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Analysis: Can Inner Mongolia reach peak carbon this decade?

A Greener Life

The National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection said in a statement that energy intensity increased 9.5% billion) over the three years 2014–16. It has huge potential for renewables, with vast areas of sparsely populated land and plenty of wind and sun.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Hawai‘i Supreme Court Upheld Denial of Request to Re-Open Order Approving Wind Power Purchase Agreement. The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. The Minister did not review or revise that target following the 2014 issuance of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

billion increase for the Environmental Protection Agency over FY 2022. . He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. This includes a $2.11 Geological Survey receives an 18% increase to $1.6 billion in fiscal year 2022.

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