Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

As you can see there are tax credits and subsidies for electric vehicles, renewable energy, nuclear energy, transmission, hydrogen, air pollution reduction, energy infrastructure, climate resilience, rural development, residential buildings, etc. The biggest unknowns are the geopolitical implications.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Until 2030 the EU shall emit 55 % less Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), compared to 1990 levels. This week the European Commission decided in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis to propose an amendment of its GHG-reduction goals for 2030. But given considerable issues with details of the plan, question marks are looming.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Carbon emissions remain high.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

Solar PV Project in Cuba (Photo credit: IRENA ) Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) jointly published a new report titled Building a Cleaner, More Resilient Energy System in Cuba: Opportunities and Challenges. policy also has a significant impact on Cuba’s energy sector.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Subsection (g) calls for accelerating use of zero emission vehicles (basically, electric cars and trucks), as well as public transportation. This group of nearly all the world’s nations says that it: [R]ecognizes the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in line with 1.5 °C Transportation.

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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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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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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

That’s because, of the 41 gigawatts (GW) of new generation capacity expected to come online in the country by 2030, 14-16GW is due to come from coal. Nearly half of Indonesia’s electricity is generated by coal power plants, and South Sumatra’s coal plays a crucial role. First published in China Dialogue.

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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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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities. In short, past Energy Futures have modelled climate failure.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 21, 2021

In a remarkable new report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that in order to limit warming to 1.5 As fossil fuels are phased out, renewable energy will become the dominant form of energy, much of it in renewable electricity, such as wind and solar power. This is a huge deal.

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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. Investment in clean energy production and industrial decarbonization rose 15% year-on-year to $61 billion.” They showed major effects on reductions, with emission cuts in the 30-40% range by 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that all scenarios to meet the Paris Agreement ’s targets for holding planetary temperatures under 1.5 Many UN documents say emissions should be cut by 45 percent by 2030. trillion into fossil fuel projects since the Paris agreement went into effect in 2016.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In Mexico, challenges to the government’s backsliding on incentives to renewable energy have failed to advance. The amendment significantly reduced the participation of autonomous energy operators in the energy sector, directly affecting the supply of renewable energy. In Greenpeace v. In RWE and Uniper v.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

Electricity shortage is the biggest impediment to developing Gwadar,” he said. Pakistan’s energy sector is dominated by fossil fuels. Just 3% of generated electricity in the 2022 fiscal year came from non-hydropower renewables. Just 3% of generated electricity in the 2022 fiscal year came from non-hydropower renewables.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

Since the adoption of the Paris agreement, JP Morgan Chase is at the top of the list of fossil fuel bankers, financing a staggering $434 billion from 2016 through 2022. In 2022, JPMorgan Chase’s biggest fossil fuel clients (in rank order) were TransCanada Pipelines, Vitol SA and Pacific Gas and Electric.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

electric power supply, and other independent system operators, may impose steep tariff provisions to recover the costs related to interconnection study penalties previously issued by the old rule or whether utilities can even come into compliance with the new rule within 90 days.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 21, 2022

It is devastating to human health and the environment, ending coal-fired electricity means cleaner air and healthier communities. All levels of government in Canada know this and have taken steps to shift away from using thermal coal to produce electricity. Though a good start, waiting until 2030 is just too late. .

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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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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

One columnist in the Wall Street Journal asserted last week that it was time to ask “ some big boy questions ” at Glasgow about our rush to renewable energy. And electricity planners and systems operators have always factored it into their planning. For renewable power development, it’s all about upfront capital costs.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

much closer to fulfilling our Paris Agreement commitment of halving emissions by 2030: the funding and programs laid out in the legislation put us on track to cut emissions by about 40% in the next eight years. The IRA includes funding to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the country.

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Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

These emissions were also 60% higher than the average German resident and three times the German target for 2030, which is in line with the Paris Climate Accords. Around 29% of the Max Planck Institute’s emissions in 2018 were from electricity consumption, with computing, particularly supercomputing, accounting for 75–90% of that.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The SDGs form part of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development , which aims to eradicate poverty and ensure prosperity for all, such that everyone “can fulfill their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.” Achieving that goal will require a dramatic cut in fossil fuel development.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

With a view to traditional media outlets, the discourse is dominated by the Covid-19 crisis, and frequently disregards other themes, such as climate and energy policy. They are against climate targets, want to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and stop the Dutch Climate Agreement.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Cop stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph ( the Paris agreement in 2015 ) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009). Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement?

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

Will your party commit to reducing the province’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2005 levels by 2030? Ontario New Democratic Party: Our commitment is to reduce emissions from 2005 levels by at least 50% by 2030 , and to achieve net-zero by 2050 or earlier. . Completely electrifying government fleets by 2030.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

States, Electricity Providers Allowed to Intervene in Case Concerning Management of Glen Canyon Dam. argued that the agreements and related arrangements conflicted with and were an obstacle to U.S. s decision not to participate in the Paris Agreement. 2:19-cv-120 (N.D. foreign policy, including the U.S.’s

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The settlement agreement requires the developer to ensure that specified actions to address greenhouse gas emissions and air quality are carried out, as well as actions related to biological resources and community benefits. In effect, plaintiffs allege, this would allow Brazil to emit 400 million more tonnes by 2030.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The plaintiffs contended that the defendants should have evaluated a no-action alternative’s climate effects and effects on onshore renewable energy. Allco Renewable Energy Ltd. Spain approved the National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 in March 2021. Missouri v. Biden , No. 4:21-cv-00287 (E.D.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction to block construction of a segment of an electric transmission power corridor in Maine that would be part of a project to carry electricity from Quebec to Massachusetts, including electricity generated by hydropower. May 24, 2021). May 5, 2021).

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

In re Hawaiian Electric Co. , The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the Energy Facilities Siting Board’s approval of a proposal for a new underground electrical transmission line running between substations in the Towns of Sudbury and Hudson. SCOT-20-0000309 (Haw. June 29, 2021).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

SG: One great example of progress is the dramatic decline in coal-fired electricity in the United States. In 2012, coal accounted for 37 percent of US electricity, while natural gas and renewables—including hydropower—accounted for 30 percent and 11.7 percent; and renewables 20.1 percent; natural gas, 38.3 Another 18.5

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. The developer previously filed a lawsuit challenging a natural gas ban in the Town of Windsor.

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