PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

These two pieces of legislation have historic amounts of funding available for climate work, clean energy, clean water, dealing with legacy pollution issues, really a lot of money and a lot of opportunity. “So, Visit DEP’s Oil and Gas Program Bipartisan Infrastructure Law webpage for more information.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 10, 2023

And, while a historic level of federal funding for climate action is on its way via the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, too many bad actors and opposition forces are working hard to stall and stop the help Californians need. Here’s what we at UCS are doing to make that happen.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On November 16, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule to expedite the environmental review process for certain renewable energy infrastructure projects through the use of categorical exclusions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

The planning process is supported by EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, which offers a unique opportunity to help state and local governments develop strategies to reduce harmful pollution and address environmental justice concerns, while building the infrastructure, industry, and competitive economy for a clean energy future.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

have long demonstrated leadership on climate change, with more than 170 of them having set targets to phase out fossil energy and many others committing to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. A new Sabin Center report, Cities Climate Law: A Legal Framework for Local Action in the U.S. , Cities around the U.S.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

The state boasts cleaner water and air than many other states, significant and beautiful natural features, and progressive environmental laws. Million tons of regional CO2 per year, and providing energy cost savings to Mainers ($40 million per year in savings) and others in New England. The post Mainers Opposing Clean Renewable Energy?

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2020

On Monday, July 27, the Sabin Center filed comments with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in support of the proposed Vineyard Wind energy facility offshore Massachusetts on behalf of the group Win with South Fork Wind (“Win with Wind”). Read the letter here.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

UCLA Professor of Law William Boyd. William Boyd is Professor of Law and Michael J. Klein Chair in Law at UCLA Law, with a joint appointment as Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability ; Alex Wang is Professor of Law at UCLA Law. UCLA Professor of Law Alex Wang.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

Solar PV Project in Cuba (Photo credit: IRENA ) Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) jointly published a new report titled Building a Cleaner, More Resilient Energy System in Cuba: Opportunities and Challenges. policy also has a significant impact on Cuba’s energy sector.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund have just launched IRAtracker.org. Section 60103 creates a “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” (GGRF), which the EPA Administrator can use to make grants for the deployment of zero-emission technologies, and to carry out other greenhouse gas emission reduction activities.

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Law and Environment

JULY 22, 2021

Despite the fact that utility regulators play a huge role in our energy sector–the sector primarily responsible for historical U.S. greenhouse gas emissions–they have had little to do with addressing climate change. This enhanced vision of utility regulation gives me hope in the fight against climate change.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Direct pay – which is already in effect as of January 1, 2023 – allows tax-exempt entities, including local governments, to claim the value of certain clean energy and other tax credits as a cash payment, rather than as an offset to tax liability that they do not have.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 5, 2022

According to the 2050 Roadmap, on-site combustion of fossil fuels in the residential and commercial building sectors presently accounts for about 27% of statewide greenhouse gas emissions, and the use of these fuels for building heat is the largest end-use contributor to emissions in the building sector.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School has launched a new tool tracking the implementation of the New York Climate Action Council (CAC)’s recommendations in the Scoping Plan for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). New York’s climate law is one of the strongest in the world.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The transportation sector is the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in both the United States and New York. The initiative seeks to reduce greenhouse through a cap-and-invest model that taxes fuel providers and reinvests the proceeds in clean transportation.

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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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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. Net zero by 2050, 50% cut by 2030, and 100% clean energy by 2040. 50% renewables by 2030, 100% by 2040. thanks to Jetta Cook, Berkeley Law ’22). (1)

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Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2020

There is hope that these effects of climate change can be slowed down or even mitigated with drastic changes in our energy sector. The energy sector is one of the biggest polluters when it comes to. greenhouse gas emissions. Today the energy sector accounts for 30% of the carbon dioxide emissions in. Clean Economy Act.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 25, 2022

The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). In January 2021, the D.C. Read the brief here.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Ministry of the Environment appealed on points of law to the Supreme Administrative Court. The ruling clarifies requirements for standing under primary EU law to challenge a Commission regulation. In Mexico, challenges to the government’s backsliding on incentives to renewable energy have failed to advance.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2023

A major bottleneck in the deployment of renewable energy systems is the lack of adequate transmission capacity. Department of Energy, the United States will “need to expand transmission systems by 60% by 2030 and may need to triple those systems by 2050” to meet growing demand for clean energy.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Fifth National Climate Assessment recently concluded that, to meet national and international climate targets, United States net greenhouse gas emissions will need to decline by over 6% per year and reach net zero by roughly 2050. In other words, the United States will need to build significant amounts of renewable energy infrastructure.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects. Here’s why the claims are wrong: UCS has pointed out that while gas burns cleaner than coal at a power plant, it is far from a “clean” fuel because it still results in significant toxic air pollution.

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

In the Unites States’ march to transition to clean energy and reduce greenhouse gasses, resilience may be the most important word to summarize 2021. Nine months after the pandemic first upended lives and the economy, the market fundamentals for clean energy looked unstoppable. Over the course of 2021, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

On September 12, former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell was appointed President & CEO of PennFuture , a statewide advocacy organization dedicated to protecting public health, restoring and protecting natural resources, and moving Pennsylvania toward a clean energy future.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 20, 2023

As the business world grapples with demands to combat climate change, the role of commercial buildings in reducing greenhouse gas emissions has come into sharp focus. These assessments are repaid over a predetermined period, typically ranging from 10 to 25 years, as a separate line item on the property tax bill.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

He has spent his career championing environmental issues like clean air and water, advocating for a transition away from fossil fuels, and promoting clean energy solutions such as energy efficiency, wind, solar and geothermal. Joe is a sought after environmental voice and leader across the state and the region.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

20, 2021, the New York State Climate Action Council (Council) voted unanimously to approve the most recent draft of the scoping plan, a roadmap to achieve compliance with the state’s landmark climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Legislature also increased efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions with the passage of Assembly Bill 1279 and Senate Bill 1020, setting net zero emissions targets and renewable energy and zero-carbon targets for California retail electricity sales. None of the amendments, however, more broadly limit CEQA’s reach.

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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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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. law, but it can guide the use of existing authority. The order creates a new N.C.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

26, 2023, applicable to clean hydrogen production facilities. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations , published in the Federal Register Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2022

Conventional drillers have been very good at sneaking their changes in law into budget bills at the last minute. billion in cleanup costs and House Bill 2528 (Struzzi-R-Indiana)-- would mandate DEP award oil and gas well plugging contracts to Pennsylvania contractors, with no regard for cost to taxpayers.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

I was excited to learn about investments in the green hydrogen-powered Constellium aluminum facility in the Ravenswood area, which offers incredible opportunities for a local manufacturing renaissance using clean energy and far cleaner fuels, in addition to creating well-paying union jobs with great benefits that sustain families and communities.

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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. It also weakens the incentive in the private sector to invest in long-term renewable energy projects.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

As detailed in the RGGI investment plan , these funds are typically used to support energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in New York State. Most of the carbon allowances are auctioned and the proceeds of those auctions are typically used to promote energy conservation and renewable energy programs.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

However, the energy aspect is not excluded, as JTF’s investments can also be channelled towards the deployment of technologies and infrastructures for affordable clean energy, greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.

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