Environmental News Bits

JULY 14, 2022

The United States and China, the world’s two leading greenhouse gas emitters, are each responsible for more than $1.8 trillion of global income losses from 1990 to 2014, according to a new study that links the emissions in individual countries to the economic impacts of climate change … Continue reading U.S.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

That was repealed in 2014, and the ensuing period saw little progress. In 2022, the Labor coalition passed a law mandating that Australia cut greenhouse gas emissions 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air. Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is the most important greenhouse gas that we have added to the atmosphere, however, some of it has been absorbed by land and oceans.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2022

term, even for the very low greenhouse gas emissions scenario.” The report points out that under all of the illustrative scenarios it considered, “there is at least a greater than 50% likelihood that global warming will reach or exceed 1.5° C in the near?term, That’s not a cure-all, however, even if we can do it. The pace of change.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

As relevant here, the City certified a Final EIR in 2014 (2014 EIR) for a General Plan Update (GPU) with a 2035 development horizon. The Findings addressed each of the environmental issues studied in the 2014 EIR and compared the effects of the Project to those of the adopted GPU.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. When adjusting for the emissions since AR5 and SR1.5, AR6 remaining carbon budget for limiting warming to 1.5C Leitzell, E.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

CO2 is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities by burning fossil fuels and contributes to global warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere. He spent 12 years as a carbon capture researcher at the NETL before leaving in 2014 for entrepreneurial ventures. Dr. Luebke holds a Ph.D.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

State program leaders point out that the DDRDP and AMMP programs have provided some of the most cost-effective GHG emissions reductions of the entire Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund portfolio.

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The Energy Law Blog

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.”

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Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

The IPCC has introduced a new high-end risk scenario, stating that a global rise “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out due to deep uncertainty in ice sheet processes.”. The IPCC gives more consideration to the large long-term sea-level rise beyond the year 2100.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. billion.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In Scandinavia in 2014, an outbreak of cholera, a warm-water disease, shocked observers. We need to aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”. Climate’s Contagion. Sifting through more than 77,000 titles in the scholarly literature, researchers found that warming stood out as a key escalator for infectious diseases.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

In addition to wetlands impacts, the groups allege that the LNG terminal and an associated pipeline would have a “staggering” impact on the climate in the form of greenhouse gas emissions. 4, 2014), Docket No. 19, 2014), Docket No. million tonnes/year of LNG that would be available for export, and the creation of 7,000 jobs. .

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Gillian Graber Gillian Graber, from Harrison City, Westmoreland County, is the executive director and co-founder of Protect Penn-Trafford (Protect PT) , a grassroots community-based nonprofit established in 2014 to protect residents of Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland and Allegheny counties from the impacts of fossil fuel activity.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In 2014 they created their ‘astroturf’ group, Canada’s Energy Citizens, to challenge and mimic the growing success of grassroots climate activists. CAPP paid for Facebook ads posted by Canada’s Energy Citizens that have urged people to oppose limits on greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Our data covered 2014-2020 in San Diego County. Some of these suits have produced settlements requiring steps to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improved wildfire protection for residents – and some lawsuits are ongoing , in some cases having at least temporarily stopped projects from proceeding. Implications.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

In Kobe city, the construction of two new coal-fired power plants was planned, and the operator started the environmental impact assessment despite the opposition by the Kobe residents in 2014. Civil Case : Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Kobe Civil Case) In September 2018, a group of 40 citizens sued Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The country managed to halve in 10 years its coal consumtion (from 249 TWh in 2014 to 113 TWh in 23) all the while closing its nuclear reactors too. As Politico notes , « Greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector have reduced by a quarter « between 2005 and 2022, largely thanks to 14 GW of solar in June 2023 (!)

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Under the Paris Agreement, countries will need to track greenhouse gas emissions at the level of individual ‘super emitters’, such as power plants, in close-to-real time. By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer. w power station in central Poland. Image credit: Pawel Brzozowski / Shutterstock.com. chatów power plant in Poland.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

This comes with massive greenhouse emissions that are rapidly changing the earth’s climate, with disastrous effects for our health, homes and economies. Before the pandemic started, 17 per cent of Canadian fossil fuel jobs already disappeared between 2014 and 2019.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2023

The President of the Energy Institute, a UK-based body, Juliet Davenport said : “Despite further strong growth in wind and solar in the power sector, overall global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions increased again. to its highest level since 2014. Coal stayed dominant at 34.5%, with consumption rising by 0.6%

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In a previous blog post , I briefly reviewed some of the innovative strategies to reduce methane emissions from agricultural livestock and rice operations, which have the potential to combat a significant source of global greenhouse gas emissions. Current AMMP projects are anticipated to reduce GHG emissions by about 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

38 percent of participants said action should be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 26 percent said to use ‘geoengineering’ and other scientific fixes to counter climate change and 11 percent said to learn to adapt. Natural Gas Development The poll also asked questions about unconventional shale gas development in the state.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Ideally, the best way to save these islands is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Increased levels of greenhouse gases from human industry and agriculture are the root cause of the erosion occurring within the Pacific Islands. Low-lying areas of tropical Pacific islands’ accessed 28 February 2021, [link]. [2] 3] Gombos, M.,

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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., We’ve seen this issue rear its head before— the 2005 Renewable Fuel Standard was designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fossil fuels with fuels made from crop biomass.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 18, 2023

This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it’s no joke that the current agriculture system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution. It’s what’s for dinner.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Construction began in 2014. While hydrological change and sediment loads were the most common environmental subjects studied, fewer researchers analyzed dam development effects on fish diversity, non-fish aquatic species, river connectivity, and greenhouse gases.

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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”. For more on this see my Review Paper in Nature. Here a quote from Liu et al.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Since 2007, only 2009, 2013 and 2014 had more ice at the end of the melt season. One way to do that is to tell the Coast Guard to lead the way on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ship traffic at the International Maritime Organization and to better prepare for climate-related changes here at home. But you can help turn the tide.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Launched in 2014 by then Secretary of State John Kerry, the Our Ocean Conference is a rallying platform for nations, companies and civil society to come together and jointly commit to actions that can help improve and conserve the health of our ocean. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

One formulation that has been suggested is, “What are the obligations under international law of a State for ensuring that activities under its jurisdiction or control that emit greenhouse gases do not cause, or substantially contribute to, serious damage to another State or State?”

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

But it also indicates that by swiftly and drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the worst effects of climate change can be prevented, avoiding worst-case outcomes for water availability. And it shows that certain trends such as rising seas and shrinking ice sheets will continue even if carbon pollution were halted immediately.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2024

C, which requires reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050. CBS notably addressed climate change through “Madam Secretary” (2014-2019), linking global concerns with international diplomacy, per creator Barbara Hall. C above pre-industrial levels and is likely to reach 1.5°C

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 22, 2021

As you may remember, we weren’t overjoyed at the results last session , which settled on a profoundly underwhelming short term measure to address the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in addition to a diluted “ban” on heavy fuel oil (HFO) use in the Arctic that will only take effect in 2029.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

On August 8, PJM Interconnection and other regional electric grid operators submitted comments on a proposed EPA regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants expressing concerns the rule will accelerate retirements of fossil fuel plants without reliable renewable and electric storage technologies to replace them. “PJM

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HumanNature

APRIL 28, 2022

But there is no place you can go on Earth that has not been modified by humans in some way – and we have been modifying our environments for tens of thousands of years through purposeful burning, species introductions & extinctions, agriculture, and now the rapid release of greenhouse gases causing global climate change. Jaquish, B.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

4] As our climate is warming due to rising emissions of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, extreme weather events and intense variations in temperature are becoming more frequent. [5]. 12] Major Greenhouse Reductions needed by 2050:IPCC. However, the weather plays a large part in determining how much the fire will grow and spread.

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