Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

This is despite the clean energy progress the power sector has experienced to date—and despite the groundwork laid for more progress from leading states, as well as the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). And more gas is slated to come. Despite the concerningly broad implications of the West Virginia v.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

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. EIA has a tough time coming to these projections as it’s difficult to predict the events that cause changes to energy markets.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

In Germany, fossil fuels are king. While Germany has had a huge focus on renewable energy this has done little to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. Ironically, the country already gets a lot of its electricity supply via interconnectors from France – produced through nuclear energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Governmental agencies and utilities involved in the energy sector can pair an energy justice framework with meaningful community engagement to assess their actions and decisions and realize the benefits of energy equity for their constituents.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Maria Antonia Tigre, Global Climate Litigation Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Notably, the Philippines Supreme Court has explicitly held the CHR’s jurisdiction is only limited to investigating civil and political rights (see Simon v. Introduction. However, this did not deter the Commission from moving forward.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2023

The cap-and-trade program will require emitters of greenhouse gases to purchase credits at auctions, which will generate revenue that will be invested in clean energy and disadvantaged communities. NYCI’s immediate linkage with WCI could also be seen as politically desirable. Unfortunately, no reforms of the cap have been made.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

The law will provide $379 billion in subsidies to clean energy in the form of direct payments and tax credits. For instance, since IRA increases the tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), EPA has a stronger argument for requiring fossil fuel plants to use CCS. get the U.S. to within ~0.5

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens [PaEN] -- Dept. Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens [PaEN] -- Dept.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

The demand statement focuses on upholding Indigenous rights and respecting Indigenous knowledge, bold and ambitious climate action (including phasing out fossil fuels and guaranteeing a just transition to a sustainable clean energy economy), protecting and restoring nature and establishing environmental rights in Canada.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2023

A lot of this is the scale of funding—the two laws will spend money on climate policies at a far higher rate than any previous federal programs—but the laws will also involve the federal government more in climate policy, in a variety of ways. These changes come at a crucial time for the fight against climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 16, 2024

Much of our electricity system is 50 to 70 years old, yet current plans for domestic manufacturing, electric vehicle fleets, community solar gardens and more clean energy all depend on a modern grid. Add the supply We have more energy-producing facilities than ever before, and the United States is producing record levels of energy.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In a nutshell, the European Commission acknowledges that the transition towards a climate-neutral economy will have economic and social impacts, especially on regions that rely on fossil fuels extraction and treatment (e.g. refineries) or on highly carbon-intensive industries (such as cement plants or smelters).

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Cheaper renewable energy attracts private investment and makes limits on fossil fuels more feasible. The resulting economic growth also helps create a stronger political base for aggressive expansion of clean energy.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. It was founded in the 1870s as part of the Standard Oil group. Photo Gallery Image Exxon Knew Protest - Photographer 350.org

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

This political rollercoaster ride was also unfolding across last year’s Danger Season , stressing the urgency of the need to act big, and act now. And just as suddenly, on August 16, 2022, the bill became law: the largest-ever one-time federal investment in climate action that humanity has ever seen. It was simply awesome.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Corporation ExxonMobil Image Image Products Crude oil, Oil products, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Power generation Exxon Knew Protest - Photo credit 350.org

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The claim is grounded on the constitutionally recognized right to a healthy environment; fundamental rights such as the right to life, dignity, health, food, and housing; along with several recognized principles of international environmental law and international climate change commitments. of primary energy demand met by clean energy.

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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. The West Virginia v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2023

The state’s grid reliability is also inextricably linked to issues of improving energy affordability and achieving California’s ambitious clean energy goals. It would change Western energy markets. The impacts of a robust transmission system are numerous and critically important to reach a clean energy future.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2015

Summary: Nuclear energy is one of the most debated subjects in the environmental policy and legal world. Can it serve as a bridge to moving away from fossil fuels? Many leading energy experts often deem nuclear an acceptable form of sustainable energy. Nuclear Energy and Drought: A Recipe for Disaster.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This post was originally published on the Law and Political Economy blog as part of a symposium on inflation. Energy prices have been much in the news over the past several months, occupying a prominent place in mainstream discussions of inflation. How then do we explain what is currently happening with energy prices?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 11, 2022

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. A just transition to a clean-energy economy is the priority and solution. Here’s how: Climate change : roughly 140 million people in the U.S.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Some events last week sent a strong signal that the tide is turning against fossil fuels. To paraphrase Churchill, this may not be beginning of the end for fossil fuels, but at least it is the end of the beginning of the campaign against them. Each of the events standing alone would have been noteworthy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

As the water in hydropower reservoirs drops, hydropower production is reduced, possibly increasing energy prices, or forcing some utilities to compensate for energy demands by using more fossil fuels for power generation. Higher water and energy prices disproportionately affect low-income families. Water education.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court rejected Exxon’s argument that it could withhold documents based on an accountant-client privilege under Texas law. and non-U.S.

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

Yet because of the politics of climate change, the rule will almost certainly be subject to a similar challenge. The proposed rule also repeals the Affordable Clean Energy, or “ACE,” Rule—President Trump’s power plant rule that was meant to replace Obama’s Clean Power Plan. Emphasis added.] For more on West Virginia v.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There was no progress on getting national governments to state stronger ambitions in their NDCs, in the additional specification of global targets, or even in non-binding language regarding intentions to cut fossil fuels. There was even, briefly, alarm that the COP might fail to re-affirm the 1.5°C C ambition from Paris.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 19, 2022

Thermal coal is the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel and increases global carbon pollution putting all countries at risk from the disastrous impacts of climate change. . Julia Levin, National Climate Program Manager, Environmental Defence, said: We have the solutions and the know-how to quickly replace coal with renewable energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

One notable example is in Michigan, where utilities are phasing out coal plants and momentum is building for legislation that would support an equitable clean energy transition. In 2022, the MPSC similarly approved a revised version of utility Consumers Energy’s long-range energy plan following settlement negotiations.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

Emission Sources : Anthropogenic methane emissions are widely associated with fossil fuel (natural gas, oil, and coal production and transportation), although the largest sources are agriculture (from livestock farming [. Carbon dioxide emissions, on the other hand, arise almost exclusively from burning fossil fuels.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 24, 2021

Once signed into law, Washington will have a firm statewide cap on climate pollution, covering 75% of the greenhouse gas emissions for the state. We are the home of a science-based net-zero 2050 future and clean energy and good jobs—not just for the technology elite, but for middle-class working people.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2022

LNG exports to Europe temporarily for the next two years and for reducing demand for all natural gas and accelerating deployment of clean energy measures in Europe. LNG exports to Europe temporarily for the next two years and for reducing demand for all natural gas and accelerating deployment of clean energy measures in Europe.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2023

The image that comes to mind when I think of fossil fuel villains is Batman’s adversary Two-Face. To be two-faced is to be deceitful, and deception is what the fossil fuel industry executives excel in. What is ESG? ” Kentucky officials are not doing this alone, it is part of a coordinated effort.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 18, 2024

We’re in a race for lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, and other critical minerals needed to move away from fossil fuels. These debates were the focus of the Emmett Institute’s all-day symposium on Friday, March 8 at the UCLA School of Law. UCLA Law Professor William Boyd began Panel One with some staggering numbers.

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