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The Not-So-Good News About Carbon Offsets

Legal Planet

In case you missed it: there’s some good news about Amazon deforestation continuing to plunge. Jason Gray and I spoke recently about why tropical deforestation is down in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia. That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Global hunger and deforestation: Excessive consumption of bio-based diesel fuels has already contributed to the 2022 global food crisis , and is accelerating deforestation caused by increased soybean and palm oil cultivation around the world. The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.

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

A Greener Life

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

Carbon dioxide is the best-known and most important of all greenhouse gases, it is released through several natural processes but also industrial actions - one of the biggest impacting factors since the Industrial Revolution (12). Deforestation. The 1960s and 1970s. Studying the Effects on Landscapes.

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

A duty imposed for more directly attributable pollution under The Pact, such as deforestation or oil spills, may be easier to define and therefore to enforce on corporations. is now in a terrible situation with a president and Congressional majorities that are hostile to environmental regulation, especially as relates to climate change.

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The Year in Water, 2021

Circle of Blue

Technology and Adaptation. Brett Walton 2021-09-22 04:00:14 2021-11-29 20:37:05 Toxin Levels Spike, Prompting Drinking Water Emergency in Northern California ‘Eyes in the Sky’ Help Police California Water Use 0 Comments / September 9, 2021 Satellite data is one monitoring tool regulators turn to in this very dry year.

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