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New Program Brings Together Residents, Businesses To Help Make Lancaster County Carbon Neutral

PA Environment Daily

Through the Lancaster County Community Climate Fund , RegenAll is launching an innovative pathway for Lancaster County to achieve carbon neutrality and slow the impacts of climate change on communities. Individuals, businesses, and municipalities can offset their carbon emissions by contributing to the CCF.

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Big Oil can’t increase production and pretend it’s part of the climate solution

Enviromental Defense

There are an increasing number of companies and countries that are pledging to reach Net Zero carbon emissions–or carbon neutrality–by 2050. That was the timeline laid down by the most prestigious body of climate scientists for limiting warming to 1.5 degrees , the “safe” threshold for global warming.

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War in Ukraine and the Climate Crisis Are Connected: Our Future Depends on Solutions that Address Both

Union of Concerned Scientists

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. Right now, there is no funding, no governance framework, no international agreement to help people displaced by climate impacts and protect their human rights.

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The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing

Physics World

As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, many scientists have begun to face up to the realities of their carbon emissions. It turns out, for example, that climate-change researchers fly more frequently than scientists in other fields. According to a 2020 study ( Glob. Taken from Nat.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. Petitioners challenging EPA’s new source performance standards for carbon emissions from power plants filed their opening briefs in the D.C. Power Plant Owners Challenged New York “Zero Emission Credits” for Nuclear Plants.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

States, Electricity Providers Allowed to Intervene in Case Concerning Management of Glen Canyon Dam. The plaintiffs alleged among other things that the defendants the two projects’ cumulative impacts on carbon emissions. 2:19-cv-120 (N.D.

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Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

PA Environment Daily

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. And in those states RGGI energy efficiency investments of $2.8 billion have produced nearly $13.5 for every dollar invested.