A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

During Trump’s first term, the US became the first nation in the world to announce its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (a decision reversed by Joe Biden in 2021). The act aims to create green jobs, reduce fossil fuel consumption and switch to clean energy. Reporting them under the Paris Agreement is voluntary.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

And after his service in the Trump administration, the Wall Street Journal revealed new evidence that Tillerson had dismissed the Paris Agreements goal of keeping global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels (and striving to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius) as something magical.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

JULY 9, 2025

In China we found the Central Government building new clean energy plants to quadruple wind and solar generation. Progress Dims Almost immediately, all the hope, the delight of accomplishment, the sincere fervor of change drained from the Paris Agreement. Clean energy generation increased. India followed.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Cruz the climate denier Cruz vehemently rejects the scientific consensus on climate science while receiving millions in donations from the fossil fuel industry, and he was one of 22 Senators who signed a letter urging Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. And he wants Texas to be a clean energy leader.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

In the EOs, President Trump orders federal agencies and personnel to take certain actions or to report back on actions that could be taken in the future that would stifle federal clean energy programs, steer funding away from disadvantaged populations and communities, or both. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Hell withdraw from the Paris Agreement again, expunge the social cost of carbon, reinstitute changes in regulatory review that block new rules, and tell agencies to wipe out a lot of Biden rules. Assaults on clean energy and environmental agencies. Hes expressed every intention of doing the same thing again.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

Not for the betterment of the US economy, as these actions would undermine billions of dollars of forward-looking investments, cede leadership in innovation, and spike household energy bills. Not for the betterment of US energy abundance, as these actions sideline critical clean energy resources and threaten to stall the deployment of more.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

And he’ll pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. The transformation to an economy fueled by clean energy – across sectors – has begun, and he can’t stop it. and the globe – will not abandon the transition to clean energy. These are reasons alone to vote for Kamala Harris. Download as PDF

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

Sure enough on Thursday, China and the European Union joined forces to pledge to work together to slow down global heating and they called the Paris Agreement “the cornerstone of international climate cooperation,” without mentioning the US. Dangerous Finding While the world affirms the right to a sustainable climate, U.S.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Exiting the Paris Agreement. The last time Trump pulled out of Paris, states like California showed up at international meetings to send a message of support for climate action. Pausing funding for environmental and clean energy projects. This was another expected action. It gives the U.S.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

While it slowed down action globally and in the US, it was not as much of a travesty as predicted, mainly because it took the US three years to exit the Paris Agreement. So, they did all in their power to slow it down.

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New Scientist

JULY 8, 2025

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” just signed by President Trump will slash support for clean energy, leaving the US far short of its Paris Agreement pledge

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A Greener Life

MARCH 20, 2025

That is Al Gores assessment of the potential impact of President Donald Trumps notice to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change. By Robin Pomeroy and Natalie Marchant A lot of the decisions that affect global warming pollution emissions , are not down to what the federal government in the US does.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

JANUARY 28, 2025

But the test of time will demonstrate whether it is strong enough to withstand an incoming Republican administration determined to undo every piece of climate and clean energy legislation. Bidens core ideology is rooted in his strong support for trade unions; he often cited climate legislation as creating good-paying union jobs.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2025

primary energy use. carbon budget set forth in the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries must reduce CO2 emissions by 50-65% by 2030 and achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2040. Buildings account for approximately 37% of global CO2 emissions and 40% of all U.S. GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2

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Scientific American

JUNE 13, 2025

Trump’s tariff seesaw has cast a shade over the global economy, and his domestic policies have threatened billions of dollars in funding for clean energy programs. Since then, its seven members have all joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 21, 2025

In a series of executive orders, the US will again exit from the Paris Agreement with its notice to the United Nations (UN) being crafted immediately. And in a series of executive orders targeting Bidens clean energy strategy , the Trump administration will end new leases to offshore wind farms.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 15, 2025

Farber: How would you assess the energy policies of the incoming administration? fossil fuel production or on clean energy development? Frankly, I think the most detrimental impacts of the Trump Administration will be on international climate issues, like his promise to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

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Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

All of this dismantling of climate policy means that the US will add an extra 7 billion tons of emissions to the atmosphere “from now until 2030, compared to meeting its former climate pledge under the Paris Agreement,” according to an analysis by Carbon Brief. Grist reports that similar bills passed in Ohio, Tennessee, and Indiana.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

JUNE 6, 2025

On the day he became president again, Donald Trump signed an executive order to take the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. It reiterated full support for South Africa’s energy transition and pointed out that South Africa’s JETP now has USD 12.8 billion in funding pledges from non-US donors, higher than the USD 8.5

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Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Thousands of jobs and hundreds of thousands of homes powered by clean energy was at stake. The anti-clean energy provisions in Trump’s budget bill could raise household energy costs by as much as 7 percent, reports HEATED. Senator Alex Padilla says hes placing holds on EPA nominees in exchange.

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Legal Planet

JULY 31, 2025

EO 14151: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (eliminating all environmental justice programs and offices) EO 14148: Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (repealing Biden executive orders, including those relating to climate change and environmental justice).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Climate change is overwhelmingly caused by burning fossil fuels, and the most immediate path to avert climate disaster is to stop investing in those fuels and start powering our economy with an equitable transition to renewable energy. It can, and must, start now to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Publicly, Elsevier claims to be committed to a clean energy future. For example, the company supported politicians who opposed President Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement and defended big oil companies’ roles in spreading disinformation. But its ongoing practices tell a very different story.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

C and that the two countries are committed to pursuing “enhanced climate actions that raise ambition in the 2020s in the context of the Paris Agreement.” The declaration otherwise just affirmed general principles, such as a common understanding that the world is not doing enough to achieve 1.5°C Other statements (e.g., That can’t hurt.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

The judge used the Paris Agreement as the benchmark for setting the company’s obligations. The corporate insurgents were seeking a sharp shift in corporate strategy, embracing clean energy rather than defining itself in terms of fossil fuels.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

According to the forecast, while economy-wide CO 2 emissions decrease from 2022 to 2037 due primarily to the growth in renewable energy replacing retiring coal plants, emissions do increase after 2037 from increased usage of natural gas. Transformative change to our energy system is needed if we are to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

It’s worth delving into because it has some important implications for our clean energy future. Source: UCS Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition. Source: NREL, 100% Clean Electricity by 2035 study. Decarbonizing the power sector also plays a critical long-term role by replacing fossil fuels in other sectors.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The 2022 UN NDC Synthesis report assesses the collective impact of emissions reduction pledges, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), that countries have submitted under the Paris Agreement. Energy investments, which accounted for just over 2% of global GDP annually between 2017 and 2021, rise to nearly 4% by 2030.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 23, 2021

With increasing pressure to fight climate change, scientists, and leaders agree that carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) is a cost-effective solution to meet emissions goals made under the Paris Agreement. .

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Therefore, it is crucial to rapidly transition from the production and use of fossil fuels to sustainable renewable energy sources to reach our global climate goals so we can leave a habitable planet for future generations. The post What is Our Ocean’s Role in the Transition to Clean Energy?

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 20, 2022

C) of the Paris Agreement has significant implications for how the global financial system works and will be a centrepiece of the coming years. The first priority following the 2015 Paris Agreement was to clean up public financing, so Article 2.1(C) C) of the Paris Agreement. Article 2.1(C)

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Eligibility List followed the signing of an inaugural Article 6 implementation agreement with Papua New Guinea on carbon credits cooperation. The Eligibility List for a given host country will be established under the corresponding implementation agreement.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 21, 2022

But we have moved the goalposts significantly from the Paris Agreement in 2015 when we were then on course for 3.5 It is because it is ignoring thousands of companies around the world who in the last five years alone have made huge advances in cleantech and energy economies. How far we have come since Paris.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In just over a month, the most important climate talks since the Paris Agreement was signed will decide the fate of global climate action. Five years down the line, countries were scheduled to return to the forum and finalise a rulebook on how to implement the Paris Agreement. By Lou Del Bello. On the agenda at COP26.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2022

We need to rapidly transition financial support away from fossil fuels and towards the clean energy transition” said Alan Andrews, Ecojustice climate program director. Canada’s needs checks and balances to ensure that all investments contribute to a green future, this is critical to the security of Canada’s economy.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 18, 2023

Canadian banks and pension funds rank in the bottom third globally on financing clean energy, yet are among the world’s largest investors in fossil fuels. Canada finally has an all-star team ready to tackle the biggest gap in Canada’s climate plans: regulations that align Canada’s financial system with climate action.

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