Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

A multi-decade legal history, including four Supreme Court decisions, has led to unimpeachable clarity on this one point: EPA has a statutory obligation to regulate carbon emissions from power plants under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry. Lucas appeared at the time to be the start of a sweeping constitutional attack on environmental and land use regulations. At the time, a regulation said all wetlands used by migratory water birds were under federal jurisdiction.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program. Yet it can be difficult to make emission trading systems more environmentally ambitious after program launch.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Most land-use regulation in the United States is done by local governments: cities, counties, towns, villages. In California, much of the legislation intended to increase housing production has sought to strip away or limit local control over land-use regulation.

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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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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Is this as opposed to a political purpose on the part of the managers? because the company engages in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil fuel based energy. ” Suppose instead that the company refuses to do business with firms with high carbon emissions. “.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Carbon emissions stayed about constant under Bush, with an average around 5.6 It took the Obama Administration time to gear up its regulatory efforts, so the Bush policies were in effect for part of his Administration — emissions that should really be assigned to Bush rather than Obama. billion tons per year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

However, the bill’s definition of what constitutes clean energy includes nuclear power (which doesn’t emit carbon but isn’t “clean”) and fossil gas power plants that capture and store at least 90 percent of their carbon emissions.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This is not a surprise, particularly after Governor Lamont’s statement that there is no political support for TCI in Connecticut. It is difficult to implement a region-wide program to reduce carbon emissions from transportation fuels when only one state in the region is prepared to do so. .

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Sea Level Carbon Emissions Politics Law 100

Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Keeping with the topic of climate change, one part of the inequality is evident and it’s the discussion about carbon debt. There’s one estimate that says that 80% of the carbon emissions between 1850 and 2011 (more than one and a half centuries) were caused by rich countries who made up 14% of the global population.

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Carbon Emissions Climate Change Fossil Fuels Technology 105

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 2, 2022

Other companies and sectors–electricity, heavy industry, and light manufacturing in particular–have reduced their carbon emissions as those from oil and gas companies have gone up and up and up. The cap should include all carbon emissions from oil and gas production and use.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesota’s current goal is to reduce statewide carbon emissions 30 percent by 2025 compared to 2005 levels and 80 percent by 2050. The Minnesota House has proposed legislation to update the state’s target for reducing heat-trapping emissions to achieve “net zero” emissions by 2050 and reach 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. It’s widely viewed as the “gold standard” for energy projections, even though there’s much debate in the energy community about the validity of the assumptions behind these projections.

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Natural Gas Renewable Energy Climate Change Electricity 268

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 7, 2021

On hazardous spills , the Auditor General found that the government just isn’t putting in place sufficient regulations to reduce the main sources of hazardous spills, such as natural gas pipelines and fuel tanks, but that it is also failing even to enforce the regulations that do exist.

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Government Carbon Emissions Climate Change Environmental Protection 95

Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Across the country, these anxieties are gradually translating into political momentum. Recreational fishermen are a demographic that leans politically conservative, and the issue has begun changing minds about climate change. David McCool, the master angler, hopes that state officials will go farther and begin put regulations in force.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2021

My point is this: No matter how many battles we end up losing in the fight to stop carbon emissions, we can never afford to give up. It’s not hard to see why some people despair about the climate. The Paris Agreement’s goal is to keep global warming well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5° C, over pre-industrial levels.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

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Natural Gas 111

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

Subsidies indirectly promote stronger regulation. Agency regulations are typically based on which emissions reductions are feasible or on applying cost-benefit analysis. Subsidies make it cheaper for industry to reduce emissions. Federal subsidies create new national political dynamics.

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Fossil Fuels Politics 2030 Renewable Energy 265

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Flynn Wants Reform To Prevent Uncollected Turnpike Tolls -- PG: PA Cong.

Carbon Emissions 64

Carbon Emissions Politics Clean Energy Greenhouse 64

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The US puts a dollar figure on the damage caused by carbon emissions, but new research finds it’s too low, meaning the benefits of reducing emissions are being underestimated. Effectively, SCC indicates what price society should be willing to pay now to avoid the future damage of today’s carbon emissions.

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Sea Level Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions Climate Change 97

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.

Natural Gas 106

Natural Gas Climate Change Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 106

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gas prices: Without a cap, the flood of bio-based diesel into California will continue, requiring a rapid increase in stringency to stabilize LCFS credit markets, sending 2030 stringency from the 30 percent proposed in the regulation to 34.5 The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We just need our political leaders to take action. By making sustainable transportation options like walking, cycling and public transit safe, convenient and attractive, Canada has significant potential to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in our cities.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Philippines Commission on Human Rights published report on Carbon Majors’ responsibility for climate change. The strategy required the UK Government to set and meet legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions. The ruling clarifies requirements for standing under primary EU law to challenge a Commission regulation.

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2022 Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Law 123

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Here’s an embarrassing confession: Though I had taught environmental law for 25 years at that point, I had never heard of section 111(d) until it was discussed as possible tool to limit carbon emissions. I would have voted to uphold the regulation as a reasonable if not necessary way to accomplish the statute’s purpose.

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Carbon Emissions Regulations Politics Law 218

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 market heats up: ESG and green finance take off As policy and regulation improved, the green job market heated up and ESG became a hot topic within businesses.

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2015 Carbon Emissions Climate Change 2025 52

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Subsidies indirectly promote stronger regulation. Agency regulations are typically based on which emissions reductions are feasible or on applying cost-benefit analysis. Federal subsidies create new national political dynamics. Federal subsidies create new national political dynamics. Download as PDF

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. The fiscal conservative theory is that increased regulation to protect the environment will restrict the market and prevent capitalism from operating efficiently. carbon dioxide.

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Paris Agreement Carbon Emissions Climate Change 2016 40

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While the resolution is not legally binding, it represents a significant political statement that could shape global standards. The claimants argued that the States violated the Convention on the Rights of the Child and their rights to life, health, and culture, by not taking effective actions to reduce their carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. carbon emissions today.

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Legal Planet

JULY 22, 2021

Today, I’ll explain how we might advance political feasibility through climate policy, how that is connected to technological innovation, and how we must necessarily balance between all four of these goals (efficiency, equity, political feasibility, and technological innovation) in developing climate policy. Green spirals.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

There can be no political freedom without there also being economic freedom. President Bolsonaro’s reaction, the rise of nationalism, and calls for respecting national sovereignty may signal a new era of international politics where the U.S. developed themselves and consolidated their democracies. And vice-versa.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Elsewhere, there are other significant commitments to fulfil: to put an end to Chile’s “ sacrifice zones ”, areas of the country impaired by chronic socio-environmental and economic problems; to create a state company to regulate the extraction and use of lithium, and to promote a new model of sustainable development.

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Government Climate Change Renewable Energy Sustainable Development 98

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC and subsequent regulation ) was adopted in 2009 based on Brazil’s international commitments with the UNFCCC. The NPCC establishes a binding commitment to reduce GHG emissions between 36.1% Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

million fine New Gas Plant Threatens Indigenous Livelihoods in Russia’s Far North Total oil project hurts 'tens of thousands' in rural Uganda: watchdog NGOs Brazil environment regulator denies Total permit to drill Foz do Amazonas basin Total settles U.S. million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 11, 2022

We are at a game-changing moment for all of humanity, as climate science tells us exactly where we’re headed if we don’t reduce carbon emissions urgently. These communities contain the expertise, resilience, and knowledge that are necessary to plot the way forward—along with the political power necessary to win on issues of policy.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

In March 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to Regulations S-X that would both enhance and standardize public companies’ climate-related disclosures (“Climate-Related Disclosures”). purchased energy and electricity), and for some companies to report on information related to “Scope 3” carbon emissions (i.e., Background.

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