The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Act amended OCSLA to expressly authorize Interior to issue lease, easements, and rights-of-way for activities that “provide for, support, or are directly related to the injection of a carbon dioxide stream into sub-seabed geologic formations for the purpose of long-term carbon sequestration.”

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports. Any effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will undoubtedly rely heavily on reducing the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We know that over 135 years, 88 fossil fuel producers contributed approximately: 61% of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide 52% of the rise in global average temperature 34% of global sea level rise 55% of the increase in ocean acidification Fisheries, including lobsters, are responding to the warming by moving elsewhere.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports. Any effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will undoubtedly rely heavily on reducing the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The study—" Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State ”—centers on how Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) harness the capacity of forests, wetlands and farmlands to absorb and store carbon dioxide that’s in the atmosphere, lessening the impacts of climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Canada has adopted a biased approach to counting and reporting forest-sector carbon that is masking the large climate impacts of logging,” says Michael Polanyi of Nature Canada. The atmosphere does not distinguish between carbon emissions from industrial logging and fossil fuels,” says Dale Marshall of Environmental Defence Canada.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Some of the wells were leaking natural gas to the atmosphere. Conventional Well Venting Gas On November 15, 2023 , DEP did a followup inspection of the Kennedy 4 conventional gas well operated by Diversified Prod LLC in Georges Township, Fayette County and found it was still venting natural gas to the atmosphere.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2022

When Ted Flint passed away in 2016, his wife Debby began to explore options to preserve the unique site and its natural resources. We are grateful to Debby Flint and the other partners who helped fund this conservation project,” said Oliver Bass, president of Natural Lands.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere. Ecological Conservation.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Maintaining a water level between 20 and 30 centimeters below the local water table will boost southern peatlands’ carbon storage and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases they release back into the atmosphere during dry periods by up to 90%, a new study finds.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

billion to help South Africa shift from its current dependence on fossil fuels for power generation toward a clean and renewable electricity system.

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HumanNature

MARCH 30, 2021

Land-use and land-use change are the primary sources of carbon dioxide emissions in the sector, but the production of ruminant livestock and the application of nitrogen fertilizers to soils produce two other potent greenhouse gases: methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O), respectively.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Although carbon dioxide enrichment and warmer, wetter temperatures may increase forage growth, that is likely to be accompanied by a decrease in forage quality. Extreme events in the Northwest will include storms resulting from atmospheric rivers over the Pacific Ocean. Increased wildfire will also accompany these changes.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 13, 2020

The environmental issue addressed here is that certain agricultural practices, like converting forests to ranchland, release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and severely disrupt ecosystems. Additionally, approximately 13% of the world’s net carbon dioxide. the conservation of natural resources.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, reducing tillage and maintaining in-field residues can reduce the losses of carbon dioxide and may reduce nitrous oxide emissions. Keeping nitrous oxide out of the atmosphere is not the only conservation contribution of practices like these, though. “In

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Invest in research for utilizations of captured carbon and life cycle analyses to understand their overall impact: The capture and use of carbon dioxide to create valuable products has potential to lower the net costs of reducing emissions and remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. The National Academies will hold a webinar about Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal (Ocean CDR) Jan 20 as part of a monthly climate webinar series.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Revenue Ruling 2021-13 addresses the application of section 45Q to carbon dioxide captured with carbon capture equipment installed at a methanol plant that had existing carbon dioxide separation equipment.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

Reflecting its importance, the survey team will be headed by the vice premier of the State Council, Hu Chunhua, with deputy posts occupied by leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. An increase of only a few percentage points would sequester huge quantities of carbon.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is proposed to receive an additional $56 million from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund doubling investments to $112 million in State Park and Forest infrastructure improvements, $2.8 Shapiro unveiled his first proposed state budget that includes $5.75 I’ve seen some of those wells myself.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is proposed to receive an additional $56 million from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund doubling investments to $112 million in State Park and Forest infrastructure improvements, $2.8 Shapiro unveiled his first proposed state budget that includes $5.75 I’ve seen some of those wells myself.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

HB 1284 grants the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”), the governmental agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, sole jurisdiction over Class VI Injection Wells and carbon capture, use, and sequestration (“CCUS”) activities in Texas.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

They also claim that the Defendants have violated the public trust doctrine secured by the Ninth Amendment by denying future generations of the country access to essential natural resources , such as the coastlines. United States challenges the constitutionality of the United States’ decades-long policy on climate change. [2]

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

The Juliana plaintiffs bring public trust claims, asserting that the federal government violated the young plaintiffs’ constitutional rights by allowing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations to be emitted by fossil fuel companies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Woods, who previously worked at the EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), holds a doctorate degree in environmental health engineering and a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. A molecule of nitrous oxide is nearly 300 times more potent at trapping heat than a molecule of carbon dioxide!

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 17, 2023

They remove huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – 30% of all fossil fuel emissions annually – and store carbon in trees and soils. by Beverly Law, Oregon State University and William Moomaw, Tufts University Forests are critically important for slowing climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, is circulating a co-sponsor memo asking his colleagues to sponsor the Pennsylvania Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Act. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide underground.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

“Section 3 defines “AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCE” as “[a]ny place, facility or equipment, stationary or mobile, at, from or by reason of which there is emitted into the outdoor atmosphere any air contaminant.” throughout the Commonwealth.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

“We will tirelessly pursue justice for the people living in and near East Palestine, who like all Americans deserve clean air, clean water, and a safe community for their children.” — Todd Kim, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

That is why we are grateful for the Committee’s hearing on the benefits of cutting methane pollution, including sealing methane leaks that waste our nation’s precious natural resources at a time when families cannot afford any wasted drop. Impacts On Unborn As pro-life evangelicals, we have a special concern for the unborn.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Perry , No.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In 2009, the Obama administration established estimates of the social cost of carbon (“SCC Estimate”) that all agencies were required to use in their regulatory cost/benefit analysis. Under the Obama administration, the SCC Estimate was about $51 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions, adjusted for inflation.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

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