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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

Required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set standards for greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) new vehicles. Required state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave broad authority to CARB to implement the standard. 2018 SB100. Required zero carbon emissions from power grid by 2045.

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The Winding Path of Australian Climate Policy

Legal Planet

On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States. Little wonder that scholars in 2018 described Australian climate policy has a “festival of misadventure. A decade ago, Australia had a climate tax. That was repealed in 2014, and the ensuing period saw little progress. As in the U.S.,

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Fact checking Ontario’s Environment Minister

Enviromental Defense

But when the PC government was elected in June 2018, it cancelled those incentives. In Q2 of 2018, the last quarter with incentives, 3 per cent of vehicle sales were EVs. In Q4 of 2018, the first quarter with no Ontario incentives, EV sales dropped to just 1 per cent of vehicles sold. What happened? Absolutely not. . Marie, Ont.,

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PUC Invites Comments On Petition To Issue A Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging

PA Environment Daily

With zero tailpipe emissions, EVs present the potential to reduce air pollution and adverse health impacts and burdens on Pennsylvanians and their communities. -- Greenhouse gas reductions – climate change caused by greenhouse gas (including carbon) emissions is one of the most significant challenges we face today.

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TCI Program Established to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Transportation

Clean Energy Law

In December 2018, after having successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 53.3%, a majority of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) jurisdictions announced plans to design a program to address carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels.

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Ontario could easily phase out polluting fossil gas – if it wanted to

Enviromental Defense

Storage costs decreased almost 70 per cent between 2015 and 2018 and are expected to keep falling significantly. Efficiency programs are the best and cheapest way to reduce carbon emissions because they both lower energy costs and carbon emissions. Construction worker installs new energy-efficient windows.

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Opinion: Unrest underlines need to reform Kazakhstan’s energy sector

A Greener Life

But even with that target, reform of Kazakhstan’s energy sector needs to happen if carbon neutrality by 2060 is to be a realistic goal. According to the World Bank, Kazakhstan is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in Europe and Central Asia. In 2018, journalists reported that 92.1% share in Kazakh oil production.