PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2022

It won’t exist either, since nothing can prevent carbon dioxide and other air pollutants emitted from power plants in Ohio or West Virginia from drifting across state lines. Even the most optimistic projections today show a CO2 reduction of less than 1% by 2030. That number is based on a collective goal to reduce emissions 30% by 2030.

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Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 2030 94

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. Methane pollution, however, is a global problem. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide – nearly as much as all the carbon dioxide emitted by the power sector in 2021.

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Regulations Air Pollution Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide 102

Law Columbia

MAY 28, 2021

Under WA-26, buildings built with fossil fuels will receive special permits that expire in 2030, while buildings built without them (i.e., Special permits are inherently discretionary, and in Brookline no building will be denied one solely on the basis of fossil fuel use.

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Air Pollution Regulations Fossil Fuels Natural Gas 55

PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

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Conservation 86

Conservation 2024 Waste Natural Gas 86

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2021

Vehicles To Be Electric By 2030 -- Utility Dive: U.S.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Electricity Fossil Fuels Pollution Control 62

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. 3, 2021.

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2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies to State Court. As a threshold matter, the court found that it would not be prudent to wait for federal courts of appeal to issue decisions in fossil fuel companies’ appeals of remand orders in other climate change cases.

2021 40

2021 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Fossil Fuels 40

ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

World leaders have made several major commitments at the meeting to date: Almost 90 countries joined an agreement to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. and the European Union are leading the policy commitments to reduce methane emissions.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Technology Technology 98

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. DECISIONS & SETTLEMENTS. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.

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2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 45

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v.

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40