Colorado Climate Progress: 2023 Year in Review
NRDC
DECEMBER 12, 2023
This past year saw continued climate action, with important policies that will reduce carbon emissions and air pollution while improving quality of life.
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NRDC
DECEMBER 12, 2023
This past year saw continued climate action, with important policies that will reduce carbon emissions and air pollution while improving quality of life.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 7, 2023
The Pittsburgh 2030 District , a project of the Green Building Alliance , has released its 2022 Progress Report , revealing District property partners have reduced carbon emissions by 44.8% This achievement moves the District within range of reaching its target goal of 50-65% reduction in carbon emissions before the 2030 deadline.
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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
New Scientist
JANUARY 3, 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act will accelerate US progress on boosting renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions in 2023 as a decade of funding starts
Corp Watch
OCTOBER 20, 2023
California to require big firms to reveal carbon emissions in first law of its kind The Guardian PaulaR Fri, 10/20/2023 - 14:46 Monday, October 9, 2023 Read more Dharna Noor Measure signed into law by Gavin Newsom on Saturday is strong blueprint for national climate accountability, experts say Supported by
E2 Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is the European regulation that imposes a reporting obligation and a carbon tax on EU imports of certain goods in order to reduce carbon emissions. The CBAM Regulation officially took effect May 17, 2023. 1, 2023, and will be fully effective Jan.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 23, 2023
Ontario’s commitment to gas will prove to be a costly mistake, hurting taxpayers who will be on the hook for paying for gas plants that cannot operate due to their carbon emissions and due to missed economic opportunities thanks to an increasingly dirty grid.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Required zero carbon emissions from power grid by 2045. Required net zero emissions by 2045 and an 85% reduction in carbon emissions (not counting offsets). Requires 90% renewable energy and zero-carbon electricity by 2035, 95% by 2040 and 100% by 2045 CARB prohibited sale of new gas and diesel cars after 2034.
Law and Environment
AUGUST 3, 2023
On July 31, 2023, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order ending the use of fossil fuels in new construction and major renovations of city-owned buildings. While municipal emissions make up only 2.3% of all carbon emissions in the city, over 70% of those emissions come from buildings.
Washington Nature
JANUARY 9, 2023
Today kicks off the 2023 state legislative session for our elected state leaders. As 2023 is the first year in which the state will be collecting revenue from the Climate Commitment Act, the stakes for these budget decisions are especially high. © Courtney Baxter/TNC. Aerial view over Plum Creek / Checkerboard Forest Lands.
Ivy Protocol
MAY 18, 2023
Author: Ieva Blazauskaite (Ivy Protocol, Marketing Lead) To meet the climate goals outlined by the Paris Agreement, a unified approach, combining both Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and Engineered Carbon Removal Solutions is crucial. Some examples: Mission Zero , Verdox , Heirloom , Noya , 1PointFive , climeworks , Carbon Capture , Sustaera.
Scientific American
JANUARY 6, 2023
A slow economy, clean energy spending, electric vehicles and heat pumps could offset coal combustion to level carbon emissions.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 28, 2023
Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental Defence experts on climate change, climate finance, Just Transition, clean transportation and, safeguarding freshwater react to the Federal 2023 budget, released today.
Circle of Blue
APRIL 5, 2023
The question is whether countries can be sued for failing to reduce carbon emissions. The post The Stream, April 5, 2023: Vanuatu Takes World’s Climate Inaction to International Court appeared first on Circle of Blue.
Clean Energy Law
DECEMBER 6, 2021
A multistate cap-and-invest program to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector is dead after several participating states pulled out. See TCI Proposes to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Transportation in the Northeast and TCI Releases Framework for Draft Policy to Reduce GHG Emissions From Transportation.)
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2023
.” Despite this knowledge and ample time to course correct, the industry has continued to extract and burn fossil fuels, while actively misleading the public , opposing efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and walking back climate pledges. 1) It starts with tracking emissions. 2) Combat disinformatio n.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 11, 2023
On August 10, the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin announced the winners of the 2023 Water Resources Awards, recognizing leadership, innovation and excellence in the science and management of water resources within the Delaware Basin. 2023 Awardees are: -- Samuel S. Baxter Memorial Award: Russell J.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. trillion tons.]
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
On November 29, PennFuture, Clean Air Council , Sierra Club , and Environmental Defense Fund filed an appeal of the Commonwealth Court’s November 1, 2023 ruling that blocked Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multistate carbon emissions reduction program.
Clean Energy Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Goods imported into the UK from countries with a lower or no carbon price will face a levy by 2027. Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). Davies , Michael D. For more information on the UK ETS, refer to this Latham blog post.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2023
Twenty-one school, business and community projects were honored with the 2023 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence. Posted: May 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest Collectively, the award-winning projects engaged hundreds of partners and achieved the following results: -- Grew and donated nearly 10,000 lbs.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Decarbonization, or the reduction of carbon emissions from human systems and activities, has quickly elevated as a priority for southwestern Pennsylvania. “On During the Summit, Sustainable Pittsburgh will announce two opportunities for participants to engage and take action on reducing carbon emissions at their own workplaces.
Clean Energy Law
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
By the end of 2023, Changi Airport generated approximately 4% of its 2019 electricity consumption [ii] through solar power deployment. iii] Low-carbon electricity imports – The majority of carbon emissions from airport operations arises from electricity consumption.
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.
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Guest Post by Ben Platt , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. The point here is that if we care about reducing carbon emissions and energy costs, efficiency upgrades can often be the easiest and most cost-effective way to make a meaningful difference. Eia.gov 2023. [2] Eia.gov 2023. [3]
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 28, 2023
to integrate food and farm policy in a way that addresses climate change and helps farmers reduce their carbon emissions. Agriculture needs to be a part of the climate solution, given that it is responsible for about 11 percent of heat-trapping carbon emissions in the United States.
Cresforum
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
During the 2023 National Clean Energy Week Policymakers Symposium , a group of industry leaders convened for a panel discussion on how the United States can leverage its carbon advantage. It’s good to have goals, we need to keep these goals, but they are not going to be easy to reach,” said Eisenberg about achieving climate goals.
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
ADANI’S MASSIVE FOSSIL FUEL EXPANSION PLANS Market Forces PaulaR Thu, 11/16/2023 - 19:21 Read more Despite the need to urgently reduce carbon emissions and accelerate the transition to clean energy to limit global warming, the Adani Group conglomerate is pursuing and supporting massive new fossil fuel projects that endanger key climate goals.
MGKF Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
2023 WL 7171547, at *1 (Pa. The holding halts former Governor Tom Wolf’s efforts to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil-fuel producing state to implement a price on carbon emissions. Dep’t of Env’t Prot. Env’t Quality Bd.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 11, 2023
EPA is now taking public comment on the proposal, and you can submit a comment asking it to finalize the strongest possible standards on carbon emissions. Posted: July 11, 2023] PA Environment Digest Your voice is appreciated, it matters, and it helps to hold the administration accountable.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
By recognizing and documenting the threat of climate change to cultural heritage, we add one more important layer of rights-based obligations to hold nations accountable for reducing carbon emissions. In 2023, in the U.S., Cultural heritage is under immediate and urgent threat from climate change worldwide.
HumanNature
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Guest Post by Sam Leuthold , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Over the course of the last two decades, there has been a shift in the general popularity of agricultural soils.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed standards on carbon pollution from fossil-fuel-fired power plants ( Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072-0001 ). and are the second largest source of carbon emissions nationwide. Power plants are responsible for approximately 25% of climate pollution in the U.S.
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 16, 2023
Mar 23, 2023, noon CTRegister here. State and local governments are rapidly adopting next-generation climate policies to reduce carbon emissions and make buildings safer, healthier, and more affordable to operate. Presented by IMT and the National BPS Coalition in collaboration with the Building Performance Partnership.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 15, 2023
If this is allowed to happen, it will make cities more congested, increase carbon emissions, and have the greatest impact on society’s most vulnerable. A January 2023 internal survey by the Ontario Public Transit Association has estimated an operational deficit of at least $510 million for Ontario’s entire public transit sector.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Feb 17, 2023, 11 am CSTRegister here. The carbon removal field is growing, with companies rapidly emerging to remove legacy carbon emissions driving climate change. … Continue reading Webinar: Centering justice from the start: new insights for carbon removal companies
E2 Law Blog
MARCH 13, 2023
The European Parliament (Parliament) enacted significant change to the proposed European Union (EU) Regulation for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in June 2022, as reported in an earlier GT Alert.
Brag
MAY 4, 2023
Hutton On April 11, 2023, a bipartisan group of legislators led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to the U.S. Bergeson and Carla N. ” By taking the suggested steps, EPA “can set the RFS on a path that provides stability and growth for the U.S. biofuel sector.”
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 1, 2023
Related Articles: -- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN] [Posted: June 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2023
2023 is forecast to be an eventful year for climate litigation: legal actions aiming to hold polluters accountable for their role in climate change, ensure that international treaties and agreements are followed, and protect human rights that are being negatively impacted by climate change. legal system.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 2, 2022
Other companies and sectors–electricity, heavy industry, and light manufacturing in particular–have reduced their carbon emissions as those from oil and gas companies have gone up and up and up. The cap should include all carbon emissions from oil and gas production and use.
Law and Environment
MARCH 14, 2023
In the same release, Rhode Island Acting State Energy Commissioner Christopher Kearns added: This will help our regional New England grid make the transition to clean energy, reduce our collective carbon emissions significantly, and deliver a major victory in our fight against climate change.” Interested in more transmission news?
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
They gave only around $80 billion in 2019, and world leaders recently announced that this figure is not expected to reach $100 billion until 2023, three years behind schedule. Still, the cost of adaptation will only increase every year that carbon emissions continue unchecked. . “As
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
However, the bill’s definition of what constitutes clean energy includes nuclear power (which doesn’t emit carbon but isn’t “clean”) and fossil gas power plants that capture and store at least 90 percent of their carbon emissions.
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