A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But this announcement was seemingly at odds with another made just three days earlier, when coal minister Pralhad Joshi confirmed that India intends to increase production for the fossil fuel. From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Natural gas had the same problems during a cold weather event in 2014 and the polar vortex in 2018. Read more here ] -- Renewable Energy Generation Isn’t Coming Online Fast Enough: A study PJM released February 24 showed renewable energy generation sources were not coming online fast enough to replace fossil fuel plants that are retiring.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The mechanism for this is relatively straight-forward: when plants are growing through photosynthesis, they’re pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and incorporating it into plant structures. The amount of drawdown in agricultural lands can be quite dramatic— a 2014 study found that at peak growth, the US Corn Belt (i.e.,

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

A New Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania Climate and Energy Survey found 77 percent of Pennsylvanians believe climate change is a serious or very serious problem 55 percent believe human activity-- such as burning fossil fuels-- is the reason for the earth getting warmer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

metro area in 2014, Dr. Declet-Barreto lived in Phoenix, where the average daily temperature now tops 98 degrees F from late May through mid-September. Obviously, the federal government also has a role to play to mitigate carbon emissions and protect the country from unavoidable climate impacts.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

And this change comes in part from increasing diffusion of fossil fuels. Another quote from JC; "But reducing carbon is thus, logically, just one item on the list of answers to "What can we do to raise GDP in 2100?," See my 2014 lecture. No plausible estimate of climate damage comes close to this kind of change.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. In the Niger River Delta, the company was responsible for an average of 2,976 spills a week between 1976 to 1991, on the land of the Ogoni people. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. In the Niger River Delta, the company was responsible for an average of 2,976 spills a week between 1976 to 1991, on the land of the Ogoni people. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The IPCC’s 5 th Assessment Report noted that, “Globally, economic and population growth continue to be the most important drivers of increases in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion”. 3 from IPCC, Fifth Assessment Report, Mitigation Report, Summary for Policymakers (2014). Figure SPM.3

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 11, 2021

And then there was the potential for environmental impacts to land, water and animals from dust, derailments and spillage – and of course the big one, impacts to our climate from the burning of this fossil fuel in Asia. It was a lot to take in. Jumping In. My decision to jump in and try to do something was very natural.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The other is to improve the energy structure, replacing fossil fuel sources with alternatives. billion) over the three years 2014–16. Yang Fuqiang thinks it is unreasonable to make energy-producing provinces such as Inner Mongolia solely responsible for cutting carbon emissions. billion yuan (US$1.7

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants. In May, a few weeks after calling for a phase-out of nuclear energy, Rep.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Much of the cradle-to-grave carbon intensity data that governments depend on to guide in photovoltaic arrays are instead based on modeling assumptions that are likely to have grossly under-estimated — if not made-up — solar’s carbon emissions because they cannot get insights from Chinese manufacturers.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In November 2014, the United States and China—two of the world’s most significant emitters—. to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. Furthermore, the specific effects of carbon emissions on global climate change are also.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

The PA Coal Alliance said, “In February of 2014, during a cold snap, PJM found that 23% of total generator outages were due to interruptions of natural gas supply, and in January of 2018, during the polar vortex, half of the total PJM natural gas capacity was not available to supply peak demand.” Read more here. And this isn’t a new problem.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

So actions taken to curtail some carbon emissions, but not all, might still suffice. That defendants might still petition their congressional representatives or write a newspaper editorial decrying fossil fuel use does not itself preclude taking matters into their own hands. 8, 2014), [link]. in some way.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The petitioner in this case requests that the NPCC be updated according to the best available science and the IPCC’s sixth assessment report ( Climate Change 2021 ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the Brazilian government consistent with a 1.5 o C global warming scenario. That fate mustn’t be repeated.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The Trump Watch confidently predicts that Big Oil and Gas are about to receive an unimaginable return on their investments with the Fossil Fuel Dream Team. 2, 2014). [8]. Coupled with the Fossil Fuel Dream Team Mr. Ebell’s appointment does not bode well for the serious, engaged and continued involvement of the U.S.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The report estimates that “[t]he lifetime effects of these investments are projected to save 28 million MMBtu of fossil fuel energy and 9 million MWh of electricity, avoiding the release of 5.3 million metric tons] of carbon pollution.”. [35]. The extent to which these adjustments will hasten emissions reductions to be seen.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The plaintiffs alleged among other things that the defendants the two projects’ cumulative impacts on carbon emissions. The current statute provides for an aspirational goal of reducing emissions by 75% below 1990 levels by 2050 and does not create additional regulatory authority for state agencies.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Casey, Colleagues: Introduce Bill To Empower Fossil Fuel Workers To Train, Find Jobs In Changing Energy Industry [PaEN] -- Patch.com: Chester County Commissioners Adopt New Climate Action Plan -- ReadingE: Muhlenberg Twp. Check Out C-SAW -- Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers New R.I.S.E

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The Washington Court of Appeals upheld Jefferson County’s 2014 Shoreline Master Program, which is a combination of planning policies and development regulations that address shoreline uses and development. Washington Appellate Court Said Climate Goals in County’s Shoreline Master Program Were Not Unconstitutionally Vague.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Challenge to Settlement in Utility Rate-Setting Case in New Mexico Cited Failure to Quantify Coal Plant’s Carbon Emission Risks.

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