Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2025

Czech Republic ), finding that the European Union (EU)s commitment to reduce emissions by 55 percent by 2030 is a collective obligation, not an individual one for Czechia. On November 26, 2024, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic dismissed the countrys first strategic climate case ( Klimatick aloba R v.

Paris Agreement

A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2025

gigatons (Gt) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions , which compares to slightly more than India’s annual fossil fuel CO2 emissions. The efforts made by the government to reduce the huge forest losses experienced since the 1970s appear to be paying off. The impacts of the 2024 forest losses The 2024 loss corresponds to a staggering 3.1

2024

Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2025

Their claim rested on Swedens failure to calculate its fair share of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to adopt emissions reductions in line with best available science. million tons of CO 2 -equivalent between 2019 and 2030, including 2.2-3.1 The applicants called for annual reductions of 6.4-9.4

Climate Change

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

However, recent efforts have focused on reversing this trend, with the government implementing stricter enforcement of environmental regulations and bolstering sustainable initiatives, such as promoting conservation efforts and enforcing land-use restrictions. This decline marks a notable shift after years of rising deforestation rates.

2025

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

According to the UNs 2024 Emission Gap Report , 107 countries, covering approximately 82% of global greenhouse gas emissions, had adopted net-zero pledges as of June last year. Meanwhile, more than 9,000 companies have committed to actions to cut global emissions by 2030.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

APRIL 21, 2025

Carlson told the story of those who helped topple LAs smog, ending with, Individuals matter, government leaders, scientists, lawyers, activists, reporters what we do matters in an extraordinarily difficult time. Southern California has not violated the standard for lead since 1993. Thats pretty extraordinary.

Law

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reforming Oceanic Governance: A Department of Oceans by Joseph Lepak Current federal ocean governance is spread across a myriad of federal agencies in different departments and the time has come to bring them all together. Governing this vast area, four agency mandates prioritize oceans, while other mandates involve oceans.

Ocean

Physics World

JUNE 3, 2025

As an incentive to remove carbon from the atmosphere, trading mechanisms exist whereby individuals, companies and governments can buy and sell carbon emissions. Indeed, the Swiss firm Climeworks – which is one of the biggest DAC companies – has stated that its costs might be around $300 per tonne by 2030.

Waste

Law Columbia

MARCH 19, 2025

In addition, if profits can be maximized by deforestation or releasing methane or other greenhouse gases as well, then profits must again take precedence. He believed that economic externalities of this kind should be handled by government. [24] This means that the leaders of U.S. 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S.

Law

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2025

Let’s take a hike through three jurisdictions, each with a conservative-leaning government, and see how they are approaching this issue. Not all conservative-leaning governments treat the development of renewable energy the same. This announcement might improve its marks for 2025. And this is from a conservative province.

Government

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

To recap: The unanimous opinion found that nations of the world have a legal obligation to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases or else pay reparations for the harms of climate change. EPA is renouncing its ability to even regulate greenhouse gases as a threat to human health.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

The law is going to reduce economic growth, and in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia combined, it will wipe out about 45,000 jobs by 2030 and over 57,000 jobs by 2035, according to one analysis. The budget bill is also going to increase greenhouse gas emissions and that's where federal policies may be the most damaging.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

APRIL 15, 2025

Last week brought Exhibit A that Trump sabotaging US leadership on climate doesnt mean an end to international progress: An accord reached in London under the umbrella of the International Maritime Organization, a UN agency, would require every ship that carries goods across the sea to lower their greenhouse gas emissions or pay a fee/tax.

Law

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

Last year, MAREC Action, Advance Energy United, and the American Clean Power Association commissioned a study from respected analysis firm Gable Associates looking at the economic benefits of Pennsylvania attaining 30 percent renewable energy by 2030. A huge greenhouse gas producing state. Climate change isn't an issue that can wait.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

in our region by 2030 as building electrification, EVs, and most importantly, data centers soak up enormous amounts of electricity. Now, it’s more important than ever to consider the interests of average utility customers in our region, whose electricity bills and reliable service could be materially affected. 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Electricity

Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

He’s right: The nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian and an independent government watchdog literally said it couldn’t be done, because Congress can’t use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to revoke EPA waivers. “They said it couldn’t be done,” Trump said at the White House signing (before giving the podium to an oil executive).

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2025

Recyclable EV batteries Between now and 2030, battery electric vehicle retirements will increase rapidly and if we do not have a strong policy in place we could end up with batteries in landfills or being abandoned all together. Keep capping and trading One of Californias landmark climate policies is its Cap and Trade program.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2021

The goal is to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% from 1990 levels by 2030. The goal, however, is to hit peak emissions before 2030 and then start cutting. It’s hard for the US to complain that China’s program is too lax when our own government has waffled so much on the climate issue.

2030

Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. As in the United States, state governments made some effort to pick up the slack.

2030

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The federal government is now supporting that role with federal funding for states. A key provision (IRA § 60114) appropriates $250 million to support emission reduction planning by state governments. There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. climate policy.

Carbon Emissions

Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report concluded that the world needs to cut greenhouse emissions in half by the end of this decade to avoid total climate breakdown. The current Ontario Government’s record. That renewable energy could have helped reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

Tricky math on heat-trapping emissions The report reiterates ExxonMobil’s 2030 emissions reduction targets, the headliner being a 20-30% reduction in corporate-wide intensity. Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 14, 2023

However, to reach the federal government’s 2030 climate targets – a 40-45 per cent reduction from 2005 levels – significantly more reductions are needed. However, the government continues to rely on industry self-reporting, despite independent study after study demonstrating that under-reporting is rampant.

Greenhouse

Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures. Over 80 government framework cases have been filed around the world, using a wide variety of legal and factual arguments.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

And so just by hearing it , members of the Supreme Court seemed to tip their hand, signaling a majority actively on the hunt for a chance to slash away at the government’s ability to advance vital environmental and public health safeguards. Unfortunately, those ominous signs were right on the mark. But that’s about where the good news ends.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On September 9, National Fuel Gas Company announced the release of its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report , providing a comprehensive review of environmental, social, and governance performance metrics. Click Here for a copy of the 2020 Corporate Responsibility Repor t.

2030

A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

billion of hydropower investments by 2030. By Fermín Koop New government plan says US$86 billion of spending needed to boost energy transition – while backing natural gas too. It has come at the end of the government’s term because it took time to get all the government areas aligned, such as environment and energy ministries.”

Renewable Energy

Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

Now that the US federal government is finally acting on climate, what impact does that have on the eagerness of China or India to fulfill their pledges or even increase their ambition? The biggest unknowns are the geopolitical implications.

Paris Agreement

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

Did you know that Canada’s federal government doesn’t fund public transit service? The federal government only contributes funding to construct new infrastructure like light rail or subway projects and for the purchase of vehicles like buses. Take Action: Tell the federal government to fund public transit systems!

Government

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) forced the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Everyone produces greenhouse gases.

Carbon Dioxide

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 19, 2023

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – The Government of Alberta’s new Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan is not a credible climate strategy. It’s also missing key elements, such as a 2030 emissions target.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

The Pittsburgh 2030 District , a project of the Green Building Alliance , has released its 2022 Progress Report , revealing District property partners have reduced carbon emissions by 44.8% This achievement moves the District within range of reaching its target goal of 50-65% reduction in carbon emissions before the 2030 deadline.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But while greenhouse gas emissions may be reduced, a delivery fulfilled by a diesel-burning truck may lead to increases in emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides and lung-damaging particulate matter. While the latter part of this conclusion is obvious, the former part isn’t as much. on routes between 250 and 450 miles.

Nitrogen Oxides

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2024

Two years after Prime Minister Trudeau first promised to limit and reduce Canada’s oil and gas emissions, the federal government finally released a regulatory framework at COP 28, in December 2023. Of course this means that the federal government has to fast track the development of the cap. The framework is by no means perfect.

2030

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Statement by Aly Hyder Ali, Oil and Gas Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – We applaud the Government of Canada for releasing the much awaited framework on the oil and gas emissions cap. The government should not distribute free allocations. We cannot afford any more delays.

2030

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2024

The Government of Canada has until the end of this year to set a new greenhouse gas reduction target for 2035. We need climate targets to measure progress on reducing greenhouse gas pollution. Globally countries must collectively reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. And they want to hear from you.

Greenhouse