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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 12, 2022
All told, they represent 56 percent of the US population, generate 62 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and are responsible for 43 percent of the country’s annual carbon emissions. Under current policies and plans, carbon dioxide emissions would decline by only 12 percent. EN: What were your top findings?
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Legal Planet
JUNE 16, 2022
With economic growth have come carbon emissions. As of 2016, half of its total emissions are from the power sector, with 20% from industry and 15% from transportation, and. According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The Grohnde plant is one of the German nuclear power plants which is due to shut down at the end of 2021. A recent report has shed light on the scale of the climate cost of Germany decommissioning its nuclear power plants. Photo credit: Preussen Elektra. By Anders Lorenzen. Costly shutdown.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 30, 2024
This is due in no small part to the “ nuclear bros ”: an active and seemingly tireless group of nuclear power advocates who dominate social media discussions on energy by promoting SMRs and other “advanced” nuclear technologies as the only real solution for the climate crisis. What are SMRs?
Vermont Law
JUNE 29, 2020
is to bring zero-carbon electricity supply to Virginia by 2050. One of its key features is the required increase of 3 % in renewable energy every year from 2021 to 2050. to reduce statewide electric carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030. [1]. DEQ’s carbon regulations. goal of the CEA.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 18, 2021
The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. Source: IESO Annual Planning Outlook (updated Feb 2021).
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