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New, Updated Carbon Majors Dataset Holds Promise for Researchers, Litigators

Union of Concerned Scientists

That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities.

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Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin’: Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon

Union of Concerned Scientists

The share of online transactions among total US sales grew from just under six percent in 2013 to around 15 percent in 2021, according to the Census Bureau’s Annual Retail Trade Survey. Some of the same researchers are currently working on a comparable study for the United States and their preliminary results are similar.

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What’s New About Income-Graduated Fixed Charges?

Legal Planet

In the earliest days of electricity provisioning, fixed charges were common in residential rates due to the limits of metering technology. Utilities swiftly adopted cheap, flat volumetric rates as metering technology improved. Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design.

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EPA’s Proposed Rule on Vessel Incidental Discharges Brings VIDA One Step Closer to Full Implementation

The Energy Law Blog

The VIDA, enacted in December 2018, will standardize incidental discharge permits and regulations, replacing the 2013 Vessel General Permit (“VGP”) that commercial vessels are currently required to follow. Coast Guard (“USCG”) to develop corresponding regulations to enforce compliance with the EPA’s standards.

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California Releases Draft Plan to Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2045

Legal Planet

The initial plan was approved in 2008 , with the second in 2013 , and the most recent iteration in 2017. CARB describes this Proposed Scenario as the “most economically and technologically feasible route to carbon neutrality, including providing equity-based solutions focused on affordability and job preservation.”. at § 38561(h).

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How Do We Nudge "Behavioral" Decision Makers to Adapt to Emerging Climate Risks?

Environmental and Urban Economics

A direct quote from the paper's abstract: "Despite escalating disaster losses and predicted increases in weather-related catastrophes, takeup of protective technologies and behaviors appears limited by myopia, externalities, and other factors. In the absence of government regulation, insurance prices for real estate will rise there.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. In the U.S. Total settles U.S.

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