Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. The reason given is that gas is needed to fill an upcoming drop in nuclear capacity.

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Electricity Natural Gas Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy 52

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In a separate but similar Ninth Circuit appeal, the federal government filed a brief on October 18 urging the court to overturn a district court decision vacating the listing of a ringed seal subspecies as threatened based on climate change threats through the end of the century. Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. United States v.

2016 40

2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Despite investing nearly a half-trillion dollars, Germany still generated just 42 percent of its electricity from non-hydro renewables last year, as compared to the 72 percent France generated from nuclear. Despite their substantial negative environmental impact, the federal government has repeatedly given the wind industry special rights.

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2020 Climate Change Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions 52

Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030.

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2020 Air Pollution Climate Change Natural Gas 97