Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 23, 2021

2021 has not been without its challenges. Rejoining the Paris Agreement and Making Waves at COP26. We started the year with the United States rejoining the Paris Agreement , marking a critical step for the health of our country, our ocean and our planet. voters supporting participating in the agreement.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Eligibility List followed the signing of an inaugural Article 6 implementation agreement with Papua New Guinea on carbon credits cooperation. The Eligibility List for a given host country will be established under the corresponding implementation agreement.

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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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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The agency is the Canada Energy Regulator, and its mandate is “advising and reporting on energy matters.” Energy Futures 2021 has two main projections of Canada’s future energy needs. Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources needs to direct the Canada Energy Regulator to provide much needed information in its 2022 report.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. The UN website describes the aim of the meeting, “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” Bill includes $9.49 Executive Branch.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

This change shall facilitate two long-term obligations: achieving a climate-neutral Europe by 2050 and improving Europe`s contribution to the Paris Agreement. The step is underpinned by an action plan that was prepared for months under the responsibility of Commissioner Frans Timmermans earlier this year.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

While countries generally do not explicitly reference CDR in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted to the Paris Agreement, many include the CDR approaches of increasing soil and forest carbon. In the US, the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) authorized the Department of Energy to spend $3.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2022

Their efforts have paid off: The 27 resolutions demanding increased disclosure that went to a vote in 2021 averaged approximately 40 percent support, according to investment management firm Boston Trust Walden. The second largest beneficiary of ExxonMobil’s largesse in 2020 was the US Chamber of Commerce. The organization received between $2.5

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

2021 is already poised to offer substantial growth in the area of carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”). In addition, recently passed federal regulations are expected to encourage more private investment in CCS projects. The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (“ H.R.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

2021 is already poised to offer substantial growth in the area of carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”). In addition, recently passed federal regulations are expected to encourage more private investment in CCS projects. The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (“ H.R.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5 Shareholder advocates such as the Dutch nongovernmental organization Follow This have again filed proposals focused on the companies’ 2030 emissions reduction targets and their alignment with the Paris Agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

GW record from 2021. In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. Compiled by UCS from Energy Information Administration data as of January 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

This is in total opposition to the US commitment under the Paris Agreement to achieve a 50-52 percent emissions reduction below 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero by 2050. 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 Columbia

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

This latest document is dripping with disdain for federal bureaucracies, especially environmental regulators. A second Trump administration would do more than ignore climate science; it would work to undermine successful climate policies, as well as current and future environmental regulations, during a critical 4-year window.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 25, 2022

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The case involves a group of challenges to EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing stationary sources under the 1970 Clean Air Act, a monumental piece of environmental and public health legislation.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

laws governing the cross-border transport of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for sequestration, and how such transportation fits into broader climate and environmental protection regimes, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, carbon markets and emissions trading. From 2021-2022, Martin clerked for the Honorable Cynthia M.

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Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 26, 2020

Today, the Sabin Center released a collaboratively authored report that outlines a series of executive actions that a Biden administration could take to do the opposite: re regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and achieve other mitigation and adaptation goals.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. Law 2169 of 2021 on carbon neutrality and climate resilience. The framework binds Colombia to international agreements, including the UNFCCC (Law 164 of 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (Law 629 of 2000) and the Paris Agreement (Law 1844 of 2017). 29 Subsections 3 and 4).

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries. Transparent country-specific regulations need to be put in place. ” (2021). Egli, Florian.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It’s due to a combination of factors, including tremendous demand for clean energy from states, utilities and consumers; federal regulations to reduce toxic air pollutants; and—most important—the simple fact that renewables and natural gas are now the cheapest options to meet our electricity needs. The thresholds in the Paris Agreement—1.5

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a compromise, California law (AB 398) has limited offsets to 4% of compliance obligations for the 2021-2025 period and capped the offsets without in-state benefits that can be utilized for compliance. .

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

below the baseline, a slight decrease from the 2021 reduction of 37.1% (accountable due to workers returning to the office), but still greater than the pre-pandemic 2019 reduction of 19.8%. In 2021, commercial real estate entities JLL and CBRE announced they would pursue achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2040. million square feet.

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Energy and Climate Law

JUNE 26, 2020

On 1 July the rotating presidency of the European Council is moving for one and a half years to Germany (1/July/2020), Portugal (1/January/2021) and Slovenia (1/July/2021). We take a look at their agenda and critically assess whether or not it can bring about a boost for the energy transition in times of COVID-19.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Further, the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (national legislation providing the general framework concerning the adoption and implementation of measures to combat global warming) was revised in May 2021. Both courts took the position that the regulation of GHG emissions was a policy issue.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch it live. TODAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on PJM’s MOPR Proposal and Maintaining Competitive And Reliable Energy Markets.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At COP28 , on 9 December, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence” in the Paris Agreement , whilst highlighting the country’s achievements in emissions reduction. However, a closer look at how India measures its forests has revealed a host of issues.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

Canada has an opportunity and a responsibility to take a leading role in the global clean energy transition and it starts with the upcoming Energy Futures report from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). If you haven’t heard of the CER, you are not alone. C pathway. In short, past Energy Futures have modelled climate failure.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets on a concurrent resolution to kill final power plant carbon pollution reduction regulations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

Wildfires in 2021 temporarily closed Sequoia National Park and a popular part of Big Bend National Park in Texas. degree Fahrenheit limits set by the Paris Agreement to avoid catastrophic climate impacts—more than double the 22 percent of the US as a whole that would exceed that temperature. Photo is the author’s own.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2022

But, despite some regulations being proposed, including an oil and gas emissions cap, this industry has been very successful at convincing government officials of a dangerous lie. The world is moving towards clean sources of energy; In 2021, 86% of the new power capacity that was installed came from renewable energy.

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Acoel

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Biden Administration’s April 2021 pledge for new U.S. commitments to the Paris Agreement calls for an 80% reduction of electric power greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. State utility regulators may frown at the rate consequences of such large cost recovery increases. Posted on January 7, 2022 by Eugene M.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Peterman, York College Of Pennsylvania This guest essay first appeared in the York Daily Record on December 8, 2021 -- I recently returned from the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. degree C of warming by 2100 as opposed to the Paris Agreement aspiration of 1.5 By Dr. Keith E. Peterman, Ph.D.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Over the last several years, many investors, regulators and other stakeholders have increasingly sought environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures from public companies. N:EYGM Limited, The Future of Sustainability Reporting Standards: The Policy Evolution and the Actions Companies Can Take Today (June 2021).]].

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Law Columbia

JULY 12, 2022

Specifically, the new suit addresses KLM’s Fly Responsibly campaign, promoting the airline’s efforts towards “creating a more sustainable future” and on track to reduce its emissions to net zero by 2050, in line with KLM’s alleged commitments to the Paris Agreement goals. C” target of the Paris Agreement.

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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 ). by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

The report also indicates that under current government policies, fossil fuel production will rise in the coming years, contrary to the Paris Agreement. The financial sector in Canada is happy to continue financing this runaway train to climate chaos. In 2022 , the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) alone had $21.72

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