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.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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!);
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Clean Energy Law
JUNE 1, 2022
Senate Bill (SB) 32 subsequently strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Our first post in this series discusses CARB’s Proposed Scenario to achieve the state’s GHG targets, which adopts a carbon neutrality target for 2045.
The Energy Law Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2020
By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. degrees Celsius, coal power should be entirely phased out by 2030.
Columbia Climate Law
APRIL 24, 2020
The rule was expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 30% by 2030. reduction in carbon dioxide by 2030, but may not decrease emissions at all. In June 2019 the EPA repealed the Clean Power Plan and replaced it with the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, which is projected achieve a 0.7%
Law and Environment
MAY 4, 2023
It could also be used to make cleaner liquid fuels, such as “ electrofuels ,” ( subscription required ) fuels that combine hydrogen and biogenic carbon dioxide from biomass sources, such as ethanol plants. Clean hydrogen could replace fossil fuels for large vehicles and vessels that make long trips. Energy Storage.
Vermont Law
JULY 31, 2023
The social cost of carbon is an economic tool used to determine how much the cost is, in dollars, of emitting another ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. As carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere, it also traps heat surrounding the planet. The damage this heat creates is SCC. However, the U.S.
The Energy Law Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2020
By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.
A Greener Life
APRIL 11, 2022
C thresholds which were agreed upon by world leaders during the COP21 UN climate summit in 2015, GHG emissions would need to peak before 2025 at the very latest and be reduced by 43% by 2030. The report Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of climate change looked at a variety of pathways for increased climate actions.
Breezometer
JUNE 7, 2022
Based on current national GHG emissions commitments for 2030, global temperatures will likely exceed 1.5°C To limit warming to 2°C we must rapidly accelerate climate change mitigation measures and reduce GHG emissions by 27% by 2030 and 63% by 2050. Image originally featured on eia.gov. 2022: What Does the Latest IPCC Report Say?
Washington Nature
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The study—" Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State ”—centers on how Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) harness the capacity of forests, wetlands and farmlands to absorb and store carbon dioxide that’s in the atmosphere, lessening the impacts of climate change.
Clean Energy Law
JUNE 8, 2022
Senate Bill 32 subsequently strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Latham & Watkins’ first post in this series discusses CARB’s Proposed Scenario to achieve the state’s GHG targets, which adopts a carbon neutrality target for 2045.
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 9, 2021
This week, Circle of Blue reports on how wastewater treatment plants can lower their carbon pollution, and why the United States is playing catch-up in this field. President Biden’s goal is to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, and to reach net zero emissions by 2050. million metric tons.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 22, 2022
The court found that complainants’ fundamental rights were not violated preemptively because the federal legislator, not the state legislatures, are subject to a carbon dioxide emissions budget. Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) ). Climate cases also failed on merits in several countries. In Smith v.
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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