A Greener Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The revised 2030 energy and climate plan, unveiled by the government, targets the expansion of wind and solar power. The Mediterranean country aims for renewables to account for an 82% share of electricity production by 2030. The previous plan released in 2019 had set out only a 66% share.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A target of 45 to 50 per cent reductions from 2005 levels by 2035 represents no meaningful increase in ambition from Canadas current 2030 target. Targets matter. The 2035 target sets a marker to guide the next decade of climate action for all levels of government, industry, and Canadians.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

Diablo Canyon is now Californias last operational nuclear power plant, but its currently slated to shut down by 2030. The analysis included new nuclear power plants as an option, with an LCOE starting at $89 per MWh (with federal subsidies, or $119 per MWh without) in 2030 and declining slightly over time.

Nuclear Power

Nanotech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

According to DOE, key findings The post DOE Releases New Report on Pathways to Commercial Liftoff for Sustainable Aviation Fuel appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

2030

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The national EV market could grow nearly tenfold by 2030. This is the second in a series of posts on CLEE’s new set of resources on Equitable Climate Infrastructure Investment.

Government

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 5, 2025

Circular economy processes, such as featuring secondhand products and encouraging repair, are … Continue reading Why IKEA’s $47 billion retailer is on pace to halve emissions by 2030, while rivals falter

2030

Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2025

First, New York’s climate goals, established in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA) , include an ambitious target of obtaining 70 percent of the state’s electricity from renewables by 2030. It’s not all bad news, though. Importantly, load growth is a relatively new phenomenon in New York.

Renewable Energy

ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Another major win was reviving the process to identify Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), which are essential for achieving the 30×30 target—protecting 30% of land and marine areas by 2030. As we look toward 2030, COP16’s outcomes provide a foundation, but the true test lies in action.

2030

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

This will contribute to the companys goal of achieving a clean energy portfolio of 2GW in Ukraine by 2030. Beyond this project, DTEK plans to expand its wind pipeline in Ukraine , with 650MW planned for Central Ukraine.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

JULY 10, 2025

This year’s Government Work Report also listed the programme as a key task within China’s “dual carbon” goals to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. According to the notice, industrial-park-construction projects can access support including existing public and local government funding channels.

Carbon Dioxide

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Ontario and Manitoba are the only two provinces in Canada without deposit return for non-alcoholic beverage containers The provincial government has set regulated targets for beverage producers to collect and recycle or refill containers: 75 per cent by 2026 and 80 per cent by 2030.

2026

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The corporation’s “low carbon” roadmap relies heavily on technologies such as carbon capture and storage and hydrogen that cannot deliver steep emissions cuts in the critical period between now and 2030. In celebrating the ruling, Shell urged people to “lobby governments rather than Shell to change policies and bring about a green transition.”

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2025

We found that if 10 percent of the gasoline in California in 2030 was replaced with average US gasoline, it would increase particulate matter (PM2.5) These results evaluated 2030, but we also considered other years with qualitatively similar results. emissions by less than 1 percent [iv]. NOx VOCs PM2.5

Regulations

Ocean Conservancy

JULY 16, 2025

This massive amount is expected to more than double by 2030 if we don’t change our relationship with plastic. As all types of cleanups remove harmful debris (including plastics) from the environment, they all have value and make a positive contribution to the health of our ocean and our planet.

Ocean

A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030. Photo Credit: Cup of Couple Earth Day timeline: key milestones Year Milestone 1970 First Earth Day held in the United States, with 20 million participants. 1990 Earth Day expanded globally to 141 countries. What is Earth Day 2025 about?

Earth Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

data centers in 2030 to be valued at more than $20 billion per year, comparable to emissions by on-road vehicles in California. A recent paper by Han et al. at UC Riverside and Caltech titled The Unpaid Toll: Quantifying the Public Health Impact of AI quantifies the public health impacts through the lifecycle of AI.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

What the science says is needed for international climate finance As a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) points out, the goal of tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency by 2030 that countries agreed to last year in Dubai requires investments on the order of $1.5 trillion per year by 2030.”

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A key component of the governments clean energy strategy, these hydrogen projects will contribute to emissions reductions as well as regional economic development and a key component in meeting the governments target of 10 gigawatts (GW) of hydrogen by 2030.

2026

Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The United States government is on track to reduce its scope 3 emissions by 30% by 2030,a delegation representing the country said at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan last week. Read the full story at ESG Dive.

Carbon Dioxide

Water Research & Technology

JULY 9, 2025

The articles will then be assembled on the RSC Publishing platform and promoted as a web-based thematic collection, to permit readers to consult and download individual contributions from the entire series.

Environmental Science

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The country has so far pledged to peak greenhouse gas emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. For COP30 in 2025, China will need to submit its 2035 climate targets to the UN, along with revisions to its existing 2030 commitments. First published in Dialogue Earth.

2025

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The tax Starting in 2030, Danish farmers will be legally bound to pay 120 Danish kroner (Dkr) per ton of CO2 they emit, which will rise to 300 Dkr per emitted ton in 2035. (9

2027

Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2025

million tons of CO 2 -equivalent between 2019 and 2030, including 2.2-3.1 Their claim rested on Swedens failure to calculate its fair share of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to adopt emissions reductions in line with best available science. The applicants called for annual reductions of 6.4-9.4 million tons reduced domestically.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Any plan enacted under this subsection shall maximize the impact of the plan on improving economic and racial equity.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 6, 2025

The company committed to reducing scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 42% by 2030 from a 2022 baseline, and to reduce scope 3 emissions by 25% in … Continue reading SBTi approves Billeruds updated emissions reduction targets

2030

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2025

Focusing on capital plans helps to avoid the loopholes that come with distant 2050 targets that are easily gamed and the struggles associated with getting companiess to secure short-term 2030 targets. In 2023, only 6% of Fortune 500 companies had climate targets for 2030 or sooner, compared to the 33% with longer-term targets.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

GW by 2030]. With the current plan, this seems impossible. For Thailand to go net-zero by 2050, it needs around 250 GW of solar power. That number currently stands at just 3.78 GW [and projected to reach 6.97 So to reach this goal, Thailand needs to start early and very aggressively.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Today, a company can announce a climate target – such as a 30% emissions reduction by 2030 – without indicating whether this will require substantial changes to its business, or whether it will incur material costs to meet the target. Why is that important?

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 23, 2025

It is estimated that if all data centre projects currently under regulatory review in Canada proceed, they could account for a staggering 14 per cent of Canada’s total power needs by 2030. This growth is being actively encouraged by some provincial governments seeing economic development opportunities.

Government

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

” Projections indicate that by 2030 the world will be producing 134 million tons of textile waste every year. Projections indicate that by 2030 the world will be producing 134 million tons of textile waste every year. billion between 2022 and 2030. “If there’s money to be made, they’re going to do it.”

Upcycling

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

Section 15(1) of the Climate Act obligates public authorities to, in so far as is practicable, performs its functions in a manner consistent with Irelands climate action goals, including the most recently approved national climate action plan , the most recently approved long-term climate action strategy , the most recently approved national adaptation (..)

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2025

The scientists voice concerns that we are alarmingly off track from the commitment signed by 140 world leaders in 2021 at the COP26 UN climate summit, which pledged to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030. The WRI calls for greater political will and a more dedicated focus on climate adaptation to initiate the reversal of forest losses.

2024

A Greener Life

JANUARY 9, 2025

In 2020, China officially announced its dual carbon goals to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality in 2060. Of this, carbon dioxide emissions accounted for 10.28 billion tonnes or 79.1%, and methane accounted for 13.1%.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Thats almost three times the amount of projected data center load growth nationally by 2030. The study estimates 18GW of curtailment-enabled headroom potential in PJM alonemore than triple PJMs estimated data center load growth of 5GW by 2030.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

UCS research found that wastewater treatment plants were among the critical coastal infrastructure at risk of chronic inundation at least twice a year by 2030 due to sea-level rise. Fencl Looming Deadlines analysis shows sh*t coming to your shores soon All of the above is further complicated by climate change.

Clean Water Act

Cresforum

JANUARY 15, 2025

Data centers, the backbone of AI, already consume enormous amounts of power, and domestic energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030. Without swift action to modernize energy infrastructure, America risks ceding both AI and energy leadership to nations with fewer constraints.

2030

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Delayed action on emissions cuts may require even more (and more expensive) CDR – the 2024 United Nations Emissions Gap Report released this week found that 2023 greenhouse gas emissions set a new record, and current emissions reduction pledges for 2030 are insufficient to meet temperature goals.

Carbon Dioxide