Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Methane gas has devastating effects on the climate system and its extraction and combustion generate numerous harms to human health. Compared to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane doesn’t linger for long in the atmosphere after being emitted. But during the decade it does linger, its heat-trapping potential is 80x stronger than CO2.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Coming off its recent decision requiring all new passenger cars and trucks be zero-emission by 2035, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is developing a first-of-its-kind regulation to reduce emissions from heavy-duty vehicles like delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Coal is supposed to be “phased down” except where the resulting carbon dioxide is removed and securely stored (which may or may not actually be feasible). In a fourth significant subsection, section 28 highlights the role of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide. Fossil fuel subsidies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2023

We are at the height of Danger Season , the time of year when extreme weather events driven by climate change are most prevalent across North America. The power sector is the second highest source of climate pollution in the U.S. thus, it is crucial that we address carbon emissions from power plants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It is 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat on short timescales. Of course, we also will have to make sharp cuts in CO2 emissions, the main driver of climate change. Methane emissions come from two main sources : fossil fuels and agriculture—primarily animal-based agriculture.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

cranks its air conditioners to get through historic high temperatures , the need for energy that slows, not hastens, climate change is more apparent than ever. Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. And now, as the U.S.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. by Justin Gundlach. These points are largely undisputed. These points are largely undisputed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

This includes loopholes related to biomethane, whereby heavily polluting fossil fuel-fired hydrogen production facilities—the very facilities the tax credit is trying to incentivize a shift away from—can cloak themselves as “clean” and reap full tax credit rewards, without having done anything but pushed around paper.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

In recent years, The Netherlands has become the leading site of climate change litigation. Now the same district court has gone further, again in favor of environmental groups but now against Royal Dutch Shell (“Shell”) , the world’s largest non-state-owned fossil fuel company. In the US, for instance, Massachusetts v.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

The very first American trial of a youth climate lawsuit was hardly blockbuster Court TV, but we learned a lot from the proceedings. As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Any day now, Minister Freeland is expected to introduce a giant new fossil fuel subsidy called the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) investment tax credit. The government is breaking their own rules The government introduced new rules to end fossil fuel subsidies this summer. Let me tell you why.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. Its primary component is methane.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2022

Going back to 1978 and through this month, Congress has acknowledged climate change in a total of 87 enactments, as shown by a database just posted by Columbia’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. That approach would have required a shift from coal to energy sources that emit less carbon dioxide.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This shift is good news because tackling methane is crucial to the fight against climate change due to its significantly higher global warming potential than CO2, the disposal of relatively cheap methods of controlling emissions, and its short atmospheric lifespan. This year, several jurisdictions announced new methane regulations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Power companies will therefore have to pay more for the fuel, but utilities are generally allowed by state regulators to pass those cost increases onto their customers in the form of higher electricity rates. These claims just add to the deluge of greenwashing and disinformation from the fossil fuel industry.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

With proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring GHG disclosure and new state statutes, including a new Maryland law that requires not only disclosure, but also a mandated reduction in GHG emissions, a greater appreciation of the subject of GHG appears in order. See, Weather.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2024

The next step is the release of the draft regulations, by April 2024. The draft regulations will then be followed up with final rules, so that the emissions cap is active by the start of 2025. The emissions cap regulation has already been delayed repeatedly. We can’t afford further delays in this key policy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Winter is once again here, bringing great festivities and respite via holidays, but also great worries to energy regulators, grid operators, and communities about dangerous winter storms that can spread across large parts of the United States and negatively affect electric grid reliability.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Climate Change Mitigation. The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Supreme Court decision on regulating carbon pollution from power plants-- The Supreme Court decision in West Virginia vs. EPA to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon pollution is a significant blow to God’s children here in the United States and throughout creation.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Recent science doesn’t support this optimism, as new studies show that the increased release of Black Carbon, one of the most potent climate change forcers—as well as soot, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone from more traffic in the Arctic—could lead to a 20% increase in the global heating that is causing warmer ocean temperatures.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

On the cusp of these two regulatory programs, pushing broad sectors of the economy to the next frontier in innovation, SEC Climate Risk Rule is Transformative at a Cost and Maryland Resets its Trajectory with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law , a quick 800 word refresher about GHG emissions makes an ideal blog post. emission trends.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

By Hilary Mercer , Shell Polymers/Pennsylvania Chemicals Project & Kevin Walker, President/CEO Duquesne Light This guest essay first appeared on TribLive.com May 11, 2022 -- Climate change demands that the world, including our region, transition its energy profile to a low-carbon one.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

Because of this, regulators worked closely with impacted businesses, community advocates, and technical and policy experts (like UCS!) Other Frequently Asked Questions… What are the climate benefits from the ACF Regulation? Such meaningful and transformative efforts are not free from hiccups, however.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In the absence of federal leadership in the United States to combat climate change, a number of individuals and states have recently pursued new approaches to force action through litigation. The plaintiffs point to the government’s affirmative actions causing climate change as the root of these claims. New York v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The impacts of climate change are upon us, a consequence of over a century of global warming emissions from human activity. An average global temperature change greater than 1.5 A suite of coordinated policies and regulations at all administrative levels is required to achieve this transformation of the transportation system.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This legislation will provide critical transparency and accountability to ensure that corporations are meeting their climate goals and that we are protecting our planet for future generations.” All information documenting how.

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Columbia Climate Law

APRIL 24, 2020

The Clean Power Plan was the Obama Administration’s rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the nation’s largest stationary source of climate pollution. The rule was expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 30% by 2030.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report released this week details how future climate impacts are going to affect our society, and many of us may be wondering what the future holds. We can decrease production of virgin plastic that comes from fossil fuels and pollutes our ocean as well.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

All elected officials, regulators, staffers, members of the press, and members of the public are invited to attend. “We can use existing technologies to harness, store, and transmit energy from wind, water, and solar sources to ensure reliable electricity, heat supplies, and energy security." Click Here to register for this free event.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The decision at the Glasgow climate conference to phase down fossil fuels is an important step forward — and not just because of climate change. We think of fossil fuels as a source of climate change, but that’s only a one part of the problem. Consider coal.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Exempting the logging industry’s emissions from carbon pricing regulations on other sectors. Canada is allowing the logging industry to liquidate its carbon-rich primary forests and sweeping the climate fallout under the rug.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 27, 2023

derasa ) shell from a 1955 Palau expedition courtesy of the ANS Malacology archives collection Marine organisms with shells made of calcium carbonate, like giant clams and corals, encounter formidable obstacles in the face of increasing acidity in the ocean. Giant clam ( T. Giant clam ( T.

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Cresforum

JANUARY 16, 2024

A declaration was issued by 20 countries at COP28 with a goal of tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050 to help address climate change concerns. The bill proposes enhanced regulations that would help new fission plant applicants navigate the agency’s licensing process and would make the process less burdensome. Title I of H.R.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

increase in carbon dioxide pollution from the Commonwealth’s power plants between 2020 and 2021. Pennsylvania’s power generation sector is one of the nation’s largest — and thus, also, one of the biggest emitters of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Environmental Protection Agency show a startling 9.6%

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

And, kicking gas out of your home is good for your health and the climate. Gas is made mostly of methane – a climate-damaging fossil fuel that is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. The science is clear that we need to stop building new fossil fuel projects.

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