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Real Climate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
, but it inevitably brings forth a mish-mash of half-remembered, inappropriate or out-of-date comparisons between the impacts of carbon dioxide and methane. So this is an attempt to put all of that in context and provide a hopefully comprehensive guide to how, when, and why to properly compare the two greenhouse gases.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Oil and gas major ConocoPhillips’ website says gas is “one of the safest and cleanest fuels available” and that when it is burned, it “produces mostly carbon dioxide and water vapor—the same substances emitted when humans exhale.” Methane is also a fast-acting greenhouse gas in terms of its impact on the climate.
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Edouard Stenger
MAY 16, 2017
These days the United States’ federal government is promoting coal and backtracking on climate ambition and the European Union is no longer cutting its greenhouse gases emissions. China’s coal consumption declined over three consecutive years (2013 to 2016), and a continued slow decline is expected.
Vermont Law
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
Two steps forward, one step back: In February 2016, the Supreme Court issued a. Equally exciting, in August 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld agencies’ ability under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include the. social cost of carbon. social cost of carbon. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2023
Utilizing manure nutrients efficiently means that risk of loss of nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and greenhouse gas is minimized. Generation from solar farms of this size and type are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 47,390 metric tons of CO2 annually.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2022
For example, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations limiting conventional air pollution from tanker ships sailing far offshore but whose emissions pollute within California’s borders do not violate dormant Commerce Clause principles. In North Dakota v.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 8, 2023
Despite these claims, burning waste coal is still just burning fossil fuel and results in the emissions of significant amounts of air pollution including ozone precursors, fine particulates, acid gasses, heavy metals, and vast amounts of carbon pollution.
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