Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

At CLEE, we are doing quite a bit of work to promote reduction of methane emissions from all sectors (agriculture (livestock and rice), energy (oil & gas and coal), waste (landfills and sewage)). animal stomachs, shale gas formations, piles of food waste). But with rapid methane cuts, we could prevent up to 0.3 °C

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Delayed action on emissions cuts may require even more (and more expensive) CDR – the 2024 United Nations Emissions Gap Report released this week found that 2023 greenhouse gas emissions set a new record, and current emissions reduction pledges for 2030 are insufficient to meet temperature goals.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

You may have heard about a miracle cure for plastic waste that creates green energy in the process—the mystical waste incinerator. We know how many people want to rid the world of plastic waste and shift to sustainable energy. But there really is no miracle cure for waste. It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2024

million tons of methane into our atmosphere each year. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is roughly 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, fuels extreme weather across the country by trapping heat in the atmosphere. natural gas pipelines leak as much as 2.7 That’s roughly the same impact as 50 million passenger cars!

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Candidate in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Growing up in Latin America, food was at the center of many family gatherings. greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2020. cattle, sheep, goats), food waste, and soil emissions. Those emissions come from farm equipment (e.g.,

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Manning Law

JUNE 15, 2022

Under most emissions trading systems, regulated industries, which fail to meet their greenhouse gas emission target must make up the shortfall either with a punitive payment or by purchasing emissions trading credits. Regulated parties whose emissions are less than their target will receive credits for that emissions saving.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Steven Guilbeault has to hit the ground running if he’s going to implement a plan that allows his government to achieve its promise of zero plastic waste by 2030. . Plastic is made almost entirely from fossil fuels in a process that releases greenhouse gases — which is why plastic is being called the new coal. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

To date, most stakeholder engagement has focused on the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting framework required to accurately report the carbon intensity of electrolytically produced hydrogen, or hydrogen generated by using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It found that greenhouse-gas emissions emitted by the lab in 2018 was 223 800 tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent. In 2020, the lab released its first public Environment Report that detailed the status of CERN’s environmental footprint. Eager to learn.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Under the LCFS each fuel pathway gets a unique carbon intensity (CI) based on a lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of the fuel. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. And because methane is such a potent heat trapping gas, credit for avoided methane emissions can be quite large.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 16, 2021

In theory this could seed clouds that reflect sunlight back into space – counteracting the greenhouse effect. Tales of toads and fish serve as an appetizer for the closing part of the book, when we finally get our teeth into engineering the atmosphere. The tomatoes were “perfect, in that greenhouse tomato-y way,” reports Kolbert.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Some in the industry see the warming as an opportunity, as passages through the Arctic open for longer periods, even going so far as to claim there will be lower overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the shorter voyages. Anticipating the rate of sea level rise is particularly challenging due to uncertainties in the climate system.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Burning waste pollutes the air and warms the climate. This subsidy—the largest granted to any company on the list at nearly $3 million—tips the scales in favour of expanded waste burning at a time when we need to focus on generating less waste and fewer emissions.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Methane is a really powerful greenhouse gas: it’s 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. When companies dig for and and transport fossil gas, methane leaks into the atmosphere (often referred to as fugitive methane). It’s also good for companies: leaked methane means wasted methane. Why is that such a big deal?

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Saville, who has also been assessing sustainable-fuel life-cycle emissions for the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization, says that oils can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 90% compared to fossil fuels. Biomass and municipal waste. based Solena Fuels to make and use jet fuel from municipal solid waste.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Two of the top 10 EQIP practices by total dollar amount spent are practices we identified as industrial, providing little to no conservation benefits, in our previous report: waste facility cover and waste storage facility. Despite these protective measures, animal waste often escapes and contaminates local water.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The United Nations estimate that Americans today throw away 400 lbs of food each year, thereby wasting the resources used to create it including fuel, materials, labor and other natural resources. This system reduces the amount of food wasted, feeds those in need, and reduces the amount of emissions put forth into the atmosphere.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

Over a 20 year period, methane is estimated to be more than 80 times as potent as carbon dioxide in terms of trapping heat in the atmosphere. This makes methane reduction crucial for addressing the urgency of climate change and buying time for the development and implementation of longer term greenhouse gas strategies.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Conventional Gas Wells Venting/Leaking On September 25, 2023 , DEP inspected the Fogel 114 conventional gas well in Mead Township, Warren County operated by Bearcat Oil Co, LLC and found the recently drilled well was being vented to the atmosphere, as is the normal procedure for new wells. Erosion and sedimentation controls were in place.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 9, 2022

Ocean Conservancy research has shown that one of the main ways to reduce the flow of plastic to the ocean is by improving urban recycling and waste collection systems. Can Tho seeks to to demonstrate how a well-managed waste cycle in urban areas can enhance tourism, economic activity and equity to advance policy changes at the national level.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

Climate change is a problem which has a known solution: We must dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and prepare now for intense climate impacts. It is up to all of us to hear this siren and demand a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Never miss an update. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2024

Set the Stage for Robust Carbon Capture and Storage Management Carbon capture and storage (CCS) could play a meaningful role in decarbonization of Pennsylvania’s industry and electric generation, and even help reduce existing atmospheric carbon dioxide through direct air capture.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 28, 2016

Food waste is a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. By encouraging food donation and streamlining food-recovery policies the federal government can build a national framework to combat the massive accumulation of food waste and begin to change people’s food-waste habits. By Bonnie Smith.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It could be atmospheric, sulfur injections and that kind of stuff. Then it’s also… Obviously at the same time and became more largest greenhouse gas emitter in the process and began to export its various forms of energy production, particularly coal. To decarbonize industries. Potentially all of it is necessary.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

Pitt has already made substantial progress in reducing its carbon footprint: The most recent greenhouse gas inventory showed a 32% decrease in emissions between 2008 and 2020, thanks in part to a shift to cleaner steam plants and ongoing energy efficiency projects in campus buildings.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 31, 2015

He pleaded for swift global action through a critique of consumerism and wasteful development. Francis has outlined a three-pronged climate change fix: remove greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, restore ecosystems, and help the people who are most vulnerable to climate change with resources to adapt to our changing climate.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

Climate change is often discussed in terms of global temperature increase, sea level rise, and hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” said Secretary McDonnell. Video and photos of the event will be available later today at PAcast. Video and photos of the event will be available later today at PAcast.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

In effect, they’ve been handed a blank check to throw their waste into our air, into our yards, and into our playgrounds, threatening our kids’ lives and health. billion in wasted energy. And this wasted methane does not disappear harmlessly into the wind. Read more here.] million homes in the US every year.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It details 80 (+ 20) ways to slash global greenhouse gases emissions and achieve emissions levels that can be absorbed by Nature. Eventually, CO2 levels in the atmosphere would return to 350 ppm. Back to 2017, I had loved listening to famous environmentalist Paul Hawken present his book Drawdown.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

The first, known as greenhouse gas (GHG) removal , seeks to mitigate climate change by pulling GHGs – most commonly carbon dioxide – out of the atmosphere and durably storing them. Geoengineering techniques are often divided into two broad categories.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2022

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law -- Post-Gazette: Officials Celebrate $857 Million Upgrade To Ohio River Locks, Funded In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: Methane Hunters: What Explains The Surge In The Potent Greenhouse Gas?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2023

DEP also issued notices of violation for failure to submit annual production and waste generation and mechanical integrity reports. Shapiro, Let's Hold Them Accountable - Support The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. No violations were issued by DEP.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Methane is a greenhouse gas that has more heat-trapping power than CO2, although it also clears out of the atmosphere much faster than does CO2. Controlling the methane emissions, some of it from wasteful accidental release at natural gas wells, is critical for controlling global warming.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Like terrestrial plants, seaweed uptakes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it grows and stores it in biomass. To offset emissions, cultivated seaweed could be used to replace more greenhouse gas-intensive products, or could be sunk in the deep sea. While there are currently no international or U.S.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Though it does likely include transportation expense, it does not include the carbon footprint or the waste cost related to the landfilling or alternative disposal of the garment. But, in spite of it being essential for life, it is a costless component of the production process; waste has been released into the air we breathe for years.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2024

No information from CNX correlated well development, waste handling, spills or unanticipated air pollution releases or other activities at any of the well pads or other sites. Emissions of methane, which makes up more than 80 percent of fracked gas and is a potent greenhouse gas, need to be held to the absolute minimum.

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