Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

EPA is the primary authority for Class VI well permits, which are essential for the underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). 1] North Dakota was the first state to obtain primacy for Class VI wells in April 2018, with Wyoming following in October 2020, and Louisiana now joining as the third state. Regan to Governors (Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Zero- and low-emission vehicles also lower carbon dioxide emissions, helping to lessen climate change. These pollutants contribute to ground-level ozone, or smog, which EPA has shown has negative health impacts, including asthma attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Annually, the project will remove 1.38

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Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

2018 ( PDF ; I’m a coauthor on that paper). I discussed this here in 2016 and also in my 2018 RealClimate article “ If you doubt that the AMOC has weakened, read this ”, together with possible other alternative explanations of the ‘cold blob’. The reanalysis data show the latter is the case.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Fortunately, Manabe recently wrote a retrospective on his early work in response to receiving the Crafoord prize in 2018. 2018 ), but I think it’s fair to say that few modelers think it’s a useful tool anymore. In his 2018 retrospective, Manabe doesn’t discuss the issue at all. 9335-9350, 2018.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It found that greenhouse-gas emissions emitted by the lab in 2018 was 223 800 tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent. In 2020, the lab released its first public Environment Report that detailed the status of CERN’s environmental footprint.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

The program’s original target was to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuel used in California by 2020 at least 10% from a 2010 baseline. CCS Protocol : The 2018 amendments adopted a protocol to allow crediting of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects. 2018), available at : [link]. [3]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. Source California Air Resources Board.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

In 2018, a group of 40 citizens filed a civil complaint and a group of 12 citizens filed an administrative complaint with support from an environmental NGO Kiko Network. Kobe Civil Case) In September 2018, a group of 40 citizens sued Kobe Steel Ltd., Civil Case : Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

by 2026-27 from a 2018-19 baseline. Its Climate Resilient City Action Plan, which is part of the Urban-LEDS and was approved in December 2021, identifies actions with the total mitigation potential of 60,748 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent every year, and addresses local climate risks in many of the same areas as Narayanganj.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2018, the General Court partially upheld the actions, prompting an appeal from the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The court found that complainants’ fundamental rights were not violated preemptively because the federal legislator, not the state legislatures, are subject to a carbon dioxide emissions budget. In Smith v.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Forestry : Forests play a significant role in reducing carbon dioxide through carbon sequestration. Forests store carbon in trees, shrubs, and soil. Forest management and tree planting, included as part of an agroforestry system, support tree growth and increase carbon storage.

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HumanNature

MARCH 24, 2022

For example, forests store about 30-40% of the carbon found on land, improve air quality, and even filter water. In 2018 alone, it’s estimated that California’s wildfire damages amounted to nearly $149 billion. Forests are incredibly good at storing carbon, in both soils and plants. link] (5) Bladon, K. Emelko, M.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 11, 2021

As one of the most extreme examples of science denial, McIntyre starts his book, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason , by describing his visit to the 2018 Flat Earth International Conference in Denver, US.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 18, 2022

In small amounts, Sargassum is actually good for beaches as it can help purify water and absorb carbon dioxide. In fact, during an eight-month period in 2018, there were more than 11,000 cases of acute Sargassum toxicity reported in Guadeloupe and Martinique. However, in large influxes, Sargassum presents some serious issues.

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HumanNature

APRIL 14, 2022

In general, increased carbon dioxide from human activities will lead to higher temperatures. Many possible reasons exist for drought occurring that involve many aspects of the water cycle and weather patterns. But one of the main reasons that drought is getting worse over time is simply climate change. Frontiers in Plant Science 10.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Recent studies have shown that there has been more than an eight-fold increase in summer forest fires in California over the years 1972 to 2018.[3]. We need to make changes in the present day so we don’t leave a carbon dioxide ridden earth without forests for our future generations. 9] Stevens-Ruhmann C., Morgan P. &

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

Yet the technologies needed to do this, collectively known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), remains nascent, underfunded and largely unregulated. By mid-century onwards, as much as 1 billion tonnes of carbon will need to be removed from the atmosphere each year.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Illustrating the variation in sea levels from 1993 – 2018. Source: NASA (August 2018). Greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide are great absorbers of heat radiation coming from the Earth’s surface. Shows a generally increasing trend. Many islands within the Pacific are surrounded by coral reefs. should be. [4]

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Sharon Hewitt) updates the Louisiana Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act which is designed to pave the way for a CCS market in Louisiana. Second, Louisiana already has a developed pipeline infrastructure that is necessary to transport carbon dioxide to where it can be utilized and stored. Section 45Q U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And this year Shell abandoned it’s much lauded plans to cut global oil production , in a walk-back of climate action in favour of trying to boost short-term shareholder profits.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We emitted about 269 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018 (the latest year for which data are available), with industry, electricity production, and transportation the largest sources. Pennsylvania is acting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Sharon Hewitt) updates the Louisiana Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act which is designed to pave the way for a CCS market in Louisiana. Second, Louisiana already has a developed pipeline infrastructure that is necessary to transport carbon dioxide to where it can be utilized and stored.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

By September 30, 2026 , support Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide safety training for 20,000 farmworkers annually compared with the FY 2018-2020 annual average baseline of 11,000. million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent released attributed to EPA pollution prevention grants; and.

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Brag

OCTOBER 20, 2021

By September 30, 2026 , support Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide safety training for 20,000 farmworkers annually compared with the FY 2018-2020 annual average baseline of 11,000. million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent released attributed to EPA pollution prevention grants; and.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

County of Fresno (2018) 6 Cal.8 County of San Diego (2018) 27 Cal.App.5 8 th 502, why it was not feasible to correlate the level of the project’s air emissions to specific human health impacts from the project. Department of Fish & Wildlife (2015) 62 Cal. 5 th 892 (“ Golden Door ”) (analyzed in my 10/8/18 post here ).

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

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. The global mean sea level has increased by 20 cm from 1901 to 2018, and the rate of increase has accelerated and is now about 3.7 mm increase every year.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

It has also been reported that between the years of 2002 and 2018 more than 20 million hectares of tropical forests were cleared in the Amazon purely for beef production. Brazil is the world’s leading exporter of beef [1] with 159 million hectares of land used for pasture growth [2].

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Burning coal in these two regions account for a little under two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with 1.29 Burning coal emits twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas and up to 50 times more than solar and wind in their entire lifecycles (manufacturing and recycling included). A moral imperative.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Specifically, they allege the government has knowingly caused carbon dioxide levels to rise in a way that compromises the climate system, threatening human health and welfare. As recently as November, 21, 2018, the U.S. in October 2018. They request that the court force the administration to act to fight climate change.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The ocean has buffered our planet from the impacts of climate change, absorbing much of the carbon dioxide we’ve emitted and a substantial amount of the heat from our warming atmosphere. Take Action for Climate-Ready Fisheries. That comes at a cost. In short, the ocean is becoming less familiar and its patterns less recognizable.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

At the same time, we are making progress in reducing our carbon footprint. In 2018, CO2 [carbon dioxide] emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power sources were 33% below 2005 levels. In 2021, Pennsylvania exported 35% of the electricity it generated, more than any other state.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Fourth National Climate Assessment was published in November 2018. While the Assessment “do[es] not prescribe or recommend specific policy interventions,” it can and does “inform actions [and] policy.” NCA5 is currently in development and is expected to be finalized later this year. 175564 (Exhibit A).

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 13, 2023

As carbon dioxide emissions quickly accelerated over the past 75 years, 90 percent of the heat caused from those emissions has been absorbed by the ocean. ENSO is an important phenomenon that transports heat from the tropics to higher latitudes—a process that is necessary to maintain long-term global climate stability.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

By reducing nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants from the transportation sector, we make the air quality healthier in our communities, while helping to slow down climate change and its impacts,” Ziadeh added. .: million settlement with Volkswagen.

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Environment Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

According to a 2018 report by Chatham House , cement is the most widely used construction material in the world. It is also a major source of carbon dioxide; contributing around eight per cent of the worlds CO2 emissions. However, new technologies and processes are being developed that greatly reduce its environmental cost.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2023

The combined impact of this litigation – preventing the emission of hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other destructive pollutants – arguably ranks this among South Africa’s most successful public interest litigation campaigns.

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