Volvo to Sell 1,000 Electric Trucks to Holcim by 2030
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 23, 2023
Up to 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide yearly could be saved by replacing 1,000 existing diesel trucks with their electric counterparts.
Danone to Reduce Methane Emissions from Dairy Supply Chain by 30%
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 19, 2023
million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to methane emissions by 2030. With this new initiative, Danone expects to remove 1.2 The post Danone to Reduce Methane Emissions from Dairy Supply Chain by 30% appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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Developing Model Federal Legislation to Advance Safe and Responsible Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal Research in the United States
Law Columbia
MARCH 15, 2023
The Sabin Center today published model federal legislation to advance safe and responsible ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. Modeling shows that carbon dioxide emissions must reach net zero by 2050 or 2070 to reach these temperature goals. reach its climate goals. o C above pre-industrial levels.
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China Releases Carbon Allowance Trading Regulations
Clean Energy Law
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Together with the Chinese Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) Scheme, which was restarted on October 19, 2023, the development and strengthening of the China ETS reaffirms China’s objectives to limit the growth of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Read the Client Alert.
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New Erie 2030 District Report Details Progress Toward Reducing Building Energy Use By 50% By 2030
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 10, 2021
On August 10, the Erie 2030 District , a group comprising 17 Erie County property partners spanning public and private organizations representing 120 buildings and over 4.9 In 2020, the Erie 2030 District reduced energy usage to 13 percent below the baseline, a slight increase from 14.8 percent in 2019. percent in 2019.
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What EXACTLY Did the UN Conference Decide?
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Coal is supposed to be “phased down” except where the resulting carbon dioxide is removed and securely stored (which may or may not actually be feasible). In a fourth significant subsection, section 28 highlights the role of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide. The “phase down” of coal.
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Methane Reduction Potential in the EU Between 2020 and 2030
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 10, 2022
Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas that is 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) over a twenty year cycle, and accounts for nearly one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. The importance of methane … Continue reading Methane Reduction Potential in the EU Between 2020 and 2030.
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The Fossil Fuel Industry Continues Producing Heat-Trapping Emissions that Drive Climate Change
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
The InfluenceMap dataset includes company-by-company data on emissions of carbon dioxide–the heat-trapping gas responsible for the largest contribution to climate change–and methane, a very potent heat-trapping gas that lasts a shorter time in the atmosphere. The year 2023 was the hottest year on record (so far!);
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Greenwashing in Graphs: an ExxonMobil Story
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 9, 2024
In addition, environmental justice advocates and frontline communities routinely point to the danger of concentrated carbon dioxide , embedded siting inequities , and the use of CCS to distract from the real work of phasing out fossil fuels.) Who needs units anyway? Exxon’s figure shows relative changes in cost (as measured in…?)
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Is “carbon management” just another COP-out?
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Alongside a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, substantial deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques might avert – or at least limit – overshoot of 1.5°C. At COP 28 this week the US and several partners launched a ‘Carbon Management Challenge’ with an aim to collectively store 1.2 Gt of CO2 by 2030.
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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes, net carbon dioxide from land use, land use change and forestry, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. of its long-term investments to sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar.
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New EPA Proposal to Augment Methane Regulations Would Help Achieve an 87% Reduction From the Oil and Gas Industry by 2030
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Steep reductions in emissions of methane—which traps 81 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the first 20 years in the atmosphere—are among the most important steps for slowing climate change in the short term. By Phil McKenna The U.S.
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Memo to JPMorgan Chase Shareholders: Stop Banking on Climate Chaos
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 13, 2023
The IPCC report also found projected carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel infrastructure without additional abatement would be enough to blow through the remaining carbon budget for 1.5 While science shows that the world is dangerously far from the path that would limit future global warming to 1.5
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Stepping Up to the Challenge: US Can Meet Climate Goals if Policymakers Take Immediate, Concerted Action
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
New UCS study shows how we can accelerate US clean energy ambition An interdisciplinary team of UCS experts set out to explore how the US can meet its goals to cut heat-trapping emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions no later than 2050. Coal is phased out of the power sector by 2030.
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Net Zero/Not Zero
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
With empirical data and more and better modeling, it has become clear that, to first approximation, the eventual anthropogenic warming from carbon dioxide is tied to the cumulative emissions. This figure is from the AR6 SPM: The relationship between cumulative carbon emissions and temperature (SPM AR6).
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What’s the Role of the Land Carbon Sink in Achieving US Climate Goals?
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
I dug into this complexity with my energy colleagues in the context of their recent analysis of pathways for how the US can meet its goals to cut heat-trapping emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030, and achieve net zero emissions no later than 2050. That analysis assumed the U.S.
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White House Announces New Initiatives and Guidance on Clean Energy Transition
Clean Energy Law
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Facilitating Federal Decision-Making on CCUS Projects and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines. Agencies establish inter-agency collaboration processes for CCUS projects, and CEQ will convene agencies to assess opportunities for improvement in carbon dioxide pipeline permitting. CEQ proposes that: Agencies, like U.S.
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How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
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Action on Methane
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Methane is responsible for 30 percent of current global warming and is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period. It is the main component of “natural gas” and is produced predominantly by the agriculture, energy (oil & gas and coal), and waste sectors. C of warming by 2050.
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Statement in Response to Private Member’s Bill to End Thermal Coal Exports
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Back in 2021, the federal government committed to ending the export of thermal coal before 2030. When burnt, that amount of coal would produce 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, or the equivalent of 8.7 This Private Member’s Bill is only necessary because the federal government has failed to keep its own promise.
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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 2, 2022
A year ago, GFANZ said all its members “must align” their portfolios to the UN’s Race to Zero “stringent criteria” aimed at halving global emissions by 2030 and bringing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. It is a coalition of more than 550 of the world’s top financial institutions controlling more than $150 trillion in assets.
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Future Trends in Climate Litigation Against Governments
Law Columbia
APRIL 4, 2024
According to the latest UN report, published in November 2023, governments’ 2030 targets would lead to an increase in global emissions of 3% by 2030 – despite the need for global emissions to be slashed by at least 43% by 2030 to keep the 1.5°C The gap between countries’ 2030 targets and 1.5°C
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COP28 Global Methane Pledge Efforts Still Not Enough
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The pledge is a voluntary agreement to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030; however, methane levels keep going up and we are woefully off track for meeting this goal. Compared to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane doesn’t linger for long in the atmosphere after being emitted.
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World Leaders Must Protect UN Climate Talks from Fossil Fuel Industry Interference
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Peer-reviewed research by Richard Heede traced two-thirds of all industrial carbon dioxide and methane emissions since the start of the Industrial Revolution to just 90 entities—coal, gas, and oil producers and cement manufacturers. Decades of delay have made the challenge the world faces between now and 2030 much bigger.
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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands
Legal Planet
JUNE 4, 2021
What’s most remarkable is that the decision calls for a 45% reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions–of not only its own but also those of its customers–within less than a decade. This reports that a net 45% reduction in 2030, relative to 2010, would be consistent with a 50% chance of keeping warming within 1.5°C
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Capping Oil and Gas Emissions: We Have the Framework, Now Where Do We Go From Here?
Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 23, 2024
Right now, Canada is on track to miss its 2030 climate targets, mainly due to the increases in oil and gas emissions. As proposed, the oil and gas industry must reduce its emissions by 35-38 per cent from 2019 levels by 2030. We can’t afford further delays in this key policy. No free rides for the industry!
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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 2)
Clean Energy Law
MAY 24, 2022
In developing the 2022 Draft Scoping Plan Update (Draft Scoping Plan), CARB evaluated four scenarios to identify the most viable path to achieve the state’s 2030 interim GHG reduction and GHG neutrality targets. These design features include: Doubling the annual cap decline from 2 to 4 percent from 2021 to 2030.
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Methane emissions rose in 2023 despite reduction initiatives
A Greener Life
APRIL 4, 2024
By Anders Lorenzen The emissions from methane , a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose in 2023 despite several pledges and initiatives to reduce emissions. Graph credit: IEA.
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Biden-Harris Administration Publishes Priorities for Permitting Reform to Build Clean Energy “Faster, Safer, and Cleaner”
Law and Environment
MAY 11, 2023
This priority urges Congress to update provisions of the Energy Act of 2020 to provide goals for 2030 and 2035, facilitate renewable energy development zones, and site necessary transmission to attach new generation to the grid. Deploy Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Infrastructure. Offshore Wind.
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The Biden Administration’s Pledge to Cut U.S. Emissions in Half by 2030 Would Come with Serious Costs to the Economy: A CRES Forum Analysis
Cresforum
APRIL 22, 2021
Today, President Biden announced that the United States would pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030, compared to a 2005 base year. The GHGs implicated in climate change are primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and fluorinated gases, like hydroflourocarbons.
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Latest UN, IEA, WMO Climate Reports Show Global Emissions Dangerously High, Emergency Action Required
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Another way to look at this information is through the lens of carbon budgets—the remaining allowable amount of CO 2 emissions that would still keep global average temperatures below a given level with a certain likelihood. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. The UNEP Emissions Gap Report.
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The Biden Administration’s Pledge to Cut U.S. Emissions in Half by 2030 Would Come with Serious Costs to the Economy: A CRES Forum Analysis
Cresforum
APRIL 22, 2021
Today, President Biden announced that the United States would pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030, compared to a 2005 base year. carbon dioxide pollution fell by a sharp 11 percent, largely due to the societal and economic disruptions caused by efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COP27 Global Methane Pledge Efforts Are Not Enough
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
The pledge is a voluntary agreement to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. It is 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat on short timescales. The target year of 2030 is coming fast, and the time for action is now. We can’t just tweak the current system.
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COP28: “The Methane COP”
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Another significant announcement from the Summit was the incorporation of Turkmenistan – one of the world’s top emitters-Kazakhstan, Angola, Kenya, and Romania to the Global Methane Pledge , a commitment to reduce methane emissions by 30% from 202 levels by 2030. In addition, Kazakhstan and the U.S. Since the E.U.
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North Carolina’s New Climate Legislation
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 18, 2021
By the end of next year, the commission must to develop a plan for reaching these goals involving the “least cost path.”.
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Addressing Livestock Methane in California
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Methane is a climate super-pollutant that is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. State leaders have taken first-in-the-nation steps to address livestock emissions, but much work remains to achieve 2030 targets. million cattle produce nearly 20 percent of all US milk.
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Innovators in 2023 Carbon Removal Landscape
Ivy Protocol
MAY 18, 2023
The year 2023 stands as a testament to this synergy, with a plethora of companies innovating in the carbon removal terrain with a shared goal of fighting climate change. Meeting the recent pathways laid out by the IPCC will require total cumulative net carbon dioxide removals of 20–660 GtCO2 by 2100.
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Waste-To-Energy Tech Could Slash U.S. Water Sector Carbon Emissions, But Its Potential Remains Underdeveloped
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 3, 2021
Like all other industries, the clock is ticking for the sector to cut its carbon pollution, given President Joe Biden’s goal to halve the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. Using biogas for energy is not carbon neutral because burning the methane-rich gas still releases carbon dioxide.
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How carbon-intensive industries can scale up CO2 recycling
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 18, 2021
New technologies that capture and recycle carbon dioxide from industrial processes such as steel and cement making will be vital if the EU is to meet its goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and down to zero by 2050. Read the full story in Horizons.
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Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 18, 2023
It would require the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to conduct a competitive bidding process to procure 1,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 2,800 MW by 2035, enough to generate more than half of Maine’s electricity demand.
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Ohioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 28, 2022
6 was enacted, the plants have emitted more than 29 million tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, 28,000 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and 16,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (SOx). The subsidies were codified and extended to 2030 when H.B. billion in subsidies for the two coal plants by 2030, and maybe more.
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EPA’s Power Plant Rule is Not Bold. It’s What’s Required.
Legal Planet
MAY 11, 2023
The EPA is proposing a new standard for fossil fuel-fired power plants to avoid 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042. Fast forward to June 2014, when the Obama EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan rule that would have reduced carbon emissions from existing fossil-fuel power plants to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update
Clean Energy Law
MAY 16, 2022
Subsequently, Senate Bill 32 strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and former Governor Jerry Brown’s Executive Order B-55-18 established a second statewide goal to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045.
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No More Excuses: Oil and gas companies keep lying about their methane emissions
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Methane is a really powerful greenhouse gas: it’s 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Fortunately, the federal government is developing new regulations to limit methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 75 per cent by 2030. Why is that such a big deal?
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