Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Canadian decision makers in government and business are ill-served by the 2021 Canada’s Energy Future report released today by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Astoundingly, the CER does not even estimate carbon emissions for its chosen scenarios.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On September 1, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted 3 to 2 to approve the final Environmental Quality Board regulation to reduce carbon emissions from power plants. The Commission acted after hearing comments on the regulation for four hours of comments from those supporting and opposing the regulation.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2021

"As we pursue our goals, we're investing in the research and development of clean energy solutions that will enable us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, and we're committed to ensuring a balanced, responsible and just transition to economy-wide decarbonization." Posted: August 30, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Law and Environment

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Under the new regulations, each municipality must apply one of the following: Base Energy Code – The current Base Energy Code is being updated by the BBRS as part of its routine updates to the full set of building codes. The new codes are much too detailed to summarize in a blog post. You can read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to meet November 8 on a Senate Concurrent Resolution disapproving of the final regulation limiting carbon emissions from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. This is not even debatable, but this Senate and House do what they want.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. This is where the analysis behind AEO2022 dates itself to November 2021. EIA also recently reported that US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 16, 2021

On June 10, 2021, the Transportation Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) states released a final model rule creating a regional cap-and-trade-program to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. We wrote about the draft model rule and its implementation challenges when it was released at the beginning of March.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

20, 2021, the New York State Climate Action Council (Council) voted unanimously to approve the most recent draft of the scoping plan, a roadmap to achieve compliance with the state’s landmark climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). The final plan must be sent to the Legislature by Jan.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

11, 2023, the City Planning Commission approved amendments to the New York City Zoning Resolution, called “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality,” proposed by Mayor Adams’ administration to advance the city’s climate goals, including an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. onshore wind turbines) (ZR 62-825).

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Law Columbia

MARCH 16, 2022

In 2021, Nigeria promulgated the 2021 Climate Change Act , which provides a framework for climate actions at the national level. Most of the initiatives envisioned in Nigeria’s new Climate Change Act build on prior climate change policies, most of which were adopted in 2021 (i.e., Overview of the Climate Change Act 2021.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

7, 2021, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) began the process of updating California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) by holding a virtual workshop where CARB staff discussed their initial amendment proposals. Any changes that result from this effort may be implemented by 2024.

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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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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

During the Texas power outages in 2021, Minnesota gas utilities were stuck buying gas at Midwest wholesale prices 4500% higher than usual, passing astronomical bills onto Minnesota consumers—many of whom are already struggling with energy burdens that are higher than average. Getting energy from where it’s produced to where it’s needed.

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Author: Sorcha Brennan Professor Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been a Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. However, people might say, ‘Wait a minute, in the 1850s, nobody knew about carbon.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

29th of July was the day calculated as Earth Overshoot Day for 2021, the day which marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. carbon footprint increase over last year, as well as the 0.5% Image credit: Earth Overshoot Day.

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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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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These events highlighted clean trucks as a growing priority for a few reasons: Trucks have a disproportionate impact on public health and carbon emissions. Indeed, in the US, trucks make up only 5% of vehicles on the road but account for more than 25% of overall transportation emissions.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

in 2021, according to LinkedIn’s Green Skills Report. In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. According to a 2021 report from Syntao, 1,092 A-listed firms in China (25.3% in 2015 to 13.3%

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Flynn Wants Reform To Prevent Uncollected Turnpike Tolls -- PG: PA Cong.

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Acoel

MAY 11, 2022

Recent articles in the New York Times about peatlands underscore their importance in sequestering carbon. As in most countries, there appear to be no statutes or regulations in the United States that directly address carbon emissions from peatlands, and the requirements that do apply focus on protection of wetland habitat and water quality.

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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 strategy required the UK Government to set and meet legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions. By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In 2022, China had 100 fewer petrols stations than in 2021, with the number falling to 107,600, according to the 2022-2023 “Blue Book” on the petroleum distribution sector. PetroChina will have about 160 fewer stations in 2022 than in 2021, according to the Blue Book. History often unfolds in the details. Last year, 6.9

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gas prices: Without a cap, the flood of bio-based diesel into California will continue, requiring a rapid increase in stringency to stabilize LCFS credit markets, sending 2030 stringency from the 30 percent proposed in the regulation to 34.5 The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You don’t even know when your product will win any acclaim from customers, when it’ll have passed any business or environmental regulations, or how many improvements you’ll still have to make to ensure it sells in big enough numbers. And you often can’t just get those products ready faster by throwing more money at the problem.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 9, 2022

In 2021 only, severe weather events caused $2.1 The best way to reduce the negative financial effects of climate change, or climate-related financial risks, is to reduce the impacts of climate change by investing in a net-zero carbon emission economy. A recent Bill tabled in the Senate offers clear-eyed solutions.

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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. ExxonMobil’s withdrawal from IPAA is certainly a positive development.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

On October 8, 2021, at the HRC’s 48 th session, forty-three nations adopted resolution 48/13 , recognizing the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right. On October 12, 2021, the CRC published its decision in Sacchi et al. dated September 22, 2021). Argentina et al.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2021

The study found that dams actually release twice as much carbon as they store. Carbon emissions are most pronounced in areas of the reservoir that are dry part of the year. The wetting and drying of the soil releases stored carbon, especially in the tropics. More water news and analysis await you at circleofblue.org.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The people that run the General Assembly have not offered any help to these communities and workers, but one potential solution is the final regulation putting in place a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that are now inching toward final publication.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S.

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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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S.

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