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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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Switching from fossil fuels like gasoline to increasingly clean electricity sources is vital for hitting climate and air pollution goals. Gasoline use per person has also fallen, from 445 gallons per year per person in 2005, to under 350 gallons per year per person in 2024. pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per gallon.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

The main objectives included: Approving and adopting outlines for the three major working group reports and an additional methodology report on carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions.

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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. Source California Air Resources Board.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 11, 2025

End Fossil Fuel Subsidies In 2024, the Government of Canada provided nearly $30 billion to the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries. Thats a massive amount of taxpayer money that went towards making it cheaper to find, extract, process, transport, and export fossil fuels.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

filed in 2024 and 2018, respectively. Background Japan has heavily relied on the use of fossil fuels for its power generation. According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% Kobe Steel Ltd., Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2024

Carbon capture and sequestration is a promising technology that can play a key role in reaching global climate goals, by capturing carbon dioxide emissions and storing them deep underground in identified geologic formations.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

Since then, the Conservative government has made a series of U-turns on its own net zero policies, attacked Labour’s green spending plans, and doubled down on its support for new fossil fuel projects, approving more than 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. This comes as DeSmog and Democracy for Sale reveal that £6.8 percent (£1.8

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I am grateful to have met and learned from people who experience on a daily basis the devastation wrought by fossil fuel production and fossil fuel-driven climate change—and who are now campaigning for a fossil-free Niger Delta.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Ebel, the CEO of Enbridge, to our list of infamous Climate Villains – powerful people with fossil fuel interests holding Canada back from effective climate action. The executives behind the fossil fuel industry often avoid public scrutiny, which is why we’re shining the spotlight on their activities.

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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. Burning fossil fuels is a main contributor to climate change.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 27, 2025

City of New York , plumbing and building trade groups challenged New York Citys Local Law 154 of 2021 , a piece of legislation that prohibits fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings. In general, the limits went into effect in 2024 for buildings under seven stories; for buildings over seven stories, the limits begin in 2027.

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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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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.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Introduction On November 12, 2024, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague issued its eagerly awaited appeals judgment in Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) and others v. The applicants sought an injunction declaring that Shell is legally bound to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 45% below 2019 levels by 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

Despite the generous funding opportunities and holistic flexibilities baked into ACF, confusion around and misinformation about the rule may undermine this much-needed shift away from fossil-fueled trucks and buses. In some cases, fleets who purchased certain ICE model year 2024 trucks would be able to operate them through 2042.

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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. Economic development policy is environmental policy.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 26, 2024

Diversification Of Energy Sources Is The Key To Prevent Spikes, Lower Prices Read more here. -- Bloomberg: Is Natural Gas A Fossil Fuel Trap Or A Bridge To Clean Energy?

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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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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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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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Clean hydrogen production relies either on electricity, which may be generated through renewable or fossil fuel resources; or directly on fossil fuels, via steam methane reformation (SMR) or coal gasification accompanied by carbon capture, or via methane pyrolysis. According to one estimate , the U.S.

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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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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2024

reduction in carbon emissions, avoiding 30,500 metric tons of CO2e [Carbon Dioxide] emissions against Green Building Alliance baseline, the equivalent of six million car trips around Presque Isle State Park. Posted: August 20, 2024] PA Environment Digest against baseline in 2023 and saved $4.2 million in energy costs.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

School Campus Could Save $10 Million -- Scranton Times: Renewable Natural Gas Plant Operator At Keystone Landfill Begins Test Drilling For Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage -- Protecting Clean Water Together: Starting To Think About The Garden? Of Environmental Professionals Inviting Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference Sept.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

18-19 [PaEN] -- Call For Proposals, Student Posters By 2024 Keystone Coldwater Conference On Feb. . -- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Host Natural Investigators Education Program Nov. 25 -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Offers Eagle Watch Volunteer Training Dec. 9 -- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan [PaEN] -- Ohio River Valley Institute Feb. 20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan [PaEN] -- Ohio River Valley Institute Feb. Posted: February 18, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2024

Posted: April 7, 2024] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Much of the cradle-to-grave carbon intensity data that governments depend on to guide in photovoltaic arrays are instead based on modeling assumptions that are likely to have grossly under-estimated — if not made-up — solar’s carbon emissions because they cannot get insights from Chinese manufacturers.

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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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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2024

16 In-Person Program In Waynesburg, Greene County On Protecting Public Health, Resources From Shale Gas Development [PaEN] -- DEP Begins Accepting Grant Applications Oct. 16 In-Person Program In Waynesburg, Greene County On Protecting Public Health, Resources From Shale Gas Development [PaEN] -- DEP Begins Accepting Grant Applications Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

16 - 22 -- PA Solar Center Sept. 22 Webinar: Solar + Storage + Micrograms = Energy Freedom [PaEN] -- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Fall Migration Underway; Other Upcoming Events -- Penn State’s Great Insect Fair Returns To Snider Ag Arena Sept. 30 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: USDA To Host Walk In Penn’s Woods Event Oct.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. January 22, 2023. A 2021 North Carolina law requires the N.C.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The LEZ promotes the shift from fossil fuel to the use of greener modes of transportation such as electric vehicles and all electric public transportation to reduce carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane from motor vehicle exhausts. really, why?) using 1,175 cameras to monitor which cars enter and exit the zone.

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