A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But this announcement was seemingly at odds with another made just three days earlier, when coal minister Pralhad Joshi confirmed that India intends to increase production for the fossil fuel. The communication cites a 2021 report from the Forest Survey of India which claims the country’s forest cover has expanded.

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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. Carbon capture and release: a license to pollute .

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

Rated for 1,320 megawatts — roughly the size of a large fossil fuel plant — the dam is now capable of only 800 megawatts. In 2021, the fund was in jeopardy due to declining hydropower generation. The fund balance was cut in half , dropping from $146 million in January 2021 to $74 million by the end of the year.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

million square feet, released its 2021 Progress Report detailing efforts by partners who have committed to a dramatic reduction in energy use and carbon emissions in their buildings by the year 2030. In 2021, Erie 2030 District partners reduced energy usage to 22.4% million in 2021 (annualized) energy savings.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Fossil fuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We’ve heard these lazily disingenuous narratives before.

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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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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

That’s because the Canadian agency that is supposed to inform public and private sector decision-making on energy development and climate action continues to provide scenarios that are both unrealistic and pessimistic, and are lacking critical information, such as Canada’s expected greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2023

They’re called Scope 3 emissions, and they are key to understanding the big picture of a company’s impact on the environment. First, let me explain the three “scopes” of carbon emissions. Scope 1 emissions come from power plants, oil rigs and other sources directly owned or controlled by a company.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On November 24, Queen’s Park Today reported that in response to the Ontario Liberal Party’s campaign proposal to offer electric vehicle incentives, Minister Piccini claimed the Progressive Conservative government policies have already led to “a 210 per cent increase in EV (electric vehicle) sales year over year from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021.”.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

The PWSA board approved an amendment to a 2021 agreement with Direct Energy and NRG as part of a region-wide energy cost and consumption reduction program with the Western PA Energy Consortium. Under this amendment, WPEC has committed to purchasing 61,320 MWhs of wind power annually, accounting for approximately 40% of the group's total load.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The General Assembly has yet to answer the question of how to help communities and workers caught in the market-driven transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. In his budget address in 2021, Gov. It is caused by human activity and carbon emissions. Every day, its impacts grow more severe.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2021

House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on the challenges and opportunities for international climate action as world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). . electric vehicles), and carbon capture utilization and storage must all on the table.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This is taking place as according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), worldwide cleantech investments surpassed fossil fuels investments last year, with $1.1 Renewables surpassing fossil gas then coal for electricity generation will have many implications. The IEA has long been an advocate for doing more with less.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Carbon markets are at a crossroads. As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. What are the implications of the California experience for China’s national carbon ETS? Implications for China.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

billion people expected to be residing in urban areas by the year 2050 (United Nations, 2021), the cities of the future will need to be able to accommodate this urban growth, whilst ensuring residences an affordable, healthy and productive lifestyle. With an estimated 2.5 Rojas-Rueda, D., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Perez-Leon, D., & Mudu, P.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

Embrace political advocacy Photo by Kempton via Flickr Creative Commons Political action and advocacy is crucial to climate action, because changing the larger system is the greatest opportunity to reduce emissions, and changing the way our economy and society operate requires government action. Using the 2021 average of $1.45

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

And this change comes in part from increasing diffusion of fossil fuels. Another quote from JC; "But reducing carbon is thus, logically, just one item on the list of answers to "What can we do to raise GDP in 2100?," This is a key theme of my Climatopolis book and my 2021 Yale University P ress book Adapting to Climate Change.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery.

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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.) Affected Fuel” is defined as “the fossil fuel components of motor gasoline and on-road diesel fuel.” Background.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 10, 2023

Did you know that oil and gas emissions are the largest and fastest growing source of carbon pollution in Canada? Emissions from the oil and gas industry in Canada now account for nearly 30 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. degrees Celsius. It will also provide certainty that businesses can count on.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2024

Critically, Canada must quickly reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, given that producing and burning oil and gas accounts for over 80 per cent of Canada’s total emissions. The electricity sector is the main driver of emissions reduction, thanks to the coal phase out.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2021

Noon. -- Triblive: Several Steps To Be Taken Before Water Supply Can Be Deemed Safe For McKeesport’s Residents -- PA Resources Council : October 14 - 2021 Awards Celebration. Ballroom At Ellis Preserve, Newtown Square. Sponsorship Opportunities Available. -- Dept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This assessment wasn’t ExxonMobil’s idea, but was compelled by a successful shareholder resolution that was part of a 2021 investor revolt against the industry’s climate inaction that ultimately displaced several members of ExxonMobil’s Board of Directors.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2021

On October 14, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University-- together with collaborators at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boise State University-- released a research study on how Southwestern Pennsylvania can thrive during the transition to a future with net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

On its face, this might seem strange since our scientific models have long identified population growth as one of the two primary drivers of humanity’s increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, and disruptive climate change has come on more quickly than expected. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.748.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Much of the cradle-to-grave carbon intensity data that governments depend on to guide in photovoltaic arrays are instead based on modeling assumptions that are likely to have grossly under-estimated — if not made-up — solar’s carbon emissions because they cannot get insights from Chinese manufacturers.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Environmental Ministry and Brazil ). o C global warming scenario.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Clean hydrogen production relies either on electricity, which may be generated through renewable or fossil fuel resources; or directly on fossil fuels, via steam methane reformation (SMR) or coal gasification accompanied by carbon capture, or via methane pyrolysis. produced 11.4 is limited to pilot projects.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On September 20, 2021, the German environmental organization Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) filed two actions against the automakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz for refusing to tighten their carbon emissions target and stop producing fossil fuel fuel-emitting cars by 2030 ( DUH v. By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2022

With the release of its 2021 Progress Report , the Pittsburgh 2030 District , an initiative of the Green Building Alliance and the largest 2030 District in North America, announced it will move its primary focus from energy reduction to carbon reduction goals in response to urgent developments in climate science.

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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. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, many scientists have begun to face up to the realities of their carbon emissions. In particular, the Dutch national supercomputing facility SURF does not produce any carbon emissions because it uses 100% renewable power produced by wind or solar in the Netherlands.

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