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

Government

A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

The UN agency concluded global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are at the highest levels in human history and without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors limiting climate change to 1.5°C The report Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of climate change looked at a variety of pathways for increased climate actions.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2023

Trials I recently returned to the Union of Concerned Scientists as the Wester States Regional Director. Previously, I was a Senior Climate Scientist, and as such I was part of an effort to address unregulated groundwater mining in California through the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA).

Climate Change

Physics World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But the United Nations has just said that the latest commitments of the 192 parties of the 2015 Paris agreement will equate to a 16% rise in global greenhouse-gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2010. While most climate scientists are not directly involved in high-level negotiations, their work is essential to the process.

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Through greenwashing ads, disinformation campaigns, attacks on scientists, and production of fake scientific evidence, the industry has engaged the playbook of deception to undermine climate action.

Sea Level

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 2, 2022

This week’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading climate scientists, paints a terrifying picture of the future if Canada and the world don’t tackle fossil fuels with urgency. Will he follow through with a policy that limits carbon pollution from Canada’s #1 polluters?

Carbon Emissions

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 24, 2021

That was the timeline laid down by the most prestigious body of climate scientists for limiting warming to 1.5 As clearly shown by the IEA, every net zero pledge from fossil fuel companies needs to be rejected if it doesn’t include sharp declines in the products that cause climate change: coal, oil, and natural gas.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Climate scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43% by 2030, compared to 2019 levels. Nasser’s comments came as the European Union (EU) are pushing for a deal at COP28 that would phase out CO2-emitting fossil fuels, which would be a world’s first.

Fossil Fuels

Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

It turns out, for example, that climate-change researchers fly more frequently than scientists in other fields. Change 65 102184 ), climate scientists jet off two to three times a year on average, whereas other researchers get on planes just twice during that time. But other scientists also fly a lot.

2019

A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2023

million tons of carbon by 2030 by getting farmers growing its cattle feed crops to use these techniques. And yet another wrinkle — climate scientists agree that humans can’t simply offset our way out of the climate crisis. Meat giant Cargill estimated it could save 1.7 Our emissions are just too high at this point.

Deforestation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Climate READi will enable global energy companies, climate scientists, regulators and other stakeholders to proactively analyze and apply climate data, allowing for the planning, design and operation of resilient energy systems of the future.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

With our children already paying a terrible price for climate change, we must act to protect their future, urges an IPCC scientist. When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this as a climate scientist and a mother of two young children.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

Amanda Cappelletti (D) -- The Guardian: Lawsuit By University of Pennsylvania Climate Scientist Michael Mann Over Online Attacks Finally Comes To Trial -- DEP Extends Deadline For Comments On Proposed Grant Program To Reduce Industrial Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Jan. Schuylkill County -- PA Solar Center Jan.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 1, 2024

While Citi touts its $1 trillion Sustainable Finance by 2030 Goal, that figure includes the bank’s full range of environmental, social, and governance investments. C above pre-industrial levels.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

Shapiro Promised 30% Renewable Electricity By 2030, Will That Happen? -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 13 to 19; 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; 4 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Freshwater Pipeline Break; Ice & Snow [PaEN] -- 4 Months Later, XTO Energy, Inc.

Renewable Energy

HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Altering cloud properties influences Earth’s climate On sunny days, it’s clear that clouds leave shadows on the landscape. Climate scientists are interested in clouds for exactly this reason- clouds reflect sunlight, which has a cooling effect on surface temperatures. Cirrus clouds formed this way have many, small ice crystals.

Climate Change

JANZEN AG

APRIL 19, 2022

PepsiCo Doubles Down on Climate Goal and Pledges Net-Zero Emissions by 2040 ). Walmart has pledged to remove a gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions from its value chain by 2030, the equivalent of removing 200 million cars from the roads every year. Climate Change , Walmart). PepsiCo has pledged to be net zero by 2040.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg. Another 18.5

Clean Energy

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Zero Emission Credit (ZEC) program was established as part of the PSC’s proceeding to establish a Clean Energy Standard to achieve the statewide goal of obtaining 50% of New York’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Arizona Board of Regents Filed Notice of Appeal in Climate Scientist Public Records Case.

2016

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. According to the IPCC, global emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, and IEA research shows it can be done.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

This is the text of the EC announcement-- On March 8, the European Commission proposed an outline of a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030, starting with gas, in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They want energy jobs in the EU.

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2023

Crucially, Uganda’s glaciers are disappearing faster than scientists can glean information from them about the country and continent’s climate past and future.

2023

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

“These investments will reduce inflation, lower household and business energy bills (Figure 1), reduce the federal deficit by nearly $2 trillion over two decades (Figure 2), all while achieving an estimated 35-42% reduction in greenhouse gasses by 2030 (Figure 3).

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Millions of children worldwide are at risk from the devastating floods which have impacted almost every corner of the Earth this year, and which climate scientists say have intensified and are happening much more frequently due to climate change. At least half of all climate finance should flow towards adaptation.

Sea Level

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Could Be Reactivated -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks To Climate Resilience To Ensure No One Gets Left Behind -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2025

A foundational question posed at the Columbia colloquium is how corporate law and its standards of fiduciary duty relate to what many climate scientists now call the climate emergency. [i]

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Several scientists, including authors of the IPCC report, told the Associated Press that the world is locked into exceeding the 1.5° We are pretty much locked into 1.5,” said report co-author Malte Meinshausen, a climate scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia. mark soon. “We You know what doesn’t make news?

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists. So in fact, what happened is China has the ability to continue emissions through at least 2030 before they even have to start reduction. efforts to wean Europe off their dependency on Russian oil and gas. We're not doing that.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

In 2030 alone, the expected reductions are equivalent to 130 million metric tons of carbon dioxide – more than the annual emissions from 28 million gasoline cars. Future generations will look back on this as a game-changing moment in the fight for a safe climate,’ stated climate scientist and President/CEO of EEN, Rev.

Regulations

Enviromental Defense

MAY 27, 2025

And fossil fuel demand is projected to peak by 2030 and then eventually decline. Finally, the foundational reason why new pipelines are a bad idea is that fossil fuels cause climate change. Building pipelines is a controversial and costly endeavour, which makes them high-risk for investors. The oil market is volatile. We Need Less.

Fossil Fuels

ESA

JULY 18, 2022

NOAA: The Biden administration named Dr. Sarah Kapnick as the agency’s chief scientist. Kapnick most recently worked as a senior climate scientist and sustainability strategist for asset and wealth management at J.P. can meet 2030 climate goals – E&E News. Executive Branch. Hope dims that U.S.

2022

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

degree limit of the Paris Agreement is a pipe dream unless emissions peak in the coming three years and fall by almost half from 2019 levels by 2030, the scientists said. Currently, China’s emissions are slated to grow until sometime “before 2030.” bln roadmap to meet 2030 climate targets – Reuters. and the U.K.

2022

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

On Monday, April 5th, 2019, the environmental group Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands and co-plaintiffs served Shell a court summons alleging Shell’s contributions to climate change violate its duty of care under Dutch law and human rights obligations. The case was filed in the Hague Court of Appeals.

2020

ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

More News: Climate scientists grapple with wildfire disaster in their backyard – Axios. lands and waters by 2030. The expert panel will discuss how to make these partnerships work to advance environmental justice knowledge and work toward equitable solutions to environmental problems. Register here.

2022

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Court Said Climate Scientist Provided Sufficient Evidence of Actual Malice for Blog Authors but Not for Publisher. Spain approved the National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 in March 2021. Energy Policy Advocates v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No. July 15, 2021). temperature target.

2021

PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2025

. -- PA Elected Officials, Consumer, Clean Energy Advocates Demand Electric Grid Operator PJM Act To Hold Down Electricity Costs [PaEN] -- WHYY: Electricity Bills In PA, NJ, DE To Rise Starting June 1; Advocates Say More Renewables Would Lower Future Costs -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Electric Bills In PA Are Going Up Next Month, Your Utility Cant (..)

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 14, 2025

In February 1980, API hosted a meeting for industry leaders with Stanford climate scientist John Laurmann, who offered a technical discussion of global warming. In it, Cohen took issue with an internal corporate document that had described projected climate change impacts by 2030 as of a magnitude well short of catastrophic.

Fossil Fuels