PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

million square feet, released its 2021 Progress Report detailing efforts by partners who have committed to a dramatic reduction in energy use and carbon emissions in their buildings by the year 2030. The District also announced a new focus on carbon emissions. below the baseline (compared to 13% in 2020), amounting to $4.6

Carbon Emissions

Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. international climate change agreement. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. social cost of carbon.

Paris Agreement

Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 22, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. No less galling than the inaction on HFO and scrubbers were the decisions on short-term GHG emissions—though a shift in the winds may be coming at last. The easiest is to slow the vessel down, reducing both fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Stay connected.

Ocean

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But, the idea of a shared benefit—both to the world and Brazil—is a paradox developing and developed nations have struggled with concerning their global commitment to reduce overall carbon emissions because, as Bolsonaro implied during his remarks, overly restrictive environmental regulations could impair a nation’s economic growth and development.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

And the August 9 report from the IPCC (the world’s leading authority on climate change) further confirmed that the climate crisis is due to human activity (primarily burning fossil fuels); Earth is heating quicker than anticipated and is set to surpass the Paris Agreement target (1.5

Government

A Greener Life

JANUARY 13, 2023

Britain is working towards the long-term goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This small handful of countries is part of an elite club, the Alliance of Carbon-Negative Countries. All three countries have relatively modest emissions and extensive areas of forestry for their size. By Jeremy Williams.

Paris Agreement

A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. The bump may be linked to China’s commitment, made in September 2020, to reach carbon neutrality before 2060. But analysis based on wider datasets is more conservative.

2015

Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

The petition also relies on the international climate change framework (the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, which have both been incorporated in Brazilian law). The emissions from deforestation directly contribute to climate change, impacting human rights. 225), the San Salvador Protocol (art.

Deforestation

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. The idea was to conserve and to increase population numbers - a measure that has mixed success.

Government

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Over the past 25 years, various attempts have been made to draft an overarching international instrument with regard to the protection, conservation and restoration of the environment. About 22 percent of global CO2 emissions are associated with exported goods. The Global Pact could change this. Europe, and Japan).

Law

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Although the court said the plaintiffs had put forward compelling arguments against the solar arrays, the court noted that the Township had weighed the “need for energy independence and the reduction of carbon emissions as legitimate objectives of zoning.” filed June 15, 2017).

2017

Acoel

JULY 25, 2022

And importantly, the state plans are not limited to reducing carbon emissions from power plants but are economy-wide in scope, evaluating greenhouse gas reduction and clean energy opportunities in the electric supply, transportation, commercial and industrial, land use, and agricultural sectors. commitments under the Paris Agreement.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Wisconsin Federal Court Dismissed Pro Se Lawsuit Claiming That Republican and Conservative Policies—Including Failure to Address Climate Change—Violated Plaintiff’s Rights. Challenge to Settlement in Utility Rate-Setting Case in New Mexico Cited Failure to Quantify Coal Plant’s Carbon Emission Risks. 2:16 -cv-00285 (D.

2017

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A year ago, GFANZ said all its members “must align” their portfolios to the UN’s Race to Zero “stringent criteria” aimed at halving global emissions by 2030 and bringing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Scientists say such targets would help keep the average global temperature increase under 1.5

Fossil Fuels

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 8, 2017

In January 2017, the EPA administrator completed a midterm review of the model year 2017-2025 greenhouse gas emissions standards and determined that the standards for model year 2022-2025 were appropriate. In addition to reducing oil consumption and the associated carbon emissions, the standards would save Americans.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

Without major reductions in the carbon emissions fueling global warming, the impacts on the parks would be endless. Even under a scenario of drastic emissions reductions, Gonzalez’s 2018 study found that more than half of national park area would exceed the 3.6-degree The act authorized Congress to spend up to $6.65

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

degrees Fahrenheit) limits of the 2015 Paris Agreement. According to the Ember report, per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the United States are three times higher than the global average and remain among the highest of all major economies. degrees Celsius (2.7-degrees But the benefit has expired.

Clean Energy

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In addition, Berkeley argued that the complaint failed to state a claim that the Energy Policy and Conservation Act preempted the ordinance. Three conservation groups filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia seeking to compel the U.S. Bernhardt , No. 1:16-cv-01724 (D.D.C. Álvarez and others v.

2020

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

played a crucial role in negotiating the Kyoto Protocol, which required developed countries to cut their carbon emissions 5% below 1990 levels. The Kyoto Protocol may have led to emission reductions in Europe, but there was never any real prospect that the Senate would ever ratify the agreement. Under Clinton, the U.S.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

But the result would surely be a surge in carbon emissions, dooming us to even more severe climate change. The federal government has gotten a late start in cutting US emissions anyway, due to Republican resistance. will once again withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Would a Trump victory be the end of the world?

Paris Agreement

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The plaintiffs alleged among other things that the defendants the two projects’ cumulative impacts on carbon emissions. California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, & Geothermal Resources , No. States, Nonprofit Groups Challenged Department of Energy Procedures for Appliance Energy Conservation Standards.

2020

Legal Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

He took the US back into the Paris Agreement, and pledged to slash 2005 carbon emissions in half by 2030. Along with the EU, he also pledged to cut global methane emissions in half. The Supreme Court has signaled that it will narrow EPA’s authority to regulate carbon emissions from power plants.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The conservative Justices appear eager to gut EPA’s authority to regulate power plant emissions. Oregon required the elimination of all carbon emissions from its electricity system by 2040. All Nebraska utilities (which are all government bodies) set carbon neutrality targets for midcentury.

2021

ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The UN website describes the aim of the meeting, “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” could cut emissions 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. 12 in Glasgow, Scotland. Nominations must be received by Nov.

2021

Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) rule adopted in December 2020 that created new product classes for short-cycle washers and dryers in the energy conservation program. Conservation Congress v. Wyoming Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups and Business Coalition to Intervene in Cases Challenging Suspension of Oil and Gas Leasing.

2021

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

in domestic or international efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Instead Mr. Ebell seems perfectly suited to eviscerate the efforts of the Obama Administration to reduce carbon emissions as part of the international cooperation to spare the globe from looming catastrophe. This cloud, too, has a silver lining.

2016

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. League of Conservation Voters v. In April, conservation groups filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the defendants. Biden , No.

2021