E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Specifically, New York is statutorily required to achieve: An economy-wide 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; 70% renewable energy consumption by 2030 followed by a 100% zero-emission electric system by 2040; and.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

Josh Shapiro joined Department of General Services Secretary Reggie McNeil, Constellation President & CEO Joseph Dominguez, and Lightsource bp Senior Vice President Alyssa Edwards to unveil the Commonwealth’s renewable energy initiative, the Pennsylvania Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy (PA PULSE).

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. In our government, it will be a priority to avoid this destruction and to have development that is compatible with the environment.”. By Francisco Parra Galaz

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

On May 22, Duquesne Light Company released its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report , which discloses the company’s performance in three core areas of its ESG strategy: climate conscious, powering people and responsible performance. DLC received more than $19.8

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

In another respect, though, there’s more similarity: in both countries, subnational governments play a key role in climate policy. Regional governments. Although ultimate power remains in the national Parliament, the national government has devolved certain powers to regional governments in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

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New Scientist

MAY 18, 2022

Australia’s targets for cutting carbon emissions are among the weakest in developed nations, but a new government could accelerate the transition to renewable energy

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy. The US also works with electric vehicle manufacturers VinBus and VinFast, as well as Vietnam’s largest electric utility, to support the country’s goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

to integrate food and farm policy in a way that addresses climate change and helps farmers reduce their carbon emissions. Agriculture needs to be a part of the climate solution, given that it is responsible for about 11 percent of heat-trapping carbon emissions in the United States.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

But with the recent influx of government incentives for hydrogen production, new and improving production and storage technologies, and greater political will than ever before, H 2 ’s reputation is gaining favor. Because of this, a 30% hydrogen mix by volume delivers only a 10% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a clean hydrogen production tax credit (known as “45V”) that is one of a slew of new incentives intended to help catalyze the next and necessary phase of advancing the nation’s clean energy transition as a whole. This won’t be a problem in the future when renewable energy predominates.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Let’s look at three tools that are being sold as climate saviours, when their real objective is to prolong the life of the polluting fossil fuels which are driving climate change: carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and offsets. They call this Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

Industry and government experts have long recognized that investing in our electric transmission system can provide a wide range of benefits , and MISO’s Long-Range Transmission Planning (LRTP) process is designed specifically to identify investments that capture those benefits for ratepayers. for every dollar invested. billion to $11.6

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

To decarbonize our energy system, electrify transportation and buildings, and drastically reduce our contribution to climate change, we’ll need to develop and deploy significant wind, solar, and other renewable energy generating facilities as quickly as possible. One in particular is the state of our electric grid.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 4, 2023

The federal government recently released its proposed Sustainable Jobs Act , following up on its promise to pass just transition legislation. This means that the government has finally recognized its role in helping workers and communities impacted by the energy transition.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

A report commissioned by the Ontario Power Authority (now the Independent Electricity System Operator) identified 64 potential offshore wind power sites in the Great Lakes that could produce nearly 35,000 MW of electricity which is 50 per cent more than our current energy demand. Construction worker installs new energy-efficient windows.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

That’s understandable in terms of India’s current carbon emissions, which are now only a quarter of China’s. The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. But given the growth of the economy, carbon emissions were projected to continuing growing steadily through 2030.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 26, 2022

The White House has taken a strong stance in expanding the production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation industry. The Administration has identified the aviation industry as a climate priority in its push to reduce the country’s carbon footprint.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

What is South Korea doing to cut its emissions? Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. With economic growth have come carbon emissions. As of 2016, half of its total emissions are from the power sector, with 20% from industry and 15% from transportation, and.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

According to data from the Imran Khan government, more than 50 percent of water from various sources in 20 cities in Pakistan is unsafe to drink, the Hindustan Times reports. According to Reuters , that a draft of the legislation, prepared by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, was under ministerial consultation.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 17, 2024

Finance assistant professor Daniel Garrett explains tax credits and other incentives that governments use to encourage businesses to invest in green energy projects that reduce carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

That $2 billion per year in low-carbon spending is looking smaller all the time. DO: Dramatically increase your investment in renewable energy. In a January 2022 report on its climate plans, ExxonMobil pledged to direct $15 billion toward emission reduction efforts over the next six years, but that $15 billion breaks down to $2.5

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

Embrace political advocacy Photo by Kempton via Flickr Creative Commons Political action and advocacy is crucial to climate action, because changing the larger system is the greatest opportunity to reduce emissions, and changing the way our economy and society operate requires government action.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This dangerous delay in action is largely due to the fossil fuel industry continuing to increase carbon emissions and standing in the way of change. . For decades, scientists have known that burning fossil fuels has resulted in global warming emissions that warm the planet, driving massive climate change and harmful impacts.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On September 9, National Fuel Gas Company announced the release of its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report , providing a comprehensive review of environmental, social, and governance performance metrics. Click Here for a copy of the 2020 Corporate Responsibility Repor t.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. Writ large, transportation is responsible for 29 percent of US carbon emissions—more than any other sector—and car and truck emissions today represent 81 percent of the US transportation sector’s global warming pollution.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2023

Vanuatu , vulnerable to the effects of climate change and global warming, brings the question of other governments’ climate inaction to the world’s highest court. The question is whether countries can be sued for failing to reduce carbon emissions.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Courts in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have provided oversight of government climate mitigation actions. The Czech Republic joins the Netherlands, France, Germany and other EU countries in determining a government’s duty to mitigate climate change. See a detailed analysis of the decision here.

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

A document on EV and grid integration issued in January by government bodies says EVs could support the operation of a modern electricity system: linking EVs to China’s grid, via charging and battery-swapping infrastructure, could enable them to help with load management and energy storage.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 28, 2023

Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate: Today’s budget does include significant investments in renewable energy and electrification, however, the support given to climate solutions is still a fraction of what is being spent on subsidizing the fossil fuels that are causing the climate emergency.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Last week, on Monday November 14, as part of its Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review , the Ontario government officially announced it would be developing a voluntary clean energy credit (CEC) registry. Now, the Ontario government is crafting an official Clean Energy Credit system that will presumably require transparency.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. Energy authorities in Inner Mongolia are aiming to connect 50 gigawatts of renewable power to the grid by 2025. By Gao Baiyu. The Kubuqi desert.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

tons of scrap metal -- Invested in renewable energy through the purchase of renewable energy credits a hydropower facility to be constructed on the Ohio River and installed solar pathway lights in South Park and additional solar shelters in other parks. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6%

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Washington Nature

MARCH 18, 2024

David Mendoza, TNC’s director of policy & government relations, joins Sarah Brady, policy communications director, in a conversation about the lessons learned this session and the pivotal moment we are in as a climate justice movement. Yet persistent efforts to undermine the CCA made this session complex and unique.

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Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

However, current desalination systems can be expensive and energy hungry, producing significant carbon emissions. Climate change is also driving demand for renewable energy, like solar power. Indeed, there are now around 16,000 desalination plants around the world producing about 95?million Efficiency trade-off.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) , renewable energy sources are to become the first electricity source by 2025, surpassing dirty coal. Saving energy thru increased efficiency is often the cheapest solution to lower energy consumption and thus, carbon emissions. Good news everyone !

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 30, 2024

The New York City Council approved the “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality” initiative and an ensuing set of zoning changes to support the city’s goal of slashing carbon emissions 80% below 2005 levels by 2050, according to a Dec. Read the full story from Smart Cities Dive.

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