A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The 26th Conference of Parties, known as COP26 , which will run from 31 October to 12 November in Glasgow, the UK, is considered the most important meeting in global climate diplomacy since 2015, when the Paris Agreement was thrashed out by the 197 members of the UNFCCC. The net-zero debate.

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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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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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Physics World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

That increase will breach the targets agreed by the 2015 Paris climate agreement set at COP21 and bring widespread devastation and more instances of extreme weather. COP26 has four main aims , the first of which is to reach global net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century and to try to limit warming to 1.5 °C Global goals.

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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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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. Unfortunately, the current Ontario government’s plan is to burn more fossil gas to generate power. . Luckily it’s entirely possible (and cost effective!) Photo by Greg Vojtko/Released 100809-N-8863V-006.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2021

Of Agriculture: Secretary To Tour Urban Gardens Building Resilient Communities -- Ag Progress Days: Exhibits Focus On Animal, Plant Diseases, Invasive Pests [Aug. Seeks Cooperation With China On Climate, But Not At Any Price -- Financial Times: U.S.

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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?," If economic growth accelerates, then GHG emissions will accelerate (given current technologies).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

to reducing their carbon emissions. In August 2015, the Obama administration announced the. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. Nevertheless, in December 2015, 195 countries adopted an. social cost of carbon. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 19, 2023

The new rules replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was proposed in 2015 but ran into multiple legal challenges and never took effect. Nonetheless, in a … Continue reading Biden’s strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants

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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.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Healey issued the CID in connection with an investigation into unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce with respect to fossil fuel products and securities. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2022

C carbon budget set forth in the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries must reduce CO2 emissions in the entire [existing] built environment by 50-65% by 2030 and reach zero carbon by 2040. The built environment accounts for approximately 28% of global CO2 emissions and 40% of all U.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The California Supreme Court declined to review an intermediate appellate court’s decision upholding the statewide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. They alleged that the standards could reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 26 million metric tons and save $24 billion over 30 years.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As the world ran almost entirely on coal power at that time (and later on petroleum fossil fuels), it was quite clear that coal was not an infinite resource, and some scientists pleaded in the countries of most heavy use to take steps to limit mining and burning. Energy Conservation. Energy Conservation.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And it reveals how American families and businesses bear the brunt of wild price fluctuations in fossil fuels and deserve more stable, cleaner sources of energy. Fuel costs don’t change for wind- and solar-powered electricity over time because the wind and sun are free, and clean energy produced in the U.S. According to the U.S.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation A Cap-and-Invest Approach . In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1].

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Low-carbon energy plans could be deployed quicker. Fossil fuel subsidies could be ratcheted down. Carbon-trapping forests and wetlands, which also filter water and calm floods, could be protected from plows and shovels. More money could flow to poorer countries to aid adaptation to severe storms. Laura Gersony.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

At the start of the recent COP 27 climate meeting in Egypt, a United Nations report on the role of financial institutions in controlling climate change said, “There is no room for new investment in fossil fuel supply.”. With COP 27 now concluded, fossil fuel investment remains the elephant in the room.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D.

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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. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Check Out C-SAW -- Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers New R.I.S.E 17 [PaEN] -- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Receives Great Greenway/Trail Designation -- SunburyDI: Friends Group Formed For R.B. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

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JUNE 14, 2021

CEQ is also planning to revive guidance on how to factor greenhouse gas emissions and climate change into NEPA reviews, after Obama-era guidance was yanked by the Trump administration. The agenda notes DOE is preparing a major rulemaking to reduce the use of fossil fuels in federal buildings — an implementation of a 2007 law.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. World leaders agreed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to try to limit to warming to 1.5 He has proposed paying for the new breaks by ending fossil fuel subsidies.

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