Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2024

In a new report , the Sabin Center identifies and examines 33 of the most pervasive false claims about solar energy, wind energy, and electric vehicles, with the aim of promoting a more informed discussion. jobs ( it does not ). jobs ( it does not ). Read the full report here.

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Electricity Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Radiation 131

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power.

Electricity 110

Electricity Government Clean Energy Renewable Energy 110

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

These changes, if adopted, will allow more gas plants to burn more gas further into the future. We urge the government to strengthen the regulations, rather than weaken them. We urge the government to strengthen the regulations, rather than weaken them. The government must finalize the regulations without further delay.

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Electricity Government Regulations 2028 65

Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

Ontario’s upcoming election will determine whether our province will be part of the climate change solution. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report concluded that the world needs to cut greenhouse emissions in half by the end of this decade to avoid total climate breakdown.

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Climate Change Government Renewable Energy Greenhouse 109

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 5, 2022

Lacking faith in government, South Africans take it upon themselves to deliver basic necessities like water to their communities. Researchers, scientists, and government agencies are hoping to implement “smarter” technologies to monitor the Great Lakes. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. They are instead about which right a diverter has.

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Climate Change 2022 Coastal Erosion Government 227

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

Overly focusing on technological innovation will miss the basic changes needed to drive the clean energy transition at scale and at pace today, including required breakthroughs on collaboration, collective action, communication, governance, and business model reforms. to 80 percent of electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2030.

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Technology Technology Climate Change Fossil Fuels 238

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Michigan Public Service Commission is best known as the government body that decides whether gas and electric utilities can raise their rates. In an unusual move, the commission is also reviewing what keeping Line 5 operating means for climate change. But, the commission has other duties.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Law 246

Law and Environment

JANUARY 24, 2023

This past year represents a real turning point in the transition to electric vehicles, demonstrated by new major incentives and regulatory activities at both federal and state government levels and several notable accomplishments in the private sector. National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan $9,397,238 actual FY 2022.

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Electricity 2022 2028 2027 130

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In turn, CARB’s 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan Update , which sets the statewide program to achieve GHG emissions reduction targets , relies on 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035 as a core strategy. The post How Can Local Governments Plan for Equity in EV Infrastructure? Download as PDF.

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Government Regulations Climate Change 2030 130

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 11, 2024

The proposed Clean Electricity Regulations (CER) by the federal government are intended to make sure we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from fossil fuel generated electricity starting in 2035. In recent years, we’ve seen the effects of climate change. The effects of climate change will only get worse.

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Regulations Electricity Fossil Fuels Climate Change 52

Enviromental Defense

MAY 19, 2022

What has Ontario done about climate change the last 4 years? Once upon a time, Ontario was a provincial leader in fighting climate change. But today, there is virtually no climate policy in place in the province, and the Ontario government has resorted to becoming a climate pretender.

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Climate Change 2018 2030 Greenhouse 96

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz, PennVEST Chairman Dr. Brian Regli, and local government partners to celebrate Earth Month and highlight the partnership between federal, state, and local governments to fight climate change. All climate change is local.

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Climate Change Renewable Energy Natural Gas Government 92

Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Following are some of my key takeaways (detailed in this and another forthcoming report) about the appropriate role of emissions trading in climate change policy and general thoughts on improving the effectiveness of carbon markets. – Emissions trading as part of a portfolio of climate policies.

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Government Politics Climate Change Paris Agreement 162

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent.

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Clean Energy Government Electricity Climate Change 96

Law and Environment

JULY 1, 2022

The Court found that EPA’s use of “generation shifting” was a sweeping new authority EPA had assumed over the nation’s electricity generation sector, an authority that was not clearly delegated to the agency by Congress. The Court ruled that EPA lacked the authority under the Clean Air Act to issue the Clean Power Plan.

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Clean Energy Climate Change Clean Air Act Greenhouse 130

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration.

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Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy Climate Change 2002 192

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Climate change, one of the defining challenges of our time, demands multifaceted approaches to drive action and accountability. Two central players in this arena are climate litigators and United Nations (UN) climate negotiators.

Paris Agreement 241

Paris Agreement Climate Change Fossil Fuels Government 241

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule has the potential to significantly reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as harmful air pollutants like fine particulates (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state.

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Electricity Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Regulations 239

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 5, 2024

Why would the government be ending it now with little notice?” Canadians are just now learning about heat pumps, the industry is booming, yet the government is pulling the rug out? The groups are calling on the Federal government to not only continue this program but to also expand the incentives to retrofit low-income homes.

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Government Atmosphere Electricity Natural Resources 91

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – We are very happy to see the Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) proposal to procure 5,000 megawatts (MW) of non-emitting renewable electricity in the coming years.

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Electricity Wind Power Solar Power Climate Change 56

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2023

While there are thousands of people here in Dubai at COP28 fighting for genuine change, the climate summit is facing a barrage of disinformation. Combatting climate change has never been more urgent, and COP28 is poised to advance critical global action. According to The Global Carbon Project , approximately 36.6

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide 293

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And in both cases, the electric grid and climate change are part of the equation. Until very recently, Australia’s government was never able to get its act together in terms of climate change. It takes a Texas-like approach to electricity regulation, with the free market as the icon.

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Climate Change Electricity Government Law 187

Enviromental Defense

MAY 19, 2022

The report titled Hot Hot Air (and other gases): A Review of the Past Four Years of Ontario’s Climate Change (In)Action , tracks how the current Ontario government took an axe to virtually all of the province’s existing climate policy when it took office, resulting in lost revenue and money wasted in court and legal challenges.

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Climate Change 2030 Greenhouse 2019 80

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

trillion package are the investments in electric vehicle charging stations, clean-powered buses, and electric-powered ferries. These investments include: Creating new grants to build out electric vehicle charging station networks. Funding to state and local governments to procure electric or low emissions ferries.

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Electricity Biofuels Natural Gas Law 130

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As my colleague Katie Segal wrote earlier this week , our team at CLEE recently released a report detailing how San Francisco can fund its ambitious Climate Action Plan. J)–while providing 65% support for a state tax on high incomes to fund electric vehicle investments (Prop. The post How Can Local Governments Pay for Climate Action?

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Government Politics Carbon Emissions Electricity 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

The vehicles, vessels, and equipment that move our freight create hot spots of some of the worst air quality in the country and contribute significantly to climate change. A Volvo VNR electric truck used for drayage in Southern California. Volvo Trucks.

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Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Climate Change 180

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Air & Waste Management Association will hold its 15th annual Symposium on Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy, Technology September 26-27 in Pittsburgh. Click Here to register and for more information.

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Technology Technology Electricity Waste 96

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

DECEMBER 15, 2023

They have gathered more than two dozen additional stories of how farmers are preparing for and responding to climate change. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provided an historic investment of nearly $20 billion in agricultural conservation funding focused specifically on climate change.

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Climate Change Conservation 2022 Natural Resources 107

A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

Germany has recently experienced fatal and apocalyptic climate- fuelled floods , after which the country’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, promised the government would do more to tackle climate change. So what should Germany do with their newfound appetite for tackling climate change? By Anders Lorenzen.

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Climate Change Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Nuclear Power 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? Even when accounting for pollution from electricity generation, electric trucks can significantly reduce air pollution and get us on a better track to addressing climate change.

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Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 249

Physics World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Most private fusion companies expect fusion power to be supplying electricity to the grid in the 2030s. While not every company declared the amount of funding they had received, the 18 that did so had accrued almost $1.8bn to date plus an additional $85m in grants and other funding from governments.

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Electricity Technology Technology Climate Change 142

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Last year, Congress passed the most ambitious climate bill ever enacted, the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions.

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Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2030 302

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. In our government, it will be a priority to avoid this destruction and to have development that is compatible with the environment.”. By Francisco Parra Galaz

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Government Climate Change Renewable Energy Sustainable Development 98

A Greener Life

MARCH 3, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen Jim Ratcliffe, the UK’s richest man and the founder and CEO of Ineos , the petrochemical giant, who perversely pays little UK tax as he resides in the tax haven of Monaco, has won UK government backing from a giant fossil fuel project which campaigners have labelled as climate wrecking.

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Fossil Fuels Government Technology Technology 105

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In 2023, the court issued two major decisions relating to climate change. The first case, In re Hawaii Electric Co. Sunoco , involved a suit against oil companies for their role in fostering climate change. Environmental rights. involved a biomass power plant’s request to sell energy to a utility.

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Clean Air Act Climate Change Law Fossil Fuels 230

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 3, 2023

Renewable energy is the cheapest source of new electricity generation. Yet the Government of Alberta has shown no urgency in addressing these mounting environmental liabilities, beyond subsidizing the same companies responsible for the mess. This latest move threatens all of this. But Alberta cannot be let off the hook.

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Renewable Energy Government Fossil Fuels Electricity 94

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This regulation will help Canadians escape high gas prices by getting behind the wheel of an affordable electric car. While automakers talk a good game about the electric transition, we know that this is the only policy strong enough to break manufacturers’ gasoline vehicle production bias and ensure we meet our sales targets.

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Regulations Government Electricity Climate Change 89