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Premier Doug Ford’s Claim that Highway 413 Construction will Begin in 2025 is Wishful Thinking in View of Today’s Updates to Federal Impact Assessment

Enviromental Defense

Amid multiple investigations, federal intervention and public outrage at the attacks on the Greenbelt for the benefit of a few sprawl developers, the provincial government had to back down and restore Greenbelt protection. The same pattern is playing out with 413.

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UK Government Announces New Import Carbon Pricing Mechanism

Clean Energy Law

Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). The government intends the UK CBAM to work alongside the UK ETS to mitigate the risk of carbon leakage. Davies , Michael D.

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PFAS Strategic Roadmap: DOE Commitments to Action 2022-2025

Environmental News Bits

The PFAS Strategic Roadmap: DOE Commitments to Action 2022-2025 establishes and details the goals, objectives and steps that the Department of Energy is taking to address PFAS. Specifically, DOE commits to: Research current and past uses and known or potential releases of PFAS.

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Governing Emissions Trading in California and China

Legal Planet

As a compromise, California law (AB 398) has limited offsets to 4% of compliance obligations for the 2021-2025 period and capped the offsets without in-state benefits that can be utilized for compliance. . The post Governing Emissions Trading in California and China appeared first on Legal Planet. Stay tuned. Download as PDF.

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China’s Stock Exchanges to Plan Sustainability Disclosure Rules for Big Companies

Clean Energy Law

Regulated Entities shall focus on “governance,” “strategy,” “impact, risk and opportunity management,” and “indicators and objectives” throughout their analysis and reporting processes. Timeline for Implementation The Guidelines are set to apply to the fiscal year of 2025, meaning that Regulated Entities must publish SDRs by April 30, 2026.

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What might the new global climate finance goal look like?

NRDC

Back in 2015, governments in the UNFCCC agreed to negotiate a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance prior to 2025. What are the key elements that countries need to agree on?

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Renewables to become first global electricity source by 2025

Edouard Stenger

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) , renewable energy sources are to become the first electricity source by 2025, surpassing dirty coal. Good news everyone ! Solar and wind are also due to cover most if not all of global electricity demand growth in the meantime.

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