Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

in 2021, which is 2% higher than the percentage before the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. In 2022, the amount of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationwide was over one billion tons , making Japan the 5 th largest GHG emitter in the world.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

The well sites, which were generally developed between 2011 and 2013, include-- -- Big Beaver Borough: Wall BEA 3H -- Chippewa Township: MAGA BEA 8H; Roberts BEA 6H -- Greene Township: Kirkwood BEA 8H -- Industry Borough: Cody Trust BEA 3H -- Ohioville Borough: David Burdick 3H; Fedorchak BEA 3H; James Tharp 3H -- South Beaver Township: David.

2023

Legal Planet

APRIL 7, 2025

Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius predicts changes in surface temperature due to greenhouse effect. Scientist calculates greenhouse effect from fossil fuels and matches it to recorded global temperature changes. above 1850-1900 in 2011-2020. English scientist John Tyndall publishes similar finding in a better-known paper.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Several states and industry groups are challenging EPA’s 2024 rules which set greenhouse gas emissions limits for certain fossil fuel power plants nationwide (referred to here as the Power Plant Rules). This case will have a major impact on how and when power plants must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. 410, 426 (2011)).

2024

Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2025

Along with thousands of deaths, twelve months of war in Ukraine resulted in around 120 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – matching Belgium’s emissions over the same period. Military activities and armed conflicts are a growing climate liability. Judge Cleveland’s declaration seems to support this point (para.

Paris Agreement

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JULY 16, 2025

Currently, sequestration is enforced through three laws: the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, the Budget Control Act of 2011, and the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO). In particular, PAYGO prevents “new revenue and mandatory spending legislation enacted during a session of Congress from increasing the net deficit”.

Conservation

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 4, 2025

These include an additional subsidy equal to 6% of companies net book premiums as well as annual inflation adjustments to all contracts covering commodities that were subject to an increase between 2011-2015 a highly specific provision which appears to exclude Whole-Farm Revenue Protection from the bonus, which only began as a pilot in 2015.

Conservation

Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Clorox's key priorities include using 100% renewable energy to power its operations and reaching net-zero targets by 2050 from a 2011 baseline. The post Clorox Aims Trims Greenhouse Gases By 32% and Energy Use by 17% From 2011 Baseline appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

2011

Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

We can explore the issues and pitfalls of this using the ‘simple model’ of the greenhouse effect we explored back in 2007. The simplest model for the greenhouse effect. Over the last 20 years the LW radiative forcing change from well-mixed greenhouse gases is around 0.7 A simple model with feedbacks.

Radiation

Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

Temperatures during the most recent decade (2011–2020) exceed those of the most recent multi-century warm period, around 6500 years ago13 [0.2°C to 1.20] °C from 1850–1900 to 2011–2020, and the last decade was more likely than not warmer than any multi-centennial period after the Last Interglacial, roughly 125,000 years ago.

2001

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

The rail infrastructure to transport coal from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming–the country’s primary coal source –was proven to be vulnerable to extreme floods in the spring of 2011 , and even more extreme floods in the spring of 2019.

Fossil Fuels

The Energy Law

APRIL 7, 2010

By Stephen Wiegand EPA recently announced its position regarding the timing of the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program. In Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S.

2011

Real Climate

APRIL 4, 2024

Last year, Jim Hansen and colleagues published a long paper that included a figure suggesting that they expected that global temperature trends from 2011 to increase above the recent linear trends. As with most punditry, there is less here than it might seem. 24 from Hansen et al (2023).

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits. If Montana stopped emitting greenhouse gases, would that prevent the injury to plaintiffs from climate change? “We

Fossil Fuels

Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

The AMOC has repeatedly shown major instabilities in recent Earth history , for example during the Last Ice Age, prompting concerns about its stability under future global warming, see e.g. Broecker 1987 who warned about “unpleasant surprises in the greenhouse”. 2011; Garzoli et al. For more on this see my Review Paper in Nature.

Ocean

Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

In 2011, in AEP v. 410 (2011). In AEP , 8 states (including California – I was counsel of record) sued the 7 largest owners of coal fired power plants for public nuisance resulting from emissions of greenhouse gases from their power plants. Now, in West Virginia v. Connecticut , 564 U. Post, at 20.

Carbon Dioxide

Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

According to the AR6 findings, Earth’s average temperature in the last decade (2011-2020) was 1.09? On their own, our greenhouse gas emissions would have caused a much higher warming, were it not for the masking effect of aerosol pollution. warmer than pre-industrial times (here defined as 1850-1900).

Paris Agreement

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We saw a continued focus on incentivizing affordable and infill developments on the condition that the project pay prevailing wages (AB 2011), reducing barriers for specified sustainable transit projects (SB 922), and amendments akin to “pet project exemptions” that are targeted to solving a narrower set of concerns (SB 118 and SB 886).

2023

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

CES-E was designed to maintain the state’s existing clean energy supply from nuclear and large hydroelectric generators with a nameplate capacity greater than 30 megawatts and whose commercial operations started prior to 2011. What amendments were made to the CES?

Clean Energy

The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2010

By Stepehen Wiegand In October 2009, EPA promulgated the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule. Under the proposed rules, the newly covered sources are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011 and are required to submit the first annual reports to EPA on March 31, 2012.

Greenhouse

The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Subpart W rule to cover petroleum and natural gas facilities under the agency’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program. Under the final rule, facilities are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011, and the first annual report is due by March 31, 2012.

Greenhouse

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.”

Greenhouse

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

2024

Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Backgrounds After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were temporarily shutdown due to safety concerns. Sendai Power Station , the first climate change case in Japan, withdrew a claim based on greenhouse gas emissions and focused on air pollution arguments. Kobe Steel Ltd., Kobelco Power Kobe No.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Protests by oil workers in Zhanaozen in 2011 , which resulted in a massacre of protesters by police, were precipitated by unfair wages, violation of worker rights and other issues. According to the World Bank, Kazakhstan is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in Europe and Central Asia. share in Kazakh oil production.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 12, 2024

since 2011. greenhouse gas emissions; home construction and water use have even more impact. Read the full story at Trellis. Fannie Mae has been working to reduce the climate impact of housing in the U.S. That’s a big task, as energy use by homes accounts for 19 percent of U.S.

2011

HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In recent history, we have witnessed LUC exacerbating climate change due to disturbed soils, development of greenhouse gas (GHG) producing land uses, and more 4. Progress in Planning 75 , 53–107 (2011). Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap. IPCC guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories 4 , 1–59 (2006).

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Since 2011, the Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

2011

HumanNature

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Imagine the sheer futility of the greenhouse gas emissions stemming from the production of that wasted food— hurting the planet for no reason. Roughly a quarter of the freshwater utilized in worldwide food production ends up being wasted because the food it helps grow is ultimately not consumed [3]. References: [1] J. Gustavsson, C.

Waste

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

By 2030 the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set targets that aim to halve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 2000 levels. But the country switched off most of its nuclear generators following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Japan is the fifth-largest CO2 emitter in the world and has committed to being carbon-neutral by 2050.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

Here is a summary of the findings-- Americans continue to favor reducing greenhouse gas emissions as their preferred approach for staving off the worst impacts of climate change, according to new public opinion findings. Considerable doubt endures about either strategy, with little opinion shifting from identical questions posed in 2011.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students.

2011

The Energy Law

MAY 5, 2011

Moreno On May 3, 2011, the U.S. The action prolongs EPA’s authority to issue Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits for Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) emissions in Texas. Following a series of EPA regulatory actions, GHG emissions became subject to PSD requirements as a non-NAAQS pollutant beginning on January 2, 2011.

2011

Law Columbia

JUNE 15, 2012

McNamara in Albany County dismissed a lawsuit filed in June 2011 by three members of Americans For Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group, that challenged New York’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) cap and trade program. The case was not brought until 2011. The suit, Thrun v.

2005

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2021

In 2020, Hershey achieved its 100 percent certified and sustainable cocoa commitment made in 2011 and further committed to 100 percent direct sourcing of all cocoa from Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana by 2025, enabling the company to have greater visibility and impact into where and how its cocoa is grown.

2020

Edouard Stenger

MARCH 21, 2023

C above 1850–1900 in 2011–2020 this is not any more the case. As climate scientist say, every tonne of greenhouse gases counts. But as global surface temperature is reaching 1.1°C Kids born this decade will face a radically different lifetime than folks born in the 20th century : IPCC’s report isn’t mincing words.

Climate Change