Legal Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Last month at COP 27 in Egypt, CLEE partnered with the Transport Decarbonisation Alliance (TDA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as chair of TDA, to convene experts to discuss some of the major next steps in clean transportation. The post The Transport Decarbonisation Alliance at COP27 appeared first on Legal Planet.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Climate change could hike the cost of maintaining Ontario ’s transportation infrastructure by over $1.5 Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. A new study from Ontario’s financial office found that climate change will increase the cost of maintaining transportation infrastructure, CBC reports.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 10, 2022

Four large industrial emissions centers or “clusters,” involving oil and gas extraction and processing, shipping, heavy-duty transportation, and chemicals, are working together with the World Economic Forum to reduce their carbon emissions faster through the “Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero” initiative.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2021

Some policies—such as the federal Renewable Fuel Standard or RFS, which mandates that transportation fuel sold in the U.S. Water Sector Carbon Emissions, But Its Potential Remains Underdeveloped appeared first on Circle of Blue. market lacks that certainty. But this market, too, stands on shaky ground.

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Cresforum

JUNE 7, 2023

ExxonMobil and Nucor recently announced a new partnership to capture, transport, and store 800,000 metric tons of CO2 per year from Nucor’s steel manufacturing plant in Louisiana. This agreement will not only support Louisiana’s objective of net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050, but it also serves as an incredible example of U.S.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The climate crisis means we must urgently cut the huge emissions from sea transport. Engineering tricks, cleaner fuels and a return to the age of sail could all help swab the decks clean

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 23, 2024

They are the most energy-efficient way to move from place to place, providing exercise in the process, and offer enough assistance while pedaling uphill or … Continue reading E-bike incentives are a costly way to cut carbon emissions, but they also promote health, equity and cleaner air

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Environmental Leader

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A project to replace streetlights around Portland, Oregon, has been completed; it is estimated to cut carbon emissions by up to 3,500 metric tons a year. The post Oregon Department of Transportation Completes Portland LED Streetlight Project appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The federal government can reduce carbon emissions by 135 million tonnes with one neat trick. Transportation accounts for one quarter of Canada’s emissions – and we need action now to stop climate disaster. . A Clean Car Standard would reduce carbon emissions by 135 million tonnes by 2035.

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 18, 2022

Midwestern grocery retailer Meijer plans to cut carbon emissions by 50% by 2025 by growing its established energy efficiency programs. The post By Building on Fleet and Refrigeration Efficiency Programs, Meijer Plans to Cut Carbon Emissions by Half by 2025 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental Leader

MARCH 1, 2022

The technology is expected to reduce each vehicle’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2,000 pounds annually and lower both fuel and maintenance costs. The post DHL Is Adopting This Innovative Technology To Reduce Its Carbon Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Fortunately, we already have readily available ways to create a more sustainable transportation future for everyone right now , no matter where they live. Shifting these trips to sustainable alternatives is crucial to reducing emissions now. We just need our political leaders to take action. But the climate crisis is happening now.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Cutting carbon emissions means replacing the heating systems in homes, transforming transport and greening steel production. All of these will take time, but the UK prime minister has instead chosen to delay

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Candidate at UCLA Law (2L) Last week, Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula introduced AB 2623 , a bill designed to guard California communities against the dangers of transporting carbon dioxide in pipelines. We see no reason why pipeline transportation of carbon dioxide should be any different.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 23, 2024

Transportation is the largest sector for climate changing emissions, so it’s important that we transition our cars and trucks from gasoline to electricity as quickly as possible. The transition to clean transportation and clean energy is underway and we have to get it right. We’re at a critical moment in California.

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Legal Planet

JULY 21, 2022

The Supreme Court’s ruling in the West Virginia case left many people with the impression that it eliminated the government’s power to regulate carbon emissions. Carbon emissions standards for new vehicles. Transportation is now the biggest source of carbon emissions, so this is a really important field of regulations.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Cutting carbon emissions means replacing the heating systems in homes, transforming transport and greening steel production. All of these will take time, but the UK prime minister has instead chosen to delay the transition

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2023

Previous IPCC reports have concluded that human activities such as burning fossil fuels are the primary cause of climate change: about 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from burning fossil fuels for electricity, transportation, and industry. 1) It starts with tracking emissions. degrees C. .”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 26, 2022

Can we really make a difference by changing our transportation system? Transit lowers emissions, brings convenience. Transportation is about getting where we need to go—to where we live, where we play, where we work, where we pray. Transportation is now the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. Here’s how.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2023

Statement by Nate Wallace, Clean Transportation Program Manager, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – The TTC’s budget crisis is not unique. The federal government has saved public transit from disaster before, and it can do it again.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 10, 2022

Rather than offering modern transportation solutions, this government is proposing to build out-of-date mega highways which will destroy forests, farmland, and wetlands, while increasing the province’s carbon emissions. Ontario can and must do better. . When: March 10, 2022 Onwards.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2022

A quarter of carbon emissions from transportation come from heavy-duty trucks. Addressing these emissions will be challenging and will require a multi-prong strategy. California and fourteen other states plan to make 30% of new heavy-duty truck sales zero emission by 2030.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Here’s more: “California’s climate ambitions will be met only by deploying clean energy and transportation on an unprecedented scale, and China has a lot to offer on that score. China has moved remarkably fast at electrifying their transportation fleet. As of last year, Chinese drivers had purchased a cumulative total of 13.8

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

GoGreen Plus allows customers to reduce the carbon emissions of their shipments by using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The post DHL Express Announces GoGreen Plus, a Carbon Reduction Program for Customers appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Required zero carbon emissions from power grid by 2045. Required net zero emissions by 2045 and an 85% reduction in carbon emissions (not counting offsets). Requires 90% renewable energy and zero-carbon electricity by 2035, 95% by 2040 and 100% by 2045 CARB prohibited sale of new gas and diesel cars after 2034.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2022

Carbon removal technology takes two possible forms – one involves removing carbon dioxide from the exhaust of industrial systems (such as refineries or gas plants); the other involves removing carbon dioxide in the ambient air. Carbon removal will be central to decarbonization efforts in the next several decades.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 5, 2024

By providing public transit operating funding, encouraging housing density near public transit, setting zero-emission bus procurement requirements and providing incentives for cities to speed up public transit service with dedicated bus lanes, Canada can cut polluting carbon emissions by 65 million tonnes from 2024 to 2035.

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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. 6,000 MW of solar by 2025, 9,000 MW of offshore wind by 2035, and 3,000 MW of energy storage by 2030.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Yesterday, the Baker administration announced that the Transportation Climate Initiative is dead in Massachusetts, at least for now. 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. . Good luck with that.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Combined with electrification of bus fleets, the report finds that with these measures, Canada can reduce carbon emissions by sixty-five million tonnes by 2035, if investments begin now. Sixty-five million tonnes over the period 2024-2035 is equivalent to the annual carbon emissions produced by 20 million cars.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

One reason to save energy is to limit carbon emissions from the energy we use. But energy conservation is important for reasons that go beyond the direct effect on emissions. In terms of transportation, reducing vehicle weight will reduce the power draw for electric vehicles.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 24, 2021

by Jing Sun (University of Michigan) Ships carry more than 80% of world trade, and they rely heavily on some of the least environmentally friendly transportation fuels available.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

We feel that natural gas and derivative products provide a path for the transportation industry both to reduce carbon emissions in the short-term while working toward a goal of net-zero in the long-term as hydrogen and other potential solutions mature," said Christina Cassotis, CEO, Pittsburgh International Airport.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

But it blew past that threshold in 2016, prompting the company to set even more ambitious targets — to reduce all transport-related emissions to zero by 2050. . When DHL first set its GoGreen target in 2007-2008, the goal was to become 30% more efficient by 2020. The post DHL Is Investing $7.5

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2021

While not part of the MOU, the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina released a statement signaling their desire to work with the states party to the MOU and the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) in general.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Standards for carbon and methane emissions from new sources Permitting requirements for carbon emissions from new stationary sources of major sources of existing pollutants. Standards for emissions from new vehicles. Adaptation A.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 16, 2021

On June 10, 2021, the Transportation Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) states released a final model rule creating a regional cap-and-trade-program to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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