Enviromental Defense

MAY 17, 2024

2023 was the hottest year on record The degree of devastation across Canada in 2023 was difficult to comprehend. July and August 2023 were the hottest months ever recorded globally. Lytton, BC was Canada’s hot spot in 2023 at 42.2°C Greenhouse gas emissions are causing the climate crisis. C on August 15.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The era of renewable energy is knocking at the door. In this year’s edition of World Energy Outlook , the International Energy Agency showed that with the rapid roll out of renewable energy technologies, the demand for fossil fuels – gas, coal and oil – will peak this decade. degrees.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Regionalizing the grid could allow California to take advantage of renewable energy in other states such as wind power from Wyoming and hydropower in the Pacific Northwest. But it also would require California to give up some of its energy autonomy.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2024

Fossil fuel subsidies are hurting us Subsidies and public financing to oil and gas companies: Harm our health : Governments are propping up an industry that is killing us. A recent report found that one in five premature deaths is caused by air pollution from burning fossil fuels. In Canada, that’s 36,000 people a year.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 24, 2023

As we sing Auld Lang Syne to 2023, a pivotal year for global sustainability efforts, it’s time to reflect on the strides made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the realm of the built environment, all as described in our top 10 most read blog posts of the year.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2023

For the first time ever, the CER, an independent energy regulatory agency, has modelled a net-zero scenario in their Energy Futures 2023 report – and what they found is no surprise. degrees, we must quickly transition off of fossil fuels. To keep global average temperature to 1.5 aligned future.

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

After weeks of hints and leaks, yesterday morning (May 11, 2023), EPA proposed a new rule regulating emissions from power plants. Fossil power plants could offset emissions by investing in new natural gas and renewable energy generation sources. Emphasis added.] The Court rejected this approach.

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Although criticized for half measures and loopholes, blamed in part on the influence of petrostates, the agreement reached at the conference should be welcomed as a significant step in the move away from fossil fuels. C within reach. But it notes Parties are off track when it comes to meeting their Paris Agreement goals.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

They called expert witnesses to calculate the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by activity in Montana, a major gas and coal producing state, and connected that to tangible impacts on ecosystems and humans in the state. ” Prioritizing fossil fuels over renewable energy in 2023 for insubstantial reasons does not pass strict scrutiny.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

Pushes Farmers to Develop A New Crop: Energy But more heavily fertilized corn and more manure for methane raises worries about water pollution. The law provides $140 billion in tax incentives, direct loans, and grants to replace fossil fuels with cleaner renewable energy that lowers emissions of carbon dioxide.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Vehicles powered by biomethane consume about one percent of California’s transportation fuel, but in the first three quarters of 2023, biomethane used to fuel these vehicles accounted for 17 percent of LCFS credit generation. But what about the rapidly increasing credits generated by biomethane?

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 12, 2023

We can’t acknowledge fossil energy as a sustainable source even if it is for the benefit of Africans because we are in an ongoing climate emergency.” — Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe, a member of Don’t Gas Africa, a civil society campaign against fossil fuel energy production.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2023, Canada experienced its worst ever wildfire season , with 167,000 people forced to evacuate their homes under 211 federal evacuation orders. While the federal and some provincial governments made key announcements in 2023 that will support climate action and improve the cost of living, they have more to do.

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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. The fossil fuel sector directly accounts for less than 1 per cent of all jobs in Canada.

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The number of supporters on this letter demonstrates the strength and breadth of public support for eschewing the Commonwealth's dependence on fossil fuels and for prioritizing an equitable transition to an economy fueled by clean energy and energy efficiency innovation.

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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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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. legal history. The first legal challenge mounted by Our Children’s Trust was Juliana v. United States.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 8, the PJM Interconnection joined the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Electric Reliability Council of Texas and the Southwest Power Pool in submitting joint comments in response to a proposed EPA rule on New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

At UCS, we’re working to ensure effective and equitable implementation of key clean energy and clean transportation provisions. The IRA also includes some less than ideal fossil-fuel supporting incentives that will need continued monitoring.

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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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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Ontario is failing to reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. This is pitiful, especially because p rovinces hold sizable levers that can reduce (or increase) greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Ontario does have a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Statement from Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Greenwashing was on full display earlier today as Members of Parliament grilled Suncor, the largest greenhouse gas emitter in Canada.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

It’s outrageous and counterintuitive, for example, that the IRA allows for some new fossil fuel infrastructure, while the rest of its policies aim to eliminate the need for polluting technologies. The same partisan politics that delayed the IRA’s passage also carved some flaws into the bill.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

But here in 2023, how close are we to realizing these enduring promises of a hydrogen-powered future, and what might be the policy implications of our efforts to achieve this future? Before diving into our first discussion, I’ll note that I approach the conversation of hydrogen energy with some skepticism.

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2023

Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”), with support from the Sabin Center, has published a survey of global climate change litigation that provides an overview of existing cases and a discussion of their key legal issues: Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review (“Report”).

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The focus was clear: climate action, transitioning to cleaner energy, advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and preparing for COP28 (the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference). The plea from climate-vulnerable nations to phase out fossil fuels echoed throughout the United Nations corridors and beyond.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

NewsClips - Energy/Climate: -- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Isn’t Sold On RGGI Climate Program, His Working Group Isn’t Either - What’s Next? -- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro, Let’s Hold The Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable Via RGGI - By Rev. 1 Deadline [PaEN] -- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $14.5

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The path to climate justice necessarily includes the phase out of greenhouse gas production and a just transition to clean, renewable energy for those most affected by the exploitative fossil fuel and petrochemical economy. Posted: September 15, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award Do you know someone who has made positive efforts toward environmental sustainability in Portland, Oregon? This bill sets a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for U.S. Comments should be submitted through the USGCRP website and are due by May 15, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The path to climate justice necessarily includes the phase out of greenhouse gas production and a just transition to clean, renewable energy for those most affected by the exploitative fossil fuel and petrochemical economy. 15 In Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., to 3:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

“The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub is a vehicle for environmental racism, threatening Black communities already overburdened by air and water pollution with even more harmful fossil fuel and carbon capture infrastructure," said Archbishop Marcia Dinkins, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Appalachian Coalition. "In

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. rules, EGUs are a subset of “CO2 budget units” The rules apply to emissions from additional types of fuel.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmental Health Project “Whether it’s the continued operation of fossil fuel power plants, the increased risk from new pipelines and underground storage of carbon, or locking in more toxic air and water pollution from shale gas development, the public will have to bear the significant health burden of this hydrogen hub” said Alison L. “The

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Brag

JANUARY 25, 2023

Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on January 23, 2023, that researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examined the benefits and trade-offs of current and emerging technologies for recycling certain types of plastics to determine the optimal options.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

At the same time, PJM reported it has approved at least 35,000 MW of renewable energy generation that have not yet been connected to the electric grid throughout its operating region. PJM said in July 95% of the 260,000 MW of electricity projects in its project queue are renewable energy generation, battery storage or a hybrid of both.

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