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EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

This truck proposal is just more of the same: when considering credits, Option 1 gives away 12 percent of the first step of regulations (2027-2030), causing even further delayed action in an industry that hasn’t seen new tailpipe NO X regulation in over 20 years. Image: Freightliner ).

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Companies vying for the first round of Danish carbon capture and storage government funding

A Greener Life

The first is planned for June 2024 and the other the following year, with a target of having the projects up and running at full speed by 2029. The appeal Kredslob use the technology that burns landfill and biomass, in order to generate heat. Initially, two bidding rounds have been scheduled.

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Tour de France’s start in Denmark puts focus on sustainability

A Greener Life

On day three of the race, the riders will start off in Vejle, a rugged area known as ‘the Danish Alps’ and finish in the city of Sønderborg, which has an ambitious plan to become zero-carbon by 2029 through its ProjectZero project. Its concept is based on energy efficiency combined with renewable energy from the county’s own green sources.

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Statement on IESO Contracting New Polluting Gas Power

Enviromental Defense

Numerous reports show that Ontario can meet its growing electricity needs with renewable energy which can be combined with storage technologies that allow the energy to be used during peak demand. Contracts for the four existing facilities have been extended beyond their current contracts of 2029 and 2030 to 2034 or 2035.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

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Right on Energy: Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit  

Cresforum

hydrogen market is also estimated to result in an additional 27,000 jobs by 2030. clean hydrogen production to 10 MMT by 2030 and 50 MMT by 2050 to achieve a 10 percent reduction in domestic greenhouse gas emissions. Growth in the U.S. Currently, most clean hydrogen production in the U.S. is limited to pilot projects. Source: U.S.

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IMO Fails Duty to Protect Climate and the Arctic

Ocean Conservancy

As you may remember, we weren’t overjoyed at the results last session , which settled on a profoundly underwhelming short term measure to address the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in addition to a diluted “ban” on heavy fuel oil (HFO) use in the Arctic that will only take effect in 2029. C warming scenario.

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