Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 directed the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of four regional “direct air capture hubs” (DAC Hubs)—networks that connect direct air capture projects with sequestration facilities and commercial users of captured carbon dioxide (CO 2 ).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. However, make no mistake: Technological advancement did not create the production boom by itself. The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

When it comes to the airline industry, sustainable aviation fuel may be its ticket to a low-carbon future. In 2021, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) set a target for the aviation industry to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Airlines bought every drop of SAF available in 2021,” Tjoeng says. “So

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2021

The company has made substantial progress in reducing emissions from generation and other areas of its operations and is on track to achieve a 70 percent reduction from 2010 levels in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2035 and an 80 percent reduction by 2040. Posted: August 30, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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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. Sette adds that the labs are “eager” to learn from each other and will now further develop best practices and develop new sustainable technologies.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The subsidy will lead to more oil and gas production Though carbon capture is being sold by oil and gas companies as their solution to their increasing emissions, that’s not why they started using the technology in the first place. In the 1970s, oil companies were trying to figure out how to pump out the last third of oil from a well.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force, charged with making recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating in Louisiana, recently took another step towards that goal. The Task Force released a first draft of the report in the spring of 2021. Noteworthy actions include: ACTION 5.6

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Originally, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the technologies that are being sold as climate saviours when their real objective is to prolong the life of the polluting fossil fuels which are driving climate change: carbon capture, offsets and ‘blue’ hydrogen. There are many, many concerns with carbon capture technology.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Under Governor Wolf, we’ve accelerated and expanded work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to equip Pennsylvania’s communities, businesses, and individual residents to address climate change impacts occurring now and projected for the near future. Find more temperature and rainfall data at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment.

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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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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Endnotes. [1] at 150-51. [5]

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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law July 31, 2023 The social cost of carbon (SCC) has been the basis for policies such as tax credits for carbon capture technology and zero-emissions credits. As carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere, it also traps heat surrounding the planet.

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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. Despite this knowledge, there has been little done since to develop carbon dioxide removal at scale. Some of the techniques are further advanced than others.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

This comes with massive greenhouse emissions that are rapidly changing the earth’s climate, with disastrous effects for our health, homes and economies. In 2021, overall annual emissions from oil and gas globally were 40,800 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). That’s simply not the case. megatonnes, around 0.1

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Physics World

OCTOBER 16, 2021

In theory this could seed clouds that reflect sunlight back into space – counteracting the greenhouse effect. Kolbert runs through the smorgasbord of negative-emissions technologies designed to sequester carbon dioxide. The tomatoes were “perfect, in that greenhouse tomato-y way,” reports Kolbert.

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HumanNature

MARCH 24, 2022

Guest Post by Holly Roth , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Forests are incredibly good at storing carbon, in both soils and plants. When forests burn, that carbon is released into the atmosphere and contributes to greenhouse gases (mostly as carbon dioxide). link] (5) Bladon, K.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

The rationale for this focus on the Ambition Gap is clear – despite the proliferation of net-zero pledges over recent years, governments’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain “ woefully insufficient to meet the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement ”. C temperature target within reach. C temperature target within reach.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

According to Pennsylvania’s recently released 2021 Climate Impacts Assessment, average annual temperatures in the commonwealth will rise by 5.9°F She said to address these challenges, she is inviting her Senate colleagues to co-sponsor legislation to invest the proceeds from the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

By Hilary Mercer , Shell Polymers/Pennsylvania Chemicals Project & Kevin Walker, President/CEO Duquesne Light This guest essay first appeared on TribLive.com May 11, 2022 -- Climate change demands that the world, including our region, transition its energy profile to a low-carbon one.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Moreover, despite a steady growth in total factor productivity (TFP, “a ratio of agricultural outputs produced to inputs used“) since 1948 as a result of technological change, climate change has already dampened TFP, and it is expected to decline to pre-1980 levels by 2050 unless adaptation measures adequately respond.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The bill retains a provision from the House bill repealing section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. House votes to ‘disapprove’ of entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, defying Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Completed in December 2021, the county installed a 2.5-acre The Township was awarded the grant in May of 2021 and performed water sampling over the summer months. Utilizing manure nutrients efficiently means that risk of loss of nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and greenhouse gas is minimized.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Worse than that, it might end up misdirecting the world’s clean energy efforts into dirtier than appreciated energy technologies because of the country’s ongoing dependence on coal-fired energy. The IEA noted that in 2022 China’s manufacturing capacity for wafers, cells, and modules rose 40-50 percent and almost doubled for silicon.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIGs) to 18 cleaner fuel transportation projects statewide that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. Vehicles alone release 21 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the state, a known greenhouse gas and direct contributor to climate change.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Building on President Biden’s December 2021 executive order on federal sustainability, [1] CEQ and the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy are formally establishing a “Buy Clean Task Force,” which will utilize the federal government’s purchasing power to promote the use of low-carbon construction materials, including cement.

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Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

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. 4 843 , measured in tonnes (t) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent (e) per year per person or ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Gas plants proposed as of the close of 2021 were estimated to result in up to $74 billion in health costs over their lifetime, and that’s just from the burning of gas at the power plant, ignoring all of the polluting upstream impacts from drilling and transporting gas.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

“PHMSA’s proposal is a welcome step that reflects important updates to existing standards, including unlocking the use of advanced technologies to find and fix more pipeline leaks. Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas over 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in the near-term.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2021

On March 1, 2021, the TCI released draft Model Rules for public review. See Latham’s blog post TCI Proposes to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Transportation in the Northeast.) Building on the MOU and the draft Model Rules, the TCI provided an update in March 2021 about its goal to expand opportunities for public engagement.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Hydrogen Production and Challenges In 2021, the U.S. clean hydrogen production to 10 MMT by 2030 and 50 MMT by 2050 to achieve a 10 percent reduction in domestic greenhouse gas emissions. Value of the hydrogen PTC according to GHG emissions of the production process. produced 11.4 Currently, most clean hydrogen production in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

The law provides $140 billion in tax incentives, direct loans, and grants to replace fossil fuels with cleaner renewable energy that lowers emissions of carbon dioxide. Gevo asserts its “farm-to-flight” project will release 80 percent less carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than ethanol produced by a conventional plant.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As Russia seeks new clients for its construction technology and fossil fuels, and with Pakistan desperate for a secure and cheap supply of natural gas, the visit could lay the foundations for Russia to build a pipeline to transport natural gas from Karachi to Lahore. Graphic credit: The Third Pole. “We

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today.

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