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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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Finally, both sides offer a brief statement on the upcoming 2035 NDCs, or nationally determined contributions, that they will be “economy-wide, includ[ing] all greenhouse gases” and that they will reflect reduction aligned with Paris goals. What is lacking or absent from the deal?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

Quite simply, the bill puts in place policies and investments that will drive significant cuts in heat-trapping emissions across our economy—the power sector, the transportation sector, buildings, industry, and agriculture. What makes the Inflation Reduction Act historic? I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

C above preindustrial levels, the limit that island nations and allies fought for so hard in the Paris Agreement. (It C limit in the Paris Agreement refers to the long-term average temperature, rather than the temperature in any one year.) It is important to note that the 1.5°

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The relevant CFPP owner has a Paris Agreement-aligned transition plan. These credits are generated by reducing emissions when a CFPP is retired early and replaced with clean energy. Th announcement follows the final consultation paper that the Green Finance and Industry Taskforce released in February 2023.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The new law includes hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of investments in building clean energy infrastructure, improving the resilience of our forests and farms and taking steps toward environmental justice. Oregon Department of Transportation photo. Photo by Courtney Baxter. See what he had to say.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The great advantage of fossil hydrocarbons, indeed the principal reason why we have come to depend so heavily on these fuels over the last century, is their energy density and the ability to transport them over large distances. Natural gas, of course, is far more difficult (and thus more expensive) to transport than oil.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

Diana Furchtgott-Roth directs the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation and is adjunct professor of economics at George Washington University. Department of Transportation where she advised Secretary Elaine Chao. Gillman worked in the auto industry for decades, including at Chrysler. Asked if the U.S.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Gas plants proposed as of the close of 2021 were estimated to result in up to $74 billion in health costs over their lifetime, and that’s just from the burning of gas at the power plant, ignoring all of the polluting upstream impacts from drilling and transporting gas. Coal is the most destructive fossil fuel in terms of its climate impact.

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Acoel

JULY 25, 2022

the Departments of Interior and Energy). In the first decade-plus of this Century, about half of the states actively sought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean energy alternatives to coal. commitments under the Paris Agreement.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

According to the petitioner, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement Brazil has committed to various duties to mitigate climate change. While these targets were established voluntarily, they became mandatory once the Paris Agreement was promulgated as national law in Brazil through an executive decree.

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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. The order creates a new N.C. It also requires preparation of a N.C.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This year’s list includes a diverse array of topics, from concerns over our energy and transportation infrastructure; housing and land conservation; international and local climate change; food security and contamination; and water quality of our world’s oceans. Unfortunately, transportation lobbying is preventing meaningful change.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In this case, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), a German NGO, brought an action against the German Federal Motor Transport Authority for its approval of a particular type of software used in diesel vehicles, which DUH considered an illegal defeat device under EU regulation.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 4, 2017

She particularly noted transformation in the clean energy and transportation sectors. Even as President Trump has signaled his intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a coalition of over 2300 leaders of cities, states, businesses, and universities, have pledged that they are “ still in.”.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

Reduce Ontario’s GHG emissions by at least 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, targets consistent with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the most ambitious aspects of the Paris Agreement. Change how we move: Transform transportation.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment. Jobs are found in a range of sectors, including energy, industry, buildings, transportation and finance. Many of these are emerging sectors, steadily creating jobs.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Despite that scrap, the takeaway remains constant — there is no hope of stopping global warming at the Paris Agreement limits of 1.5 degree limit of the Paris Agreement is a pipe dream unless emissions peak in the coming three years and fall by almost half from 2019 levels by 2030, the scientists said. Halting at 1.5

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Briefs Filed in Challenges to ACE Rule and Clean Power Plan Repeal. Petitioners and amicus parties in the lawsuits challenging the repeal of the Clean Power Plan and its replacement with the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule filed briefs in the D.C. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 20-1132 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 20, 2021

On Inauguration Day, the United States also began the process of rejoining the Paris Agreement. Given that transportation is the largest contributor to U.S. The Department of Energy is another major player in climate policy, given the significance of energy efficiency standards to U.S.

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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. Department of Transportation, and NHTSA. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S. West Virginia v. 15-1363 et al.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Department of Transportation , No. Sierra Club alleged that it submitted the requests “as part of its ongoing national effort to protect our public lands and promote the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources.” Martin County, Florida v. 1:18 -cv-00333 (D.D.C., In re PennEast Pipeline Co. ,

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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. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January 2021 decision vacating the Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule for carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. North Dakota and Second Coal Company Asked for Review of D.C.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In its August decision, the court had found that the Office of Surface Mining failed to comply with NEPA, including by failing to take a hard look at foreseeable greenhouse gas emissions and at the impacts of coal transportation. Foster , No. 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D.

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