Carbon Dioxide as a Risky Asset
Environmental News Bits
MAY 16, 2024
“Carbon Dioxide as a Risky Asset.” Proistosescu, C., & Wagner, G. ” Climatic Change, 177(5), 72.
Land-Use Implications of Carbon Dioxide Removal: An Emerging Legal Issue?
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 19, 2024
Land-Use Implications of Carbon Dioxide Removal: An Emerging Legal Issue? Schaller, R. In: Ginzky, H., in International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy, vol 2022. Springer, Cham.
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2024 Olympics – Japan places a focus on sustainability
A Greener Life
APRIL 19, 2024
By Anders Lorenzen Just months before the biggest sporting event of the 2024 calendar kicks off, the 2024 Olympic Games, held in Paris, the Japanese team has introduced a key sustainability element. The team aims to shine a light on an often-forgotten element in the sports industry – the carbon footprint of sports clothing.
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China Releases Carbon Allowance Trading Regulations
Clean Energy Law
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Davies , Jean-Philippe Brisson , and Qingyi Pan On January 25, 2024, Chinese Premier Li Qiang signed a decree of the State Council, introducing the Regulations on the Administration of Carbon Allowance Trading (the Regulations). By Hui Xu , Paul A. Read the Client Alert.
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Transition of chemical production pattern motivated by CO2 utilization: Multi-dimensional evaluation and future projections
Environmental News Bits
MAY 15, 2024
link] Abstract Carbon dioxide utilization (CDU) for chemical production is beneficial for achieving carbon neutrality and constructing an artificial carbon cycle. Hu, S., & Jin, Y. “Transition of chemical production pattern motivated by CO2 utilization: Multi-dimensional evaluation and future projections.”
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Highlights PA Legislative Priorities For 2024
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Increased and sustained funding for farm practices, and more streambank fencing are among what the Chesapeake Bay Foundation sees as legislative priorities for Pennsylvania in 2024. Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Pennsylvania is the fourth-largest carbon dioxide emitter in the country, according to the Energy Information Administration.
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Shapiro Administration Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
On November 17, the Shapiro Administration issued an invitation for nominations for the 2024 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence , the state’s top environmental honor. The deadline for nominations is January 3. Awardees in 2023 achieved the following results-- -- Grew and donated nearly 10,000 lbs.
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Measuring and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions will be “the” Environmental Issue of 2024
Greenbuilding Law
DECEMBER 31, 2023
This entirely new and emergent body of law in response to climate change is bursting onto the scene in 2024 and businesses are beginning to monetize it as a new revenue stream. In New York City Local Law 97 the mandatory reporting period of greenhouse gas emissions data for many commercial buildings also begins January 1, 2024.
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Can China’s emissions actually peak in 2024 ?
Edouard Stenger
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
This is why Carbon Brief stated that “China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are set to fall in 2024 and could be facing structural decline , due to record growth in the installation of new low-carbon energy sources.
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Scientists strive for negative emissions
A Greener Life
AUGUST 5, 2022
Human activity adds more than 50 gigatons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year. New Solid Carbon technology might be able to lock climate-warming carbon dioxide below ocean bedrock. Large-scale solutions are urgently needed. Photo credit: Francisco Anzola, Flickr CC BY 2.0. By Dr Kate Moran.
High Gravity-Enhanced Direct Air Capture: A Leap Forward in CO2 Adsorption Technology
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 27, 2024
link] Abstract Given the global pressure of climate change and ecological equilibrium, there is an urgent need to develop effective carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology. Guo, S., & Li, Y. “High Gravity-Enhanced Direct Air Capture: A Leap Forward in CO2 Adsorption Technology.” ” Atmosphere, 15(2).
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DOE Intends to Issue Funding to Support Mixed Algae and Wet Waste Feedstocks R&D for Biofuels and Bioproducts
Nanotech
MARCH 5, 2024
Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced on February 13, 2024, their intent to issue funding to support research and development (R&D) projects for converting algae and other wet waste feedstocks to low-carbon fuels, chemicals, and agricultural products.
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DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75 In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
b of the May 24, 2023 order [ page 25 ], Shell agreed to the assessment of civil penalties for future violations of 12-month air emission limitations occurring after April 2023 and before January 2024. on January 18, 2024” These penalties totaled $2,671,044.75. on January 18, 2024” These penalties totaled $2,671,044.75.
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EPA Recognizes Bimbo Bakeries USA In Reading As One Of Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants Of 2023
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 14, 2024
Together, these plants prevented more than 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the emissions from the electricity use of more than 1.5 Posted: March 14, 2024] PA Environment Digest Environmental Protection Agency recognized 103 U.S. million American homes.
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EPA Grants Louisiana Class VI Primacy
Clean Energy Law
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
EPA granted primacy to Louisiana on December 28, 2023, for Class VI wells, effective February 5, 2024. EPA is the primary authority for Class VI well permits, which are essential for the underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). 2, 2024). [2] 4, 2024). [5] 4, 2024). [5] 2, 2024).
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Making Fossil Fuels Pay for Their Damage
Legal Planet
AUGUST 18, 2022
One option, a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, gets the most attention but seems politically impossible. The closest we’ve ever come to a carbon tax is a limited fee on methane emissions under the new IRA law. And the GOP is likely to be able to block such a bill until the 2024 elections. Download as PDF.
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2023 confirmed as the warmest year ever recorded
A Greener Life
JANUARY 11, 2024
degrees Celsius warmer than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. What’s in store for 2024? Scientists are uncertain as to whether these records mean we are heading for an even warmer year in 2024.
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Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 7 Webinar On The Future Of Carbon Capture
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 3, 2024
Dr. Leubke will explain the basics of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and how both point-source CCS and direct air capture (DAC) can help the U.S. reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) atmospheric levels. Dave Luebke, technical director of the Direct Air Capture Center at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh.
DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $7,606,067.75 In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
b of the May 24, 2023 order [ page 25 ], Shell agreed to the assessment of civil penalties for future violations of 12-month air emission limitations occurring after April 2023 and before January 2024. on January 18, 2024” These penalties totaled $7,606,067.75. on January 18, 2024” These penalties totaled $7,606,067.75.
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DEP Issues $1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas From The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area In Cambria County
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 9, 2024
Approximately 223 tons of carbon dioxide and 27,040 tons of methane were released, which represents approximately 10 percent of the total recorded methane emissions in Pennsylvania in 2022, based on DEP’s inventory of self-reported emissions data.
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Penn State: Trees Struggle To ‘Breathe’ As Climate Warms, Researchers Find
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
By Adrienne Berard, Penn State News Trees are struggling to sequester heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) in warmer, drier climates, meaning that they may no longer serve as a solution for offsetting humanity’s carbon footprint as the planet continues to warm, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. “We
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The IPCC and the Need for Actionable Science
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 22, 2024
The panel did confirm the inclusion of a special report on climate change and cities (for which a scoping meeting will take place later in 2024) and a methodology report on short-lived climate forcers— such as methane—both slated to be published in early 2027.
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Net Zero, Carbon Offsets and more Now Require Disclosures
Greenbuilding Law
OCTOBER 29, 2023
California has just enacted the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act which requires the disclosure of specified information about net zero claims, carbon offsets, and more by businesses, including by an untold number of companies located beyond the Golden State’s borders. All information documenting how.
Methane emissions rose in 2023 despite reduction initiatives
A Greener Life
APRIL 4, 2024
By Anders Lorenzen The emissions from methane , a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose in 2023 despite several pledges and initiatives to reduce emissions. Graph credit: IEA.
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10 New Insights in Climate Science 2023/2024
Environmental News Bits
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Download the report. Overshooting 1.5°C C is fast becoming inevitable. Minimising the magnitude and duration of overshoot is essential. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that, due to insufficient mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs), no pathway remains that avoids exceeding 1.5°C
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 10 to 16 - 31 More Conventional Abandoned Well NOVs - 103 For Year; Pipeline Land Slips; Water Supply, Stray Gas Complaints
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
31 More Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs On February 6 & 7, 2024 , DEP did routine inspections of 27 more conventional wells operated by Rock Oil Resources, Inc. On February 12, 2024 , DEP conducted a complaint investigation in Waterford Township, Erie County related to conventional gas wells operated by Medina Res Dev Co.
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Napanee Council Must Say No to Another Gas Plant!
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Ontario’s plan to ramp up gas In 2022, the Ontario government mandated the Independent Electricity Service Operator (IESO) to solicit proposals for 1500 MW of new gas electricity generation by 2024. It is mostly made up of methane which is even worse than carbon dioxide.
Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. g /MJ and a carbon intensity of 36.4
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Fighting Climate Change and Unhealthy Air, California Wants to Electrify Trucks, Too
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule would require the largest, most profitable, and most polluting commercial fleets in the state to begin transitioning to electric trucks in 2024, eventually requiring that the state’s largest fleets purchase only 100 percent zero-emissions in 2042. The rule would also reduce NOx and PM2.5
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Soil carbon sequestration has to look beyond the field to be effective
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.
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Gregory L. Ebel: The Pipeline Pusher
Enviromental Defense
MAY 1, 2024
This spring, Environmental Defence Canada submitted a motion to Enbridge shareholders for their 2024 Annual General Meeting on May 8th. This spring, Environmental Defence Canada submitted a motion to Enbridge shareholders for their 2024 Annual General Meeting on May 8th. Can you help us fight back against the climate villains?
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PA Interfaith Power & Light, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Offering Free Native Trees & Shrubs To Plant This Spring Anywhere In PA
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 12, 2024
Planting native trees and shrubs is an act of hope, faith, and healing will contribute to sequestration of the excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere that is changing our global weather. 1 [PaEN] [Posted: January 12, 2024] PA Environment Digest The deadline for ordering is January 20. 19 & Feb.
Does Pollution End at U.S. Borders? – Why U.S. Military Pollution is a Reason for Agencies to Implement the Global Social Cost of Carbon
Vermont Law
JULY 31, 2023
Military Pollution is a Reason for Agencies to Implement the Global Social Cost of Carbon By Mariah Bowman , J.D. Candidate, 2024, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law July 31, 2023 The social cost of carbon (SCC) has been the basis for policies such as tax credits for carbon capture technology and zero-emissions credits.
Carbon sequestration potential of biochar in soil from the perspective of organic carbon structural modification
Environmental News Bits
MAY 16, 2024
“Carbon sequestration potential of biochar in soil from the perspective of organic carbon structural modification.: Yu, Y., & Xu, C. Applied Soil Ecology, 198, 105389.
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COP28: “The Methane COP”
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Brazil has declared that its National Council of Energy Policy will formulate guidelines for methane reduction in the oil and gas sector by the end of 2024. Egypt has expressed its intent to create domestic methane regulations within its oil and gas sector by the conclusion of 2024.
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Ohioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 28, 2022
6 was enacted, the plants have emitted more than 29 million tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, 28,000 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and 16,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (SOx). The OVEC coal bailouts, which the PUCO approved in 2014, were set to expire in 2024 and only applied to utility customers who had a stake in OVEC.
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Comcast Signs Agreement To Purchase 250 MW Of Solar Energy In Step Toward Carbon Neutral Goal
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 4, 2022
The agreement will allow Comcast to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions associated with its energy use by nearly 360,000 metric tons annually – equivalent to avoiding the emissions from more than 65,000 homes’ electricity use for a year. Blue Sky is expected to reach commercial operation by December 2024.
Providing Climate Science to Inform International Policy
Ocean Conservancy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Second, the Tribunal must decide whether human-released carbon dioxide, and the heat that CO 2 traps, constitute marine pollution. Afterwards, the Tribunal will deliberate and provide their opinion around March 2024. Countries party to UNCLOS made oral arguments to the Tribunal about this case by September 25.
Capping Oil and Gas Emissions: We Have the Framework, Now Where Do We Go From Here?
Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 23, 2024
The next step is the release of the draft regulations, by April 2024. Offsets are tradable credits that polluters can purchase to compensate for a ton of carbon dioxide or the equivalent in greenhouse gasses, by investing in emissions-reducing environmental projects elsewhere. No free rides for the industry!
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Cultivating eco-advantages: Unleashing the distinctive potential of biochar in microbial fuel cells
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 12, 2024
Gollakota, A. K., & Shu, C.-M. “Cultivating eco-advantages: Unleashing the distinctive potential of biochar in microbial fuel cells.” ” Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 185, 614–631.
Greenwashing in Graphs: an ExxonMobil Story
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 9, 2024
I reviewed ExxonMobil’s two most recent reports (2023/2024) to evaluate the scientific rigor of its claims. Put another way—earlier this year, ExxonMobil released its annual greenwashing report, outlining its purported progress towards addressing climate change, a problem the company helped to create. Who needs units anyway? Double yikes!
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With A New Regulatory Framework On The Horizon, There Is Still Much Uncertainty Concerning The Future Of Offshore Carbon Storage
The Energy Law Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Notably, the FYs 2023 and 2024 Environmental Studies Programs seek to identify potential effects on the human and marine environments from potential migration and leaks, fugitive CO 2 emission concerns, and cumulative impacts surrounding the largely uncharted territory of regulating long-term offshore CCS.
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IECC Appeals Could Undermine Electrification Requirements in New Construction
Law Columbia
MARCH 5, 2024
The 2024 IECC sets energy conservation requirements for new buildings, including heating, ventilation, lighting, water heating, and power usage. So, the responding parties conclude , “[s]ince the process was followed fairly and correctly, all of the final language on EV charging infrastructure should remain in the 2024 IECC.”
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Providing Climate Science to Inform International Policy
Ocean Conservancy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Second, the Tribunal must decide whether human-released carbon dioxide, and the heat that CO 2 traps, constitute marine pollution. Afterwards, the Tribunal will deliberate and provide their opinion around March 2024. Countries party to UNCLOS made oral arguments to the Tribunal about this case by September 25.
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