Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Investment across the energy spectrum –from oil and gas and renewables to energy storage and transmission – could well increase due to growing power demand, incentives for new supply, and permitting reforms, extending existing trends from the past four years. Renewable Energy Vs. Fossil Fuels Renewables or fossil fuels?

2025

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Rejecting False Solutions: The Inflation Reduction Act and the Fight for a Just Energy Transition By Savannah Collins and Mia Montoya Hammersley In 2024, scientists confirmed that, for the first time, the world had crossed the threshold of 1.5 economy away from being reliant on fossil fuels and into renewable energy.

Carbon Dioxide

Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 13, 2022

In 2010, GM committed to a 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2020. And in January 2021, it said it would source 100% renewable energy to power GM facilities in the U.S. The post GM Has Become an ‘Energy Star’ with Efficiency and Circular Programs appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

2010

Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Until 2030 the EU shall emit 55 % less Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), compared to 1990 levels. 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).

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. 1) NextEra Energy. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. 2) Duke Energy. Generated Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Energy Mix (2020): [link].

2030

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Let’s look at the three technological strategies which would lead to decarbonization of the transportation sector and the phaseout of petroleum by midcentury: 1) electrification, 2) strengthening greenhouse gas emission standards and fuel economy standards, and 3) clean liquid fuels.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2021

On June 2, The Hershey Company released its 2020 Sustainability Report, highlighting its progress on key environmental and social initiatives during a year of unprecedented challenges. Hershey concluded 2020 with a 23.7 percent improvement in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 12.6

2020

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources.

Renewable Energy

Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

Montana represents a sweeping victory for lead plaintiff Rikki Held and her 15 co-plaintiffs–all minors when the case was filed in 2020. Supreme Court–decided in a 2020 ruling that the young Juliana plaintiffs lacked legal standing to bring their lawsuit under federal law. The court’s 103-page decision in Held v.

Climate Change

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The regulations were amended in 2020 to include a program for existing generation units, CES-E, which has several distinct requirements. The CES relates to the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) in several ways, including that compliance with RPS programs counts toward certain CES compliance obligations.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On September 9, National Fuel Gas Company announced the release of its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report , providing a comprehensive review of environmental, social, and governance performance metrics. Click Here for a copy of the 2020 Corporate Responsibility Repor t.

2030

Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

It has agreed to address climate change under the Paris Agreement , and put forward increasingly ambitious policy targets for 2020, 2030 and 2050. The EU’s 2020 Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) requires that the Member States must collectively achieve 20% of their energy consumption from renewables by 2020.

Renewable Energy

Energy and Climate Law

JUNE 26, 2020

On 1 July the rotating presidency of the European Council is moving for one and a half years to Germany (1/July/2020), Portugal (1/January/2021) and Slovenia (1/July/2021). The three countries that will take over the presidency from 1 July 2020 drew up a unified action programme for the coming years.

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This is a little different than other similar sounding policies like Renewable Energy Standards, which can create some confusion. But while a Renewable Energy Standard treats all sources of qualifying renewable energy equally, the LCFS has a more complicated approach, based on lifecycle analysis.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Nuclear represents the core of her energy plan, in which she would build 20 EPR reactors, extending the life of existing plants to 60 years from more than 40 and re-opening the Fessenheim plant shut in 2020. But since his election five years ago, Macron has aggressively been expanding renewable energy capacity, such as solar and wind.

Nuclear Power

Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Tricky problem Nuclear energy is often not viewed as a low-carbon energy source. According to a poll carried out in 2020 by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), only a quarter of people aged between 18 and 24 in the UK are aware that nuclear is a low-carbon source of energy.

Nuclear Power

Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In 2020, the lab released its first public Environment Report that detailed the status of CERN’s environmental footprint. It found that greenhouse-gas emissions emitted by the lab in 2018 was 223 800 tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent. The CERN particle-physics lab near Geneva, for example, uses 1.3

Climate Change

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Renewable energy sources and electric vehicles are progressing so fast around the world that according to a new study coal and oil use could peak worldwide in as little as three years. Additionally, energy efficiency technologies such as LED light bulbs are a major drive towards lower emissions. That’s it !

2020

Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2020

On Monday, July 27, the Sabin Center filed comments with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in support of the proposed Vineyard Wind energy facility offshore Massachusetts on behalf of the group Win with South Fork Wind (“Win with Wind”). Read the letter here.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

On August 27, Ready for 100% Montgomery County announced nearly one-third of the communities in Montgomery County committed to a gradual transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy in its electricity usage by 2035 and in all sectors (heat, transportation) by 2050.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

As many of you know, China launched trading for its national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading system (ETS) in 2021. GT of CO2 emissions in 2020 or roughly 40% of China’s overall emissions. By volume of emissions, the Chinese system is the world’s largest ETS.

Renewable Energy

Vermont Law

APRIL 5, 2023

The potential contribution of the BBNJ agreement to strengthen environmental protection in the development of marine renewable energy technologies in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Pollution from different sources as well the rising greenhouse gas emission levels are some of the main drivers of the degradation of marine ABNJ.

Renewable Energy

Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

According to a 2020 study ( Glob. A 2021 study found that 7000 virtual delegates at three large scientific meetings, held online in 2020, had the same carbon footprint as a single in-person attendee to the same events in 2019 ( Nat. © 2020 Springer Nature Limited. 10.1038/s41893-021-00823-2 ). Reused with permission.

2019

Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The financial part of this Green Deal is the European Green Deal Investment Plan (EGDIP) , revealed on 14 January 2020. Source: The European Green Deal Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism explained, EC, Brussels, 14 January 2020, p. A legislative proposal will be presented in March 2020 to officially set it up.

Fossil Fuels

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Legislature also increased efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions with the passage of Assembly Bill 1279 and Senate Bill 1020, setting net zero emissions targets and renewable energy and zero-carbon targets for California retail electricity sales. 2020) 51 Cal.App.5th

2023

A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

Transport accounts for about 13% of Kenya’s greenhouse gas emissions. In 2020, around 90% of the electricity used in the country was generated from renewables , including hydropower, geothermal, solar PV and wind. Kenya is targeting 100% clean energy use by 2030. Greenhouse gas emissions are another problem, he said.

Electricity

Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

By coincidence rather than design, two different approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector have been under discussion by North Carolina agencies since 2021. The two approaches share goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70% by 2030 (from a 2005 baseline) and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Greenhouse

Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2023

The Report builds upon previous reports from 2017 and 2020 , providing a comprehensive update on the current state of, and trends in, climate change litigation worldwide. It provides invaluable insights into the key legal issues that courts face in climate change cases.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2023

Carbon-intensity, social inequality, vested interests, energy insecurity, and climate vulnerability are all present, in acute form. The country is the largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter on the African continent , ranked in the top 15 globally, with higher per capita emissions than many developed countries.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . It’s mostly due to a combination of poor planning coupled with an ideological opposition to renewable energy. But their plans to fill some of this gap with renewables, energy conservation, and other programs were derailed in 2018. Source: IESO [link].

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

Read more here. ] -- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative -- “Immediate suspension of Pennsylvania’s entry into RGGI” [ Note: Republicans have opposed establishing a program to cut carbon pollution from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative since it was first suggested. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 1, 2023

And one of their favourite tactics is to push technology that they claim can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions – especially carbon capture and storage and hydrogen. For example, when a carbon dioxide pipeline ruptured in Mississippi in 2020, 300 people were evacuated and 45 people had to be hospitalized.

Climate Change

Green Bang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries, but it also brings significant energy demands, particularly in the tech sector. While AI can enhance energy efficiency in some areas, it also contributes to rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to its immense computational requirements.

Renewable Energy

Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. And while greenhouse gas emissions may dip this year because of lockdowns, we should not celebrate.

2020

Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

CHRIS JOHNSTON DECEMBER 2, 2020. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

By Patrick Monahan, PittWire In February 2020, the University of Pittsburgh announced its goal to go carbon neutral by 2037 -- 13 years sooner than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s call for global carbon neutrality.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

JULY 31, 2024

Cambodia Solar energy in Cambodia, comprising only 7% of the country’s energy capacity, has emerged as the fastest-growing energy source , expanding over 14% in 2023. Cambodia aims to achieve 70% of renewable energy generation by 2030, with hydropower expected to contribute 55%. GW by 2040. GW of solar power.

Solar Power