A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Despite the worldwide mobilisation towards the adoption of renewable energy, the Brazilian government continues to promote the use of coal, the most polluting fossil fuel. The UN’s climate conference, COP26 , has seen more than 70 countries commit to putting an end to energy sources such as coal by mid-century.

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A Greener Life

MAY 3, 2022

As climate change accelerates, the risks and costs of extreme weather – like 2020’s Cyclone Amphan – are set to skyrocket in India. New analysis has found India’s large lenders and state-run energy giants are doing little to reduce their mounting climate exposure. Photo credit: Majority World CIC / Alamy. By Lou Del Bello.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

None of this happened in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, which led the UN to postpone the meeting, and negotiations are resuming this year with the same agenda. Holding on to too much coal also means that adding a lot of new renewable energy capacity may not necessarily help decarbonise the economy.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 20, 2022

In addition, the procurement of renewable energy infrastructure as well as the remediation of out-of-use oil and gas wells provides additional sources of work. Remediation of abandoned well sites has the potential to enhance water quality in the region and renewable energy can decrease the harsh effects of air pollution.

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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez, discusses renewable energy projects with Wayuu Indigenous communities in the northern department of La Guajira. Elsewhere, other renewable energy projects have been unable to connect and deliver power to the grid, the National Interconnected System.

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SPR Law

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In late October 2020, the New York City Department of Finance issued proposed regulations to implement a Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) loan program in NYC to provide targeted loans with favorable terms to building owners for installation of systems designed to reduce energy use and carbon emissions.

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SPR Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

On October 29, 2020, the New York City Council passed Int. No 1947-A—a bill that significantly amends the affordable housing provisions of Local Law 97 of 2019 to require more buildings to meet greenhouse gas emissions caps.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2022

In 2021 Comcast Signs Agreement To Purchase 250 MW Of Solar Energy In Step Toward Carbon Neutral Goal U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support! Posted: September 26, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

The bump may be linked to China’s commitment, made in September 2020, to reach carbon neutrality before 2060. TikTok set up a Corporate Social Responsibility department around 2020, and employed staff in Europe and the US. of the total) published ESG reports in 2020. The rise of ESG is changing that.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

Finally, the new subdivision cautions that the energy impact analysis is subject to the rule of reason and should focus on energy demand caused by the project. by developing VMT-based thresholds for significance or by creating VMT mitigation banks to offset VMT increases from new development).

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Digesters are key nodes in a growing movement to use biogas derived from animal manure for energy, sometimes under the guise of “green” or “renewable” energy. Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad and Marcin Pietrzykowski (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Elsevier, 2020), 751. United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Back in 2009, richer nations committed to a goal of providing $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020, a goal that was reaffirmed in Paris in 2015. That goal was finally met in 2022, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Congress, too, must step up since it holds the power of the purse.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Michael Moore’s last movie, Planet of the Humans , questions the reliability, affordability and sustainability of renewable energy. The thought-provoking film also highlights the renewables’ dependence on fossil fuels. What are the limitations of renewable technologies? the 25% of the total renewable energy share.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

With the effects of Climate Change an imminent threat to the world and with cities contributing to more than 60% of Global Greenhouse Gas emissions (United Nations, 2021), future cities will also need to secure sustainable development. Resilient Melbourne, 2020, p.03. Foster, 2020.Urban 2020, July).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

Report Warns -- Bloomberg Green: Climeworks Raises $650 Million For Carbon Removal Startup -- Reuters: Accuweather Forecasts 2022 To Be 7th Straight Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season -- Reuters: Alaska Oil Field Natural Gas Leak Estimated At 7.2

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5%

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Physics World

JUNE 1, 2022

Glass is also underappreciated in renewable energy and other green technologies. Organizers could take inspiration from the 2015 International Year of Light (IYL2015) , which has fostered an annual International Day of Light on 16 May each year to celebrate the role of light in science, culture, education and sustainable development.

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Edouard Stenger

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Brent crude prices dropped 70 percent since the beginning of 2020. As coal is more expensive than fossil gas, solar and wind, this pandemic is having an averse effect on the American coal industry who will see at least another 20 to 25 percent decline in generation in 2020 from the previous year.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Second Circuit Declined to Stay Department of Energy Rule Creating New Product Classes for Short-Cycle for Washers and Dryers. Department of Energy (DOE) rule adopted in December 2020 that created new product classes for short-cycle washers and dryers in the energy conservation program.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The Trump administration removed gray wolves from the endangered species list in November 2020. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to end Chinese financing of new coal-fired powerplants outside of China and increase funding for renewable energy. Biden previously pledged to increase the US contribution up to $5.7

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