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Mexico y el Cambio Climático

Legal Planet

Mexico’s carbon emissions are about the same as those of Texas, the highest-emitting US state. Per capita emissions, however, are far lower, given Mexico’s much larger population. Unfortunately, there are doubts about how much progress Mexico will make in cutting emissions.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. Enhanced coal production Despite the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, which committed the countries of the world to lower carbon emissions, India has seen no need to reduce coal use.

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The alliance of carbon-negative countries

A Greener Life

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. In the next decade, emissions are expected to increase. By Jeremy Williams.

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Business and industry must rise to the challenge of climate change

Physics World

The alarm bells are deafening,” he warned, “and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk.”. Global goals.

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Energy news as COP23 is taking place in Germany

Edouard Stenger

This is a game-changing move as peaker plants and even baseload ones will become more and more irrelevant, decreasing carbon emissions. Electric vehicles (EVs) are booming but won’t be enough to solve the many problems our cities and communities are plagued with. Let us hope this upward trend continues. Transportation.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

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. Sponsored Content.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

It was reported in January that a developer had filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court challenging the City of Santa Rosa’s law requiring appliances in new homes of three stories or less to use electricity rather than natural gas. The developer previously filed a lawsuit challenging a natural gas ban in the Town of Windsor.

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