Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This 2015 regulation aimed to move state power grids away from coal and toward renewable energy. When fully implemented, the Clean Power Plan was intended to cut carbon emissions 30% below the 2005 level by 2030. Compliance was set to begin in 2022, ramping up toward 2030 emission reduction goals.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

On August 30, the Erie 2030 District , a group comprising 17 Erie area property partners representing 130 buildings and over 5.9 million square feet, released its 2021 Progress Report detailing efforts by partners who have committed to a dramatic reduction in energy use and carbon emissions in their buildings by the year 2030.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Confirming initial projections when the law was passed, models now predict that IRA will significantly cut emissions by 2030. Despite the IRA’s substantial assist to emission cuts, we will need additional policies to push emissions 50% below 2005 levels. emissions 37-41% below 2005 levels. decarbonization.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2023

Under the provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, the American electrical grid could achieve up to 90 percent of its electricity without carbon emissions by 2030, according to an analysis published Wednesday by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. Zero coal by 2035, 24 GW solar/wind by 2030, net zero emissions by 2050, including upstream and downstream emissions. Net zero by 2030, 50% cut from 2007 by 2030.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. renewable energy generation (62% coming from onshore wind) A climate plan adopted in 2018 sets a binding target of net-zero emissions by 2045. There is an interim target of 75% reduction of 1990 levels by 2030. 2030 net-zero plan.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

Delaware On August 3rd, the governor signed seven pieces of climate legislation that strengthen the state’s climate targets, increase electric vehicle and renewable energy requirements, and update building codes. In November, the state passed several clean energy bills aimed at making the state carbon neutral by 2050.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 19, 2022

Germany-based Henkel wants to reduce its CO2 emissions from its 185 production sites by 75% by 2030 from a 2010 baseline. It is focused on efficiency rates and using more renewable energy. The post Henkel Lauded for Vastly Improving Its Water and Energy Efficiency Rates appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

degrees Fahrenheit from pre-industrial levels require “rapid and deep and, in most cases, immediate greenhouse gas emissions reductions in all sectors this decade.” Many UN documents say emissions should be cut by 45 percent by 2030. trillion per year by the 2030s. degrees Celsius, or 2.7 trillion to $1 trillion.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 13, 2022

In 2010, GM committed to a 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2020. And in January 2021, it said it would source 100% renewable energy to power GM facilities in the U.S. by 2030 and globally by 2035. It achieved that goal in 2017.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

For example, UCS, COPAL , and other project partners released a report last year that found achieving 100-percent renewable-electricity standards in US Climate Alliance states, including Minnesota, is feasible and would produce significant health and economic benefits. One area where the bill could do better?

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Specifically, New York is statutorily required to achieve: An economy-wide 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; 70% renewable energy consumption by 2030 followed by a 100% zero-emission electric system by 2040; and.

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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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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

EPA could hold back from doing anything about carbon emissions from existing power plants, instead focusing on tighter regulation of their other environmental impacts. EPA might well get substantial reductions in carbon emissions this way. A dozen states are also adopting their own ambitious climate plans.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. Fortunately, the answer is relatively little.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Together we can take advantage of the opportunity for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower.”. Polling showed broad public support for more aggressive cuts in carbon emissions. Labor’s climate policy calls for a 43% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago’s new CAP aims to remedy those problems and chart an equitable path to cut the city’s carbon emissions by at least 60 percent by 2040. To improve the lives of all Chicagoans, the plan prioritizes environmental justice, household savings, public health, and clean energy.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

That’s understandable in terms of India’s current carbon emissions, which are now only a quarter of China’s. The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. But given the growth of the economy, carbon emissions were projected to continuing growing steadily through 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2022

With the release of its 2021 Progress Report , the Pittsburgh 2030 District , an initiative of the Green Building Alliance and the largest 2030 District in North America, announced it will move its primary focus from energy reduction to carbon reduction goals in response to urgent developments in climate science.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2023

billion metric tons (BMT), the state-run energy group said in an outlook released today (28th December). This compares with 425 BCM and 9% of primary energy consumption projected for 2025. Emissions peak China’s total carbon emissions from energy activities are expected to peak during 2025 at 10.1

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

With economic growth have come carbon emissions. As of 2016, half of its total emissions are from the power sector, with 20% from industry and 15% from transportation, and. According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

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Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2021

Meanwhile, China is ready to go live with its emissions trading system. The goal is to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% from 1990 levels by 2030. Perhaps most boldly, it provides for tariffs on imported goods based on emissions during production, which would apply to imports such as steel, cement, iron, and fertilizers.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. 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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022). Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. carbon emissions today.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. It also will expand energy efficiency programs, streamline utility-scale renewable project siting approvals, and more.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

billion, respectively) reveal MISO’s careful approach to quantifying these benefits, from a very conservative estimate at the bottom of the range to reflecting more expansive estimates of the costs of power outages and carbon emissions to ratepayers. Grid upgrades enable clean energy industries to flourish. billion to $11.6

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Environmental Leader

JULY 12, 2022

Best Buy set out in 2017 to reduce its carbon emissions in its operations by 60% by 2030 — from a 2009 baseline. The post Best Buy Excels at Carbon and Waste Reductions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. It has met that goal. Now it is upping the ante.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 26, 2022

The White House has taken a strong stance in expanding the production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation industry. The Administration has identified the aviation industry as a climate priority in its push to reduce the country’s carbon footprint.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

According an April report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, US utilities plan to shutter at least 50 percent of their remaining coal generators by 2030. percent is scheduled for retirement or conversion to natural gas after 2030. Another 18.5 It’s a big deal.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

A report commissioned by the Ontario Power Authority (now the Independent Electricity System Operator) identified 64 potential offshore wind power sites in the Great Lakes that could produce nearly 35,000 MW of electricity which is 50 per cent more than our current energy demand. Construction worker installs new energy-efficient windows.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Electricity Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions Historical and Forecast.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2022

Michigan’s MI Healthy Climate Plan calls for 60 percent of the state’s electricity needs to come from renewable resources, and for utilities to phase out all coal-fired power plants by 2030. DTE aims to reduce its carbon pollution by 50 percent by 2028 , and is preparing its own updated resource plan due in October.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s not surprising to see companies lobbying to try to optimize this lucrative credit for their profits rather than ensuring the produced hydrogen is genuinely low-carbon, but it is astounding to see regulators at risk of following suit. This won’t be a problem in the future when renewable energy predominates.

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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. Scientists say such targets would help keep the average global temperature increase under 1.5

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