Legal Planet

DECEMBER 30, 2021

It is also seeking to implement important new regulations of its own, such as stringent new controls on methane emissions by the oil and gas industry. In another key political development, Democrats won both of Georgia’s Senate runoff elections, given the Democrats working control of the Senate by the tiniest of margins.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg. Will we see any progress in Congress?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). I’ll start off with the good.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Rhodium reported that “the most rapid investment growth has been in clean technology manufacturing—with annual investment growing 125% year-on-year to $39 billion—and particularly within electric vehicle and solar manufacturing. Investment in clean energy production and industrial decarbonization rose 15% year-on-year to $61 billion.”

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

In contrast, while Trump was able to get some Obama regulations reversed by using the Congressional Review Act, the public lands and pollution regulations involved were relatively minor. He took the US back into the Paris Agreement, and pledged to slash 2005 carbon emissions in half by 2030.

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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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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Her “Resilient Arizona” plan focuses on dealing with the drought crisis facing the state, but also calls for more investment in “building a 21st-century clean energy economy.” Climate Alliance by embracing the goals of the Paris Agreement, launching an office of sustainability, and setting a zero-carbon goal for 2050.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

This latest document is dripping with disdain for federal bureaucracies, especially environmental regulators. A second Trump administration would do more than ignore climate science; it would work to undermine successful climate policies, as well as current and future environmental regulations, during a critical 4-year window.

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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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets on a concurrent resolution to kill final power plant carbon pollution reduction regulations.

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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. According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

European Commission , the City of Paris, the City of Brussels, and the Municipality of Madrid brought an action against the European Commission (EC) challenging a regulation establishing a new procedure for testing the real driving emissions of certain motor vehicles.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Grid Safety: How Cost-of-Service Ratemaking Creates Tension Between Regulators and Utilities and Slows Grid Hardening By: Michael Murphy and Professor Genevieve Byrne The number of wildfires each year is increasing, which cost billions of dollars in damage and take hundreds of lives. But despite producing enough food to support its 1.3

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on 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. Many of these are emerging sectors, steadily creating jobs.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Diplomats fail to reach agreement in international biodiversity talks. Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics. Executive Branch. International. Scientific Community. Halting at 1.5

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. The company argued that the D.C.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

San Diego commits to 100% clean electricity. . Energy Department aims to close international clean energy office. EPA head met with multiple energy execs in his first weeks. Navigating Clean Energy Innovation in the Age of Trump. . Trump regulators trigger pollution fight. 2017.06.14.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to Executive Order on Reducing Regulation. The court stated: “Any injury allegedly stemming from the prospect that the Executive Order has delayed the issuance of unspecified regulations relating to a broadly defined area of concern is too abstract and speculative to support standing.” Trump , No.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. States Filed Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Changes to the Endangered Species Act Regulations. West Virginia v. 15-1363 et al. Center for Biological Diversity v.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said the trade group had satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending judicial review and stayed the rule “insofar as it purports to regulate trailers.” Republican National Committee , No. 3:17 -cv-00123 (W.D. California Appellate Court Upheld Climate Analysis in CEQA Review for Residential Development.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Citizens for Clean Energy v. The appellate court agreed with the court below that the lawsuit raised nonjusticiable political questions. Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Department of the Interior , No. 4:17-cv-00030 (D. June 3, 2021). Reynolds v. State , No. 1D20-2036 (Fla. May 18, 2021).

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