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UK Government Announces New Import Carbon Pricing Mechanism

Clean Energy Law

Goods imported into the UK from countries with a lower or no carbon price will face a levy by 2027. Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). Davies , Michael D. For more information on the UK ETS, refer to this Latham blog post.

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Statement: Environmental Defence Urges the Government to Strengthen the Clean Electricity Regulations

Enviromental Defense

We urge the government to strengthen the regulations, rather than weaken them. In particular, the federal government must hold the line on the end of life clause and the date that this clause comes into effect. We are also concerned that the government is considering weakening the standard itself and including offsets.

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Climate Policy in India

Legal Planet

The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. the national government isn’t the only presence in terms of climate policy. Twelve percent of capacity comes from hydro, and an impressive 23% from renewables (10% wind, 9% solar). Natural gas, oil, and nuclear are minor players. As in the U.S.,

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Accelerating Electric Vehicle Adoption in 2022

Law and Environment

This past year represents a real turning point in the transition to electric vehicles, demonstrated by new major incentives and regulatory activities at both federal and state government levels and several notable accomplishments in the private sector. First, the U.S. This all contributed to making 2022 the best year yet for EVs.

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What’s another $4 billion amongst friends?

Enviromental Defense

How would you feel if I told you that the Ontario government is going to blow another $4 billion on another environmentally destructive and indefensible act? Ontario is poised to unnecessarily spend over $4 billion on polluting gas plants that the federal government is in the process of phasing out. How do we know? MW/business day.

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Truck Loopholes 101 – When Emissions Regulations Don’t Match the Real World

Union of Concerned Scientists

However, the truck manufacturers have responded to the proposal by pressing hard to exclude additional data from the in-use testing or use such data to erroneously increase the conformity factors used by EPA to govern in-use compliance, including around low temperature operations. EPA has proposed three different early credit programs.

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Nuclear energy giant to build France’s largest offshore wind project

A Greener Life

Construction is planned to begin in either 2026 or 2027. The French government has set itself the target of building 40 GW of offshore wind by 2050. The giant floating offshore wind farm is projected to have a generating capacity of 1 gigawatt (GW) – enough to meet the electricity needs of 800,000 French homes.

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