Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

Standards for carbon and methane emissions from new sources Permitting requirements for carbon emissions from new stationary sources of major sources of existing pollutants. Standards for existing stationary carbon sources (focused on power plants to date). Standards for emissions from new vehicles.

Law 224

Law Endangered Species Act Clean Air Act Biofuels 224

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. But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

Electricity 52

Electricity Natural Gas Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy 52

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of the export of natural gas from Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP’s (Dominion’s ) facility in Maryland. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs.

2016 40

2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Renewables contributed to electricity prices rising six times more in California than in the rest of the US since 2011, the state’s “take-off” year for rapid growth in wind and solar, a price rise that occurred despite the state’s reliance during the same years on persistently-low-priced natural gas.

2020 52

2020 Climate Change Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions 52

Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Thanks in large measure to natural gas replacing coal, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts carbon emissions in 2040 to be lower than in almost all of the IPCC scenarios. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants.

2020 97

2020 Air Pollution Climate Change Natural Gas 97