2023 Carbon Emissions Clean Energy Politics 
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Codifying a floor for renewables in state law is helpful, but clean energy advocates must keep pushing utilities to move more quickly to incorporate higher levels of renewables not only to cut emissions faster, but also because renewables are the most cost-effective resources for ratepayers. What Still Needs to be Done?
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. trillion tons.] Renewables are 42% of electricity.
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PA Environment Daily
JULY 1, 2023
It will save school districts and taxpayers money, create new learning opportunities and invest in statewide clean energy,” she added. GW Of Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants Being Offline; Renewables Logged New Records In Generation -- Reuters: Jobs In US Energy Grew 3.8%
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 22, 2022
The Philippines Commission on Human Rights published report on Carbon Majors’ responsibility for climate change. The strategy required the UK Government to set and meet legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions. Uniper’s ICSID proceedings are currently paused until January 2023. the Netherlands ).
A Greener Life
JUNE 28, 2023
In 2022, tech firms’ payrolls fell by 164,000 employees, with a further 166,000 jobs cut in the first quarter of 2023, according to tracking platform Layoffs.fyi. In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Rhodium reported that “the most rapid investment growth has been in clean technology manufacturing—with annual investment growing 125% year-on-year to $39 billion—and particularly within electric vehicle and solar manufacturing. Investment in clean energy production and industrial decarbonization rose 15% year-on-year to $61 billion.”
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2023
Here’s the bottom line: Because of decades of politically motivated inaction from policymakers, especially in richer countries, and the greed of fossil fuel companies bent on extracting every last bit of profit, scientific projections show that we are currently on a trajectory to exceed 1.5˚C Even at about 1.1˚C
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