Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

Biden sets target of at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions below 2005 levels by 2030. Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act , which provides at least $369 billion in funding for clean energy and climate, leading many to hail the law as “the largest investment in clean energy and climate action ever.”

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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. Offshore wind turbines also have a relatively small footprint and are able to use much larger turbines than land-based projects.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

Spring is a time of new beginnings, and this spring scientists are calling for financial institutions to start doing their part to limit the worst impacts of climate change and hasten a just, equitable transition to clean energy. degrees Celsius (2.7 C above preindustrial levels. C above preindustrial levels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). I’ll start off with the good.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 is still driving up Ohioans’ electricity bills—and undermining the state’s prospects for a clean energy future. 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). Since H.B. Mike DeWine.

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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: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

The rule, which also applies to new gas plants, would avoid as much as 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042, the EPA calculated , the equivalent of the annual emissions of 137 million passenger vehicles—about half of the cars in the country. Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

A proposed offshore wind procurement bill in Maine would go a long way to enable the state to meet its climate and clean energy targets and become a national leader in floating offshore wind technology. Meeting these targets would strengthen Maine’s economy by creating high-quality jobs and helping stabilize energy costs.

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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. That clearly includes natural gas—which oil and gas companies continue to tout as a “bridge” fuel from coal to renewable energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Earlier this month the International Energy Agency (IEA) released data showing that global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions hit an all-time high in 2021, rebounding sharply from the 2020 decline caused by COVID-19 related economic slump. A rapid clean energy transition is (still) the best path forward.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Clean Energy. As the state transitions off fossil fuels, the importance of building a reliable and robust clean energy grid continues to increase.

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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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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Almost half of all new energy capacity added to the US grid in 2021 came from solar. Even more encouraging, by 2030, the solar industry aims to generate nearly a third of US electricity. Still, over their lifetimes, solar panels emit 25 times less carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt hour than coal-powered electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2022

According to the latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, action between now and 2030 is most critical: Immediate, deep cuts in heat-trapping emissions are necessary across all sectors if we are to limit global warming to 1.5 That would be shortsighted and dangerous. degrees Celsius. Shell is appealing the ruling.

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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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Law and Environment

MAY 4, 2023

Ammonia could also be an important carbon-less fuel. We’re going to need a lot of steel to build structures, including those supporting clean energy, such as wind turbines, solar facilities, and associated transmission and other infrastructure. Energy Storage. Steelmaking.

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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.

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Columbia Climate Law

APRIL 24, 2020

The Clean Power Plan was the Obama Administration’s rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the nation’s largest stationary source of climate pollution. The rule was expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 30% by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

It will lower the University’s greenhouse gas emissions by 15,452 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of taking nearly 3,330 fuel-burning cars off the road. Vesper Energy is proud to partner with the University of Pittsburgh to help achieve their goal of 100% renewable electricity powering the campus.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

Gas is made mostly of methane – a climate-damaging fossil fuel that is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. According to the International Energy Agency , heat pump sales growth nearly doubled in Europe in 2022, largely driven by rising gas prices. In Canada, heat pump adoption has been relatively slow by comparison.

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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.

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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. In Mexico, challenges to the government’s backsliding on incentives to renewable energy have failed to advance. In Smith v.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

When the history of the global shift toward a clean energy economy and a sustainable future gets written decades from now, it may well be that the COP26 Climate Change Conference will be seen as a watershed moment. Posted on January 18, 2022 by Daniel C.

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Acoel

APRIL 8, 2022

The bipartisan infrastructure law funds clean energy demonstration projects to improve energy storage, advanced nuclear technology, carbon capture from fuel burning as well as direct carbon capture from the atmosphere. These proposals have garnered extensive support from the business community.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

“Members of industry and labor, understandably, see vast potential for our commonwealth’s economy and job growth, while environmentalists questioned whether this is an actual pathway to clean energy or a detour away from embracing renewable energy. Meanwhile, experts from environmental groups raised concerns. “The

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

After the EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan in 2014, for example, fossil fuel interests and their backers tried to argue that the proposal’s 2030 emission-reduction targets were completely unrealistic, and that the country would see astronomically high costs and blackouts due to the rule. degrees Celsius.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Introduction Hydrogen has been dubbed the “Swiss army knife” of clean energy, given its potential to become a tool to cut emissions in key sectors, as well as to assert U.S. global energy leadership and increase our nation’s competitive edge. hydrogen market is also estimated to result in an additional 27,000 jobs by 2030.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2020

The energy sector is one of the biggest polluters when it comes to. Many states are responding to global calls for clean energy and making actual changes which reflect the climate change crisis. Today the energy sector accounts for 30% of the carbon dioxide emissions in. DEQ’s carbon regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

increase in carbon dioxide pollution from the Commonwealth’s power plants between 2020 and 2021. The opportunity to generate revenues to invest in emission reduction technologies, clean energy manufacturing, and direct consumer assistance could all be provided through participation in RGGI.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

. -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 2 Brown Bag Briefing On Fracking And PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- The Center Square Guest Essay: Five Years Later, Evidence Of Fracking’s Safety Is Stronger Than Ever - By Heartland Institute & Arthur B.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The number of supporters on this letter demonstrates the strength and breadth of public support for eschewing the Commonwealth's dependence on fossil fuels and for prioritizing an equitable transition to an economy fueled by clean energy and energy efficiency innovation. Resource Link: -- DCED: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 27 Webinar Creating An Assessment Method For PA Old-Growth Forests. Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Proposal To Construct 2 Solar Energy Facilities To Provide Electricity To Compressor Stations In Columbia, Wyoming Counties [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- Penn State Hosts Feb.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. A 2021 North Carolina law requires the N.C. The Reduction Goal.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. billion for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and $27 billion for clean energy research, development, demonstration and commercialization. Chair : Sen.

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