Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And how are they linked to wildfire, air pollution and other hazards? This figure will increase to nearly half of the world’s population by the end of the century, the authors say, even with drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. Overall, cement accounts for 3% of the world’s carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2022

Often an oddity when considering environmental goals, manufacturers seem to be well ahead of regulators when it comes to electrification. Class 8 truck market, plans to “significantly reduce” research and development of combustion vehicles and transition to zero-emission trucks in the next 10 to 15 years.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33 billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Vermont Law

JANUARY 18, 2016

the UHIE occurs in metropolitan areas and “can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related illness, mortality, and water quality.”. for example, allows both open-air and greenhouse rooftop farming.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33 billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33 billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency's ability to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants under the federal Clean Air Act. EPA does have authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and the Court’s ruling did not address that existing authority.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33 billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33 billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33 billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33 billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2022

As the state moves toward all-electric buildings, replacing older gas-powered furnaces and air conditioning units with heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions and indoor air pollution while increasing efficiency, comfort and resiliency, especially as extreme heat events increase.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. The California Supreme Court declined to review an intermediate appellate court’s decision upholding the statewide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

Just as key will be new regulations and measures that push the shipping industry to zero emissions, and we caught a glimpse of what those could be during the IMO meeting as well. This could be established alongside other technical measures like a low-carbon standard for shipping fuel to improve uptake of zero-emission fuels.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

When the campaign to cut carbon emissions began in the last decade of the 20 th Century, there seemed to be a clear path forward. International negotiations would begin with a framework convention, followed by a later global agreement capping carbon emissions. And to this day, those realities have not changed.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants. Switch to another legal basis for regulation. The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. Fossil fuel plants — coal-fired power plants in particular — cause serious air pollution problems. Download as PDF.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

On February 28, Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) and John Yudichak (I-Luzerne) sent a letter to the Independent Fiscal Office last week requesting an audit of modeling used to justify Pennsylvania’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). And zero carbon emissions will be removed from the atmosphere. Yaw said. “The

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2023

On August 24, a coalition of fifteen organizations based in Western Pennsylvania has sent a letter to the Shapiro administration denouncing the formation of a secret committee, whose members and meeting minutes are not known to the public, in an apparent attempt to scuttle Pennsylvania’s entrance into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2022

Tom Wolf vetoed and disapproved Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1, which would have disabled the Commonwealth’s opportunity to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and effectively achieve climate goals and reduce carbon emissions. while reducing harmful greenhouse gases.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. In the year 2023, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

NRDC continues to believe the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, would deliver that future for Pennsylvanians and fully support the state's continued defense of that regulation in court. But we're also open and eager to explore alternative approaches, such as what's envisioned in the PACER legislation. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2022

Tom Wolf’s administration gets its way in Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania will join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in a matter of weeks. The administration’s potential victory – a hollow quest to lower carbon emissions in Pennsylvania – will cost residents $2 billion in the next five years.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation A Cap-and-Invest Approach . In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1].

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of U.S. Yaw and Sen. Innamorato (D-Allegheny) -- Reuters: U.S.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 8, 2017

of total United States greenhouse gas emissions, with passenger cars and light-duty trucks being the largest source. of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. Transportation accounts for. 27 percent.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 7, 2022

Cleaning up the mess and issuing new regulations is Priority #1 for the Biden Administration. No one of them is transformative standing alone, but their cumulative impact will be substantially cleaner air and lower carbon emissions. Proposing regulations is only the first step. ” March 7.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The rule will be good for everyone except the oil and gas operators who waste the gas, increasing methane and carbon emissions while giving the public nothing in return. Venting releases methane (CH 4 ), a powerful greenhouse gas. Flaring results in carbon (CO 2 ) emissions, but with no offsetting public benefit from using it.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Remember to check the PA Environmental Council Bill Tracker for the status and updates on pending state legislation and regulations that affect environmental and conservation efforts in Pennsylvania. All these bills will continue into 2022-- so you’d better watch out!

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Legal Planet

MAY 24, 2022

This outcome would actually give EPA quite a bit of leeway, especially given that many states with high emissions also have electricity markets dominated by one or two utilities. The Biden Administration would have plenty to work with in crafting new regulations. Scenario #2: The Court strikes down both the second and third prongs.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Remember to check the PA Environmental Council Bill Tracker for the status and updates on pending state legislation and regulations that affect environmental and conservation efforts in Pennsylvania. Click Here to see 1,189 articles describing these incredible efforts in 2021 alone.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Because the First Circuit rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments regarding the scope of the NEPA review, the court also concluded that the plaintiffs’ contention that the greenhouse gas reductions from the overall project were overstated did not show “controversy” that would require the Corps to prepare an environmental impact statement.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2023

‘Open Mic Night’ [PaEN] -- House Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools; Also Moves Resolution Urging Hydrogen Hub In PA [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Legislation Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools - Bills Will Defend Children’s Health [HB 1032, SB 230] -- PennLive (..)

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Association of Washington Business v. 95885-8 (Wash.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Republicans said the final regulations will increase the cost of electricity for individuals and businesses, have a negative impact on jobs and will not significantly reduce carbon pollution. There is broad consensus in this legislature on the subject of aggressively pursuing reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 5, 2024

And cars remain a symbol of American freedom, so the idea of regulating them is an easy boogeyman for Republicans who want to exploit the rural-urban divide. The point at which their emissions are canceled out—the breakeven point—is at just under 17,000 miles of driving, according to a recent study by BloombergNEF.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

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