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Why the Bay Area’s Zero-Emission Appliance Rule is a Big Deal

Legal Planet

Several cities in California, including Los Angeles and in the Bay Area, have outlawed new gas hookups, but these are the first regulations that would effectively ban the sale of gas appliances. Such a Request for Information could be a potential first step toward implementing safety standards or other regulations governing their use.

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

A Greener Life

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Statement on IESO Contracting New Polluting Gas Power

Enviromental Defense

Incoming federal clean electricity regulations may cause new plants to shut down, leaving ratepayers on the hook to pay for stranded assets in the long term. 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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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Key Requirements, and the Materiality Threshold

Law Columbia

Finally, registrants must disclose any targets or goals related to climate change that materially affect the registrant’s business. Further, the impact of severe weather events, which was originally required as a footnote disclosure in a firm’s Regulation S-X reporting, has been shifted to Regulation S-K.

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Five Important Points About the “SAFE Vehicle Rule”

Law Columbia

EPA and DOT estimate that “upstream” carbon dioxide emissions from oil production, transportation, refining, and distribution would increase by 159 MMT (over the lifetime of the vehicles produced from MY1979 through MY 2029). The safety benefits of the rule may have been overestimated. California’s Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate).

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In Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color

Circle of Blue

In the early 1970s, Chicago embarked on one of the region’s most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects to date: the Tunnel and Reservoir Project or “Deep Tunnel,” a massive storage system that will be able to hold more than 20 billion gallons of water when it’s finished in 2029. . Ready or not — the Great Lakes as a climate refuge.

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Book review: A grand survey of climate hope

A Greener Life

Despite its vast scope – telling the story of climate entrepreneurs from China, India, the US and much of the developed world – Rathi presents an engaging read of all that is going right in the battle with climate change. This is the climate capitalism challenge. billion tonnes by 2029-30.