Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Since the summer of 2021, five Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed bills banning their state governments from doing business with financial institutions that they allege have divested from fossil fuel companies as a result of ESG investment policies. Another six statehouses are considering similar bills.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 20, 2023

During the month of May, solar and wind power generated more electricity (30.6%) than fossil fuels (27.3%) in the European Union for the first time in history. In the meantime, fossil fuels went from 40-50 percent to less than 30 percent. This is equally impressive.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It doesn’t make financial sense for many coal plants stay open due to competition from more affordable clean resources —such as wind and solar—as well as from other fossil fuel power plants, such as those fired by methane gas. That would be outrageous, wouldn’t it? But that’s exactly what’s happening right now.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The simple fact is that ditching fossil fuels for low-cost clean energy resources is good for the planet, good for the US economy, and good for public health. To be blunt: The United States is trying to power a 21 st century economy and withstand 21 st century challenges with a 20th century electricity grid. The good news?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As I prepare to attend the UN’s 28 th annual Conference of the Parties (COP28 ), I’ve been thinking a lot about the connection between the UN climate talks and litigation, especially in light of the stark reality that parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement are falling short on key milestones leading up to the next month’s meeting.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By expanding renewable power, phasing out fossil fuels, electrifying as much of the economy as possible, and deploying other technologies, the U.S. But it requires ambitious policies, including nearly tripling renewable energy’s share of US electricity generation by 2030 (see graph below). degrees Celsius. million homes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Because beyond the importance of cleaning up the power sector itself, we also need a clean electricity system to enable the decarbonization of so many other aspects of our economy, from vehicles to homes and businesses to industrial processes. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

2023 was a milestone year for electric car sales in the US. Sales figure from VELOZ The top selling passenger car AND top selling light truck in CA in 2023, according to California New Car Dealers Association , were both electric vehicles with the Tesla Model 3 and the Tesla Model Y taking the top spots…as they also did in 2022.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

According to the Communication, buildings and power generation can make the largest and most cost-efficient emissions reductions, in the order of 60% and more compared to 2015, to reach the 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target (p.8). At least 30 % of the EU´s multiannual budget shall be dedicated to `climate relevant spending´ (p.4),

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In his inaugural address , incoming General Assembly President Peter Thompson declared that the session would focus on advancing the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in September 2015. Achieving that goal will require a dramatic cut in fossil fuel development.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With most energy investments still in fossil fuels, significant reform is needed to modernise the sector and meet Kazakhstan’s pledge to become net-zero by 2060. Social unrest related to fossil fuels is not a new phenomenon in Kazakhstan. An oil pump in a dust storm on the road to Aktau, Kazakhstan. By Kate Watters.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But the United Nations has just said that the latest commitments of the 192 parties of the 2015 Paris agreement will equate to a 16% rise in global greenhouse-gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2010. It’s an achievable goal because electricity generation is centralized, we only have a countable number of electric power plants.

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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. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. Luckily it’s entirely possible (and cost effective!) As the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2023

The IFO said this was the fourth consecutive quarter in which production did not increase year-over-year and represents the strongest year-over-year decline in quarterly production since monthly production data have been published (2015). The IFO reported Lycoming County saw a 12.4%

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

In Germany, fossil fuels are king. While Germany has had a huge focus on renewable energy this has done little to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. Ironically, the country already gets a lot of its electricity supply via interconnectors from France – produced through nuclear energy.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Fossil fuel support. Furthermore, the UK is struggling with two fossil fuel-related crises at the moment. One is, the gas crisis caused by a sudden rise of gas prices due to wholesale rises in prices, and the second is the shortage of fuel at petrol stations due to a shortage of HGV drivers. The role of diplomacy.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

New production processes will be necessary, with low and zero-emissions electricity, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) to reach net-zero. C thresholds which were agreed upon by world leaders during the COP21 UN climate summit in 2015, GHG emissions would need to peak before 2025 at the very latest and be reduced by 43% by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Kraybill's involvement in climate activism began after watching the documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Alberta: Speak Up For a SAFE Climate: Take Action Here How Climate Action Makes Life More Affordable Renewable energy, including solar and wind power, is much cheaper and less polluting than burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil and coal. The research was published in Nature in April of this year.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

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. Carbon Emissions Emissions goals were set in response to urgent developments in climate science indicating that for the world to meet the 1.5°C

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. Adding more variable energy sources to electricity grids, all else being equal, might not in itself make electricity less reliable. But all else is not equal. GW of wind produced at a rate of 0.65

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. 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.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Since it was formed in 2015, Nacero has not built any of the nine plants it set out to build. Wolf: Proposed EPA Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards To Help Pennsylvanians Breathe Easier, Save Money -- PennDOT: New 511PA App Features Electric Vehicle Charging Stations -- AP: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On November 4, PJM Interconnection and its members said they are prepared to meet the forecasted demand for electricity this winter, employing lessons learned from recent extreme weather events while also accounting for recent fuel supply concerns. PJM's all-time winter peak is 143,295 MW, set on Feb. Operations.

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Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2023

In 2019, for example, the utility company Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”) entered what has been called “ the first climate bankruptcy ” after announcing that it faced more than $30 billion in potential liability from a series of devastating fires in northern California that were made far worse by climate change.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

While Japan once had one of the world’s most diverse energy portfolios, the loss of its nuclear program has caused a sudden shift towards a fossil-fuel heavy generation industry. Subsequently, Japanese greenhouse gas emissions and electricity costs for industrial and residential consumers have skyrocketed. By Jared E.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 29, 2023

The German nuclear power plant Grafenrheinfeld before it was decommissioned in 2015. The coal share of the electricity mix is alarmingly high at 31%, amongst the highest in the EU and at least the highest amongst the richest and most developed EU countries. Photo credit: Christian VisualBeo Horvat – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

million people, it currently has very little electricity or water access. . Given the scope of this blog, I did some research on local electricity generation and found some interesting facts. Given the scope of this blog, I did some research on local electricity generation and found some interesting facts. percent share.).

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This official inner circle is now doing the business of the three separate international treaties in force for climate change: the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), the 1992 Kyoto Protocol (Yes, it still exists and is in force, although the United States is not a party), and the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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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. C above pre-industrial levels, for example by phasing out coal, stopping deforestation, switching to electric vehicles and investing in renewables.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

A catalytic converter is a component part of the exhaust system of a fossil fuel motor vehicle that catalyzes, or accelerates the break down of vehicle emissions making them less harmful. The theft of catalytic converters to sell for the value of the rare earth metal components is a thing once again.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Less than a month after the UK handed over the presidency of COP26 to the Egyptian hosts of COP27 , the country had not only proudly claimed how quickly they had reduced their reliance on coal but also actively pushed other countries to move away from the most polluting fossil fuel, announced they granted permission to build a new coal mine. .

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 30, 2023

I previously noted that renewables are to become first global electricity source by 2025. PV Magazine published at the beginning of the year an article stating that fossil fuels already had peaked. ” according to Wikipedia ), the share of coal in the total electricity mix decreased by 3.7 percentage point.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

from fossil fuels by impeding the construction of pipelines that feed fossil fuel power plants. On the other hand, the dramatic rise in renewable electricity generation, particularly wind power, has created a need for construction of new transmission lines to bring electricity to market.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In 2015, a total volume of 598.3 billion in 2015. [4]. In 2015, a total volume of 598.3 billion in 2015. [4]. As of April 2018, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region, which encompasses the Basin, was home to approximately 34,000 warehouses with 1.17 million tons of freight valued at US$1.7

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The other is to improve the energy structure, replacing fossil fuel sources with alternatives. It also missed energy consumption and intensity targets in the 13th Five Year Plan (2015-2020). During the 13th FYP period (2015-2020), its total coal mining capacity reached 1.34 Photo credit: Jiang Yifan.

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A Greener Life

MAY 28, 2023

Many such projects allow users to generate their own electricity and sell the surplus back to the grid. Currently, 84% of the energy consumed in Argentina is generated using natural gas and oil, fossil fuels whose production and use drive global warming, and which can bring other harmful impacts on ecosystems, societies and their health.

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