Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

UCS has laid out the reasons why mandatory and standardized climate disclosure will help communities, spur climate action, stabilize the financial system, and hold fossil fuel companies accountable. The good news is that this rule meets a lot of the criteria we set, although there are some areas that could be improved.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

The other was Kendall Dilling, CEO of the Pathways Alliance, a new group made up of oil sands producers like Cenovus, with the intention to push carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to perpetuate fossil fuel production. Myth: There is plenty of space for oil in the net-zero future. And how much did CCUS capture?

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2021

energy policy has done little to incentivize the growth of these technologies, relying on a patchwork of energy credit programs, tax breaks, and development spending to promote renewable energy production. But as the market grows, some urge caution before using wastewater to create renewable natural gas.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions now, as Dr. Sarah Cooley , Ocean Conservancy’s director of climate science, emphasized when addressing a COP27 session. There was also no formal commitment to phaseouts of all fossil fuels, and even some countries supporting phaseouts are planning to expand fossil fuel production.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We are at a crossroads between a more affordable and climate safe future, and one that entrenches our reliance on dirty fossil fuels, increases the rift between the highest and lowest earners and puts profit over people. Fossil fuel price volatilities continue year-round, and energy prices are unaffordable.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With most energy investments still in fossil fuels, significant reform is needed to modernise the sector and meet Kazakhstan’s pledge to become net-zero by 2060. Social unrest related to fossil fuels is not a new phenomenon in Kazakhstan. Chinese investments fuel Kazakhstan’s energy economy.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Despite what nay-sayers think and write all around, the energy transition in the European Union is well underway and it’s accelerating faster and faster. Renewables now account for 44% of the EU electricity mix and wind power is now producing more electricity than natural gas. Let’s review some of these facts.

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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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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. It turns out that most of them are 50-60% reliant on fossil fuels, with a lot of the remainder coming from nuclear and hydro. Fossil Fuel Use. Carbon Goal.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Between 2015 and 2021, 274 North American oil and gas producers filed for bankruptcy with a debt load of $177 billion. The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2022

These are worthwhile questions, but Legg’s answer is a call for more fossil fuels. It also shows how fossil fuel industry boosters are grasping at straws. The biggest obstacle standing in the way of Canada meeting its emissions reduction targets is the fossil fuel industry. This is misguided and dangerous.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The 2021 climate audit by the Auditor General is the follow-up to one produced in 2019, which provided 22 recommendations for the province to improve its climate outcomes. Ontario is failing to reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. Especially Ontario, which is the second most polluting province in Canada.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Ken Gray. Million tons of regional CO2 per year, and providing energy cost savings to Mainers ($40 million per year in savings) and others in New England. The post Mainers Opposing Clean Renewable Energy? Mainers are generally regarded as an environmentally sensitive and enlightened populace.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The report seeks to establish a framework for a long-term reduction in emissions from heating fuels, to align with the Commonwealth’s emissions reduction target of net zero by 2050 and the 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap. Governor-elect Healey has her work cut out for her!

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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. Producing and using fossil fuels creates a lot of damage beyond climate disasters.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Until 2030 the EU shall emit 55 % less Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), compared to 1990 levels. According to the Communication, buildings and power generation can make the largest and most cost-efficient emissions reductions, in the order of 60% and more compared to 2015, to reach the 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target (p.8).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The grid is well-equipped to supply energy to EVs at current adoption levels. million plug-in hybrid and full battery-electric cars and light trucks were sold in the United States by the end of 2021, with the majority of those still on the road. And in that case, we should get close to 100% on-road electric cars by 2050.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

By coincidence rather than design, two different approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector have been under discussion by North Carolina agencies since 2021. In January 2021, Clean Air Carolina and the N.C. In July 2021, the EMC voted to approve the rulemaking petition.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

Department of Energy , there were 30,470 EVs registered in the Commonwealth as of December 31, 2021. The Department shall approve the rebates not later than June 30, 2023; and. The proposals shall ensure equitable participation by all electric vehicle owners and lessees. According to the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

DEP originally permitted the gas-fired plant in April 2021, but Renovo Energy Center has failed to secure financing to move forward. The permit authorizes the plant to emit hundreds of tons of noxious pollutants annually and more greenhouse gases than the City of Pittsburgh. Click Here for the notice of appeal.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

The fossil fuel industry continues to be the biggest barrier to climate action in Canada. And there are Climate Villains with money, resources and power, who benefit from the status quo that are fighting against the energy transition and other solutions we need to stabilize the climate. Using the 2021 average of $1.45

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 25, 2022

The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). In January 2021, the D.C. Read the brief here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

On August 9, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced it would be committing to the purchase of wind power and the use of clean energy to support the production and operations of water services. PWSA holds the largest share at 30% of the total, underlining our strong commitment to sustainable energy practices. “It

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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. The auction of credits under the program is expected to generate an estimated $300 million annually to be invested in energy-related programs. Read more here.]

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) , renewable energy sources are to become the first electricity source by 2025, surpassing dirty coal. This is taking place as according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), worldwide cleantech investments surpassed fossil fuels investments last year, with $1.1

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The world’s biggest fossil companies, many of them operating in Canada, approved new oil and gas projects in 2021 and early 2022 that will blow through a 1.5°C Photo credit: harrystilianou002 / Pixabay. By Mitchell Beer. C climate future, the London, UK-based think tank concludes in its 43-page report, titled Paris Maligned.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

Transport accounts for about 13% of Kenya’s greenhouse gas emissions. As of September 2021, Kenya’s electricity price for households was equivalent to $0.21/kWh. In September that year, it launched the Kenya National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy , which first mooted the idea of mainstreaming EVs on Kenyan roads.

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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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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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A Greener Life

MAY 3, 2022

trillion) as of March 2021.? . Especially on things like fossil fuels exclusion policies, net-zero targets, and long-term scenario analysis for their portfolio.”? . Reliance plans to achieve net-zero by 2035 , and Adani aims to become the world’s largest renewable energy producer , with a $70 billion investment by 2030.

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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. In 2021, EU ETS administrators tightened the cap by reducing the number of banked emission credits.

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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). In a nutshell, the European Commission acknowledges that the transition towards a climate-neutral economy will have economic and social impacts, especially on regions that rely on fossil fuels extraction and treatment (e.g.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In July 2021, the U.S. Cities around the country are central to combatting climate change, setting ambitious policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, switch to renewable energy sources, and decarbonize their entire communities.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting DEP Provides PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Healthy Waters Partnership Update Register Now For NFWF Virtual Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Networking Forum & Listening Sessions Starting Nov. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal A solar power boom generated by new renewable energy mandates is unfurling in the Chesapeake Bay region. Virginia, for example, was ninth in the nation for new solar capacity in 2021. of its energy come from solar sources by 2030 — triple the amount installed now.

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