Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 12, 2022
Since its founding in 2017, the US Climate Alliance —a coalition of states committed to meeting the goals of the Paris climate accord—has grown to 24 states and one US territory. Currently, the states in our analysis meet their electricity needs with a mix of different electricity sources, including fossil fuels, nuclear power and renewables.
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Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Ontario Power Generation has been quietly selling off Clean Energy Credits from its hydro and nuclear power to businesses in the United States since about 2013. Ontario businesses that are attempting to lower their carbon footprint can no longer count their electricity use as having low emissions.
Law Columbia
MARCH 25, 2016
The amount that the Senate has proposed diverting from the RGGI fund for FY 2017 is more than 80% of the total value of RGGI auction proceeds earned by New York in FY 2016 (which totaled approximately $166 million ). Clearly, the diversion of RGGI proceeds to the general budget and for workforce development is at odds with these requirements.
Vermont Law
MARCH 16, 2018
Many civil disobedience activists in the 1960s and 70s attempted to use it to justify their illegal actions in protests over foreign wars or nuclear power, for example, but achieved little to no success. So actions taken to curtail some carbon emissions, but not all, might still suffice. May 30, 2017). in some way.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. Petitioners challenging EPA’s new source performance standards for carbon emissions from power plants filed their opening briefs in the D.C. United States v. Ruffatto , No.
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
Coal energy has the highest carbon intensity of fossil fuels, but the electricity that coal provided during the cold snap saved Texas from more widespread blackouts, and possibly more fatalities. [22] should maintain and expand its fleet of highly-reliable, carbon-free, and 94 percent efficient nuclear power plants.
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