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Canada’s Release of its Plan to Cap Oil and Gas Pollution Sets a Standard for Other Countries to Follow

Enviromental Defense

Statement from Aly Hyder Ali, Oil and Gas Program Manager, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – We welcome the Government of Canada’s Oil and Gas Greenhouse Gas Pollution Cap draft regulation, which aims to curb pollution from the oil and gas industry.

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Canada’s Clean Electricity Regulations: What You Need To Know

Enviromental Defense

The rules, known as the Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), were finalized in December 2024. The Clean Electricity Regulations are an important part of Canadas climate plan. The regulations work by placing an annual limit on the pollution from electricity produced using fossil fuels. So, do they do the job? Lets have a look.

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Chasing Glaciers: A Runner’s Quest Through a Changing Landscape

Union of Concerned Scientists

Some estimates suggest they could disappear by 2030 due to the climate change triggered by human fossil fuel use, which began less than 200 years ago. The prediction that all of the park’s glaciers could be gone by 2030 felt painfully real as we looked out over the landscape.

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What’s Happening with California’s Gasoline Supply?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Reversing California’s air quality and climate regulations would not address the immediate challenges and would compromise the health and welfare of California’s people. In light of these changes, some California regulations, adopted when the gasoline market was more competitive, are no longer working as designed.

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We Need to Change Our Assumptions About Gas Plant Reliability

Union of Concerned Scientists

Although the country’s federal energy regulator has had a disconcertingly nonchalant attitude towards these events.) That study found that the US can meet its climate goals of cutting economywide emissions in half by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions by 2050, while delivering significant public health and economic benefits.

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Solar Panel Recycling In 2025

Earth 911

To put this growth in perspective, solar panels are now being installed at a pace that would have seemed impossible just a decade ago, with predictions that the world could be installing one terawatt of solar annually by 2030—enough energy to power the state of California for a week-and-a-half. million in 2025 to $548 million by 2030.

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What are the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

One area where both groups agree on is the need for more control and regulation of AI. data centers in 2030 to be valued at more than $20 billion per year, comparable to emissions by on-road vehicles in California. In addition, 51% say they are more concerned than excited compared to 17% of experts. A recent paper by Han et al.