strategy (CMS) reports published by the DOE in 2010, 2011, and 2019 based on national and global priorities, technology advancement, and technology adoption trends. Download the report.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In order to reduce emissions, we must phase out fossil fuels—oil, coal and gas—and move towards renewable energy and less plastic and petrochemical production since these products, so dangerous as ocean pollutants, are made from oil. Offshore Wind.

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

India’s current reliance on coal is inextricably linked with its development process, and a just transition to renewable energy requires stronger international support. He’d also like it to be easier for coal-dominant states to buy renewable energy from renewable-dominant states and vice versa.

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Environmental Leader

AUGUST 12, 2021

maker of daily cycling long-duration battery systems, has secured $144 million from Reliance New Energy Solar, Bill Gates, who is the company’s largest shareholder, and others. Founded in 2010, based on MIT lab work and backed by seed money from Gates, Ambri has developed and commercialized proprietary liquid-metal. Read more ».

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Interior’s authority to regulate offshore wind comes from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expressly authorize Interior to issue leases for renewable energy projects in federal waters. The Construction and Operations Plan for this project was approved by BOEM in 2021.

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Environmental Leader

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The opportunity for such a build out was made possible by rapidly falling solar costs, which fell by 82% between 2010 and 2020. The post Bloomberg, Schneider Electric Outline Steps Needed to Expand Rooftop Solar appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Electricity 2010 2020 Renewable Energy 83

A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%. They added that due to the increase in climate-friendly policies and laws we have seen enhanced energy efficiency, reduced deforestation rates and accelerated the deployment of renewable energy.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

According to the report , average net annual human-caused GHG emissions were at their highest levels in human history between 2010 and 2019, with urban areas responsible for an increasing proportion of the emissions. The rate of emissions growth year on year slowed between 2010-2019 in comparison to the previous decade. Figure SPM.7

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Renewable energy sources are perhaps the most obvious of these, and the transition to them is already under way. “I Taking advantage of new technologies will be essential if the world is to achieve its net-zero goals.

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These have been set up over the last decade in the wake of a 2010 government report into technical innovation. These centres cover everything from compound semiconductors, renewable energy and high-value manufacturing to satellites, energy systems and digital technology.

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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.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 4, 2021

In 2010, Line 6B ruptured into the Kalamazoo River resulting in over $1 billion in clean up costs. All of this is happening at a time when we should be prioritizing a just transition to renewable energy rather than burning more fossil fuels. Enbridge’s track record isn’t great when it comes to pipelines. .

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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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Law Columbia

JULY 31, 2015

Voters in Los Angeles County recognized the critical need to address climate change when they overwhelmingly rejected Proposition 23 — the 2010 ballot measure that would have suspended California’s landmark global warming law. In fact, many people, millions, are suffering already.”. Even the current system of California and U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

. -- Electricity Exporter: Pennsylvania is the second-largest net supplier of total energy to other states, after Texas. Yaw did not mention renewable energy in this announcement.] Yaw noted the IEO would be modeled after Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office , which was created by Act 120 of 2010, and Act 100 of 2016.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

I came across several articles on my home country lately and thought it was the occasion to keep everyone updated on how the French energy transition is going on. First thing first, I am very disappointed that the Socialists running the country did so little on renewable energy sources during their mandate. click to enlarge.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 16, 2018

According to numbers from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), ion lithium batteries have gotten 20 percent cheaper year on year from 2010 to 2016 , going from $1,000 per kWh of energy stored in 2010 to $273 in 2016. Costs are plunging. By 2025, the analysts from this consultancy believe the kWh would reach $100.

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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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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In particular, the Department should take a hard look at how Local Law 97’s renewable energy credit (or REC) compliance mechanism currently undermines Local Law 97’s integrity. Renewable Energy Credits as a Compliance Mechanism. The problem with the California system is directly analogous to the situation here.

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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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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

Worldwide, the cost of utility scale solar fell 82% between 2010 and 2019, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), driven down by cheaper manufacturing costs in China, which accounts for around 72% of global production. Luciane May and her family during the corn harvest.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 16, 2023

At this time when government actions, including by the courts, around climate change represent much of the opportunities in the years ahead, including the increasing emphasis on renewable energy, the wind is key. According to the pleadings, a wind rights lease was entered into in 2010 for a 256 acre property in Hale County, Texas.

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Renewable Energy Law Electricity 2020 52

Enviromental Defense

MAY 24, 2023

The average range of battery-powered EVs tripled from 2010 to 2021. Ontario’s share of North American vehicle production has dropped to about 11 per cent in 2020 from more than 17 per cent in 2010. This range loss can be mitigated by heating up the car in advance of driving the vehicle.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 10, 2024

To not bury the lede, the Final Rule expressly and approvingly allows the use of carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs) requiring disclosure when they are a component of a business’ plan to achieve its disclosed climate related targets or goals. Make no mistake, this is huge.

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