Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

As political parties prepare their election platforms and publish their climate priorities, it can be difficult to determine which parties are releasing strong climate plans that put us on a pathway to zero emissions – and what policies are actually dangerous distractions from real solutions. We need to be doing both.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

These protests, triggered by an issue in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, have rapidly expanded to cities all over the country and have broadened to include political demands and tense standoffs between protesters and the police. According to the World Bank, Kazakhstan is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in Europe and Central Asia.

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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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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

In other words, it is the quantitative benefit of reducing one ton of carbon dioxide emissions. Economists and policymakers use SCC to analyze the costs and benefits to environmental policies since carbon emissions are not reflected in market prices. Estimates of economic damages from climate change are approximately $1.7

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

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?," Asked that way, you can see that "lower carbon emissions" is about #100 on the list, even admitting the 5-10% of GDP thumb-on-the-scale estimates. This is a key theme of my 2021 book.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. The Philippines Commission on Human Rights published report on Carbon Majors’ responsibility for climate change. By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

During the past 30 years of extensive political debate around global climate change, participants have largely ignored the role that curbing population growth could play in dealing with it. 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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Relying on the Climate Accountability Institute’s Carbon Majors research, the municipalities allege that the defendants were responsible for 40.01% of all global industrial greenhouse gas emissions from 1965 to 2017, and that these collective emissions were a “substantial factor in the increase in intensity of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season.”

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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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HumanNature

APRIL 12, 2021

Guest Post By James Hale , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University Interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral work has become commonplace within sustainability transition efforts. Take, for example, the claim that greenhouse gases (e.g. non-normative).

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In recent history, we have witnessed LUC exacerbating climate change due to disturbed soils, development of greenhouse gas (GHG) producing land uses, and more 4. Even if irrigated agriculture is taken out of production, carbon credits may still be attainable by ensuring the new land-use (e.g., Reuters (2021). 16 , 044018 (2021).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

In 2021, 1.2 Shell’s CEO said “China is likely to dominate LNG demand growth this decade as its industry seeks to cut carbon emissions by switching from coal to gas.” billion cubic feet per day of LNG were exported to China, making it the second largest destination for U.S. percent of exports. for proposed projects.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 24, 2021

In the waning hours of the 2021 session and the day after Earth Day, the Washington House of Representatives passed the Climate Commitment Act in a floor vote of 54-43. Once signed into law, Washington will have a firm statewide cap on climate pollution, covering 75% of the greenhouse gas emissions for the state.

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

International January 20, 2021. officially became a party to the agreement again on February 19, 2021. January 27, 2021. April 22, 2021. Biden sets target of at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions below 2005 levels by 2030. Cross-Sector Actions January 20, 2021. October 26, 2022. April 4, 2024.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Year in Water, 2021. Water Crises Take Center Stage By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 9, 2021. Communities rich and poor bore witness to horrific devastation in 2021. Coming out of the summit, climate campaigners accused political leaders of another compact phrase — of being too timid. Too little.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2021

Herrin talked at length about their “RGGI Investments Act,” which would direct proceeds from a potential cap-and-invest carbon reduction program similar to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) into environmental justice communities, workers affected by energy transition, and Pennsylvania’s growing clean energy sector.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 19] France spends just over half as much per kilowatt-hour for electricity that produces one-tenth of the carbon emissions of German electricity. [20]

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Over the last 15 years, Penn State University has cut its carbon emissions by more than 35 percent, putting the University ahead of schedule to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas outputs to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The University has been a leader in dramatically reducing its greenhouse gas footprint.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

15 years later, one could say that if success may have been achieved, it’s hard to be triumphant, given how fast our carbon emissions are still rising : However, official pledges to slash greenhouse gases emissions are increasing, and thus, there is hope the world could collectively achieve limiting the temperature rise.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. 20, 2021), No. 20-1045 (D.C. City of Hoboken v.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

The new plan would increase the requirements from 8%, where they’ve plateaued since 2021, to 35% by 2035. NRDC continues to believe the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, would deliver that future for Pennsylvanians and fully support the state's continued defense of that regulation in court. Click Here for Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2021

Walter Dam, Blue Marsh Lake In Advance Of Hurricane Ida -- NPR: How Climate Change is Fueling Hurricanes Like Ida National/International -- CitizensV: Cartwright, Brown Advocate For Congress Investing In Climate Change -- AP: Wildfire Evacuees Flood Lake Tahoe Roads In Rush To Flee -- WPost: Federal Judge Throws Out Waters Of U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

As a climate scientist recently said on CNN, “Until we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere we have no idea what the future looks like.” So I’ve begun to meet presidential candidates… … and ask climate questions that relate to their own political history, past statements, and actions.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“We call on all our leaders, regardless of their political stripe, to come together to ensure every child has the hope and expectation of a safe climate and pollution-free world. New federal investments to boost clean energy can be leveraged by Pennsylvania to accelerate progress on reducing carbon pollution from its power sector. “In

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On September 1, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission is considering whether to approve the final Environmental Quality Board regulation reducing carbon pollution from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. How did we get here? Read more here. On September 24, Gov. Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

In context: 2021 Election Recap: New York Voters Approve Clean Water Constitutional Amendment. Carbon dioxide creates a corrosive acid if it comes into contact with water and if released into the atmosphere, it is a planet-warming greenhouse gas. Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative. Other News.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. Emissions standards for new cars temporarily stalled under Trump but are nonetheless much tighter than they were before Obama. EPA approves California mandate for zero emission vehicles. rejoins Paris Agreement (Biden).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2021

13, 14, 15 [No More In 2021] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session Nov. 13, 14, 15 [No More In 2021] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session Nov. Senate returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, Dec. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Dec. Senate returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, Dec. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Dec. 10; Business Meeting Dec.

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