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. Chinese investments fuel Kazakhstan’s energy economy. share in Kazakh oil production.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2023

The cap-and-trade program will require emitters of greenhouse gases to purchase credits at auctions, which will generate revenue that will be invested in clean energy and disadvantaged communities. NYCI’s immediate linkage with WCI could also be seen as politically desirable.

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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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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This development comes at a time when facilities across the country are looking to address their greenhouse gas emissions through CCS projects but have been facing permitting delays from EPA. EPA granted primacy to Louisiana on December 28, 2023, for Class VI wells, effective February 5, 2024.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Courts fined the company $5 billion but the company’s lawyers got the final payment down to just over $500 million in damages plus an estimated $2 billion in clean-up costs and $1 billion in in civil and criminal charges. org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

To do so, this mechanism will mobilise at least €100 billion in investments over the period 2021-2027 (p.1). Aim The JTM aims for “a fair and just green transition […] to support workers and citizens of the regions most impacted by the transition.” refineries) or on highly carbon-intensive industries (such as cement plants or smelters).

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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. In Germany, after the successful decision from 2021 in Neubauer et al. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

At RePlanet Nederland, we are delighted that the European Commission has proposed, on December 31, 2021, to include nuclear energy in the sustainable finance taxonomy. Yet, we believe that in its current form the proposal would underachieve the goal of encouraging private investment in nuclear energy as a sustainable activity.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Courts fined the company $5 billion but the company’s lawyers got the final payment down to just over $500 million in damages plus an estimated $2 billion in clean-up costs and $1 billion in in civil and criminal charges. with average emissions eight times greater than the average rate of the other refineries on the Top 10 list.

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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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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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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Not only are vehicles the number one emitter of greenhouse gas emissions, but car accidents are also the leading cause of death for those aged 1-54 in the country. Nonetheless, the new rule is a step in the right direction to a greener path towards 80 percent clean energy by 2030. #4: But these vehicles are killing our planet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2023

While global emissions did drop (by about 7%) in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, they rebounded in 2021. Between 2021 and 2022, global emissions from energy sources and industrial processes grew by nearly 1% and preliminary data suggests that US emissions grew by an estimated 1.3%. Why are we on the brink of 1.5°

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2024

On Thursday April 4th, the Environmental Protection Agency announced $20 billion of awards from the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) created under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This makes it hard for politicians to get excited about them, and for modelers to point to the greenhouse gases (GHGs) they’ll reduce.

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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. Cross-Sector Actions January 20, 2021. Transportation Emissions November 15, 2021. Energy Sector Emissions May 11, 2021. October 26, 2022. August 16, 2022.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

Click Here for the Senate Republican reaction to Energy Plan. This plan is projected to save Pennsylvania ratepayers and Pennsylvania households more than $252 million dollars in the first five years alone, lower utility bills, and create a more reliable energy industry, create more jobs, and a cleaner air – that is a win in my book.”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Gas Rate Hikes -- Peoples Gas: Seeks Base Rate Changes To Support Pipeline Modernization Program -- Times Leader Guest Essay: Powering Up Consumer Savings With Natural Gas - By Gas & Oil Association Of West Virginia [Forgot About 2021-22 Price Spikes Already ?

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. But Breakthrough Energy calculated that the cost of new transmission, distribution, and storage would be $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Million For Federal Clean School Bus Program Help/Interns Wanted -- WESA: PA Outdoor Corps Seeking Young Adult Crew Members -- Interns Wanted: Department Of Environmental Protection, Conservation & Natural Resources, Agriculture - Deadline Feb. 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb. 18 [PaEN] -- Still Time To Register! 29 -- DEP Sets Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Municipal Debt Under Water PA Politics -- Spotlight PA: Things To Know About Nov. Helpful Resources: Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: October 18, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Walko [Mine Drainage Treatment, Clean Energy, Reforestation] Federal Budget Bill -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Can Create Jobs Without Sacrificing The Environment - Fmr Rep. Schweyer -- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA On The Precipice Of A Major Political Showdown Over Voting Rights - Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2022

Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN] -- Passive House Accelerator: Pittsburgh Sanctuary Saved By Passive Retrofit -- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. Billion In Revenues In 2021 -- Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2021

For more information on this proposal, visit DEP’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative webpage. Our shared climate and environment is at a tipping point and cannot be subjected to political games and partisanship any longer.” Wolf: 2021 Climate Impacts Report Projects Pennsylvania Will Be 5.9°

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Today’s choice to pass the most ambitious and transformative climate and clean energy investments in our nation’s history will reverberate throughout the generations that follow, making our air purer, our communities safer, our economy stronger, and our families and neighbors healthier. It is a moral issue and a matter of life. “We

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

On April 7, the Department of Environmental Protection appealed the April 6 Commonwealth Court order blocking publication of the final regulation establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to the PA Supreme Court. Read more here. Read more here.

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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. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 20, 2021), No.

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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

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. Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester). 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 Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. 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. FEATURED CASE. 20-1530 (U.S.

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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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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. Perhaps most importantly, the federal government has invested billions of dollars in clean energy. 2009 EPA formally finds that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and welfare. Bush signs and U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

CLICK HERE to View or Print the May 22 PA Environment Digest.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Shared Vision, released as a guide for candidates as elections for governor and the state legislature draw closer, includes recommendations on issues ranging from clean water, clean energy, labor, open space, land use, democracy, and environmental education. Our goal in developing this document was to change that dynamic.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan [PaEN] -- Ohio River Valley Institute Feb. Chester County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On MarkWest Project To Expose 4 Natural Gas Pipelines For 5,500+ Feet Ahead Of Longwall Mining In Donegal Twp., National- $3.28

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