Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. the federal government is trying to move us backwards on addressing climate change.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2025

Yet, reaching net zero also means phasing out polluting fossil fuel energy, so the government developed rules to impose a pollution limit on electricity producers. The rules, known as the Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), were finalized in December 2024. So, do they do the job? Lets have a look. GW in 2023.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Special session takes on big oil and wins The transition to clean transportation and away from fossil fuels is here. While this is an inevitable part of the transition to clean transportation, and generally good news for the climate and impacted communities, the oil industry will not go down easily.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The multiple perspectives in the fuller picture have to be on the minds of electricity sector decision makers, from the prospective project proponents to the public utility commissioners and environmental regulators in charge of assessing a project on behalf of the public. And we don’t need to have all the answers to make a difference.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Statement from Aly Hyder Ali, Oil and Gas Program Manager, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – We welcome the Government of Canada’s Oil and Gas Greenhouse Gas Pollution Cap draft regulation, which aims to curb pollution from the oil and gas industry.

2030

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

This includes sponsoring sports teams and athletes in an attempt to improve their image, particularly in the face of growing calls for climate action. The fossil fuel industry has known that its products are fueling the climate crisis for decades.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Some estimates suggest they could disappear by 2030 due to the climate change triggered by human fossil fuel use, which began less than 200 years ago. Glaciers, once thought of as static, timeless icons, have become a fleeting phenomenon, highlighting the urgent need for action on climate change.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

AUGUST 8, 2025

These talks are dealing with unresolved issues from previous discussions that started in 2022 , like regulating chemicals of concern, reducing plastic waste, addressing the entire plastics lifecycle and more. Additionally, the group made the link between plastic production and oil and gas emissions, which contributes to climate change.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2025

The findings become even more fascinating when we examine demographic data: Only 6 per cent of the 18 to 29 year olds surveyed are opposed to the government ensuring financial institutions shift money out of fossil fuels and into clean energy. trillion CAD of financing for fossil fuels in 2022.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 28, 2025

This may seem like a setback for climate progress in Canada, but it simply underscores the limits of voluntary initiatives and the need for the government to enforce climate-aligned financial regulations. This news also coincides with Mark Carneys official entrance into the Liberal Party leadership race.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Statement by Alienor Rougeot, Senior Program Manager, Climate and Energy, on Ontario’s claims regarding the federal Clean Electricity Regulations. The federal government’s proposed regulations to reduce emissions in electricity generation are achievable without breaking the bank.

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2025

Yet, this enforcement does not change the need for urgent regulatory reform in Alberta. It is not the job of impacted communities and their allies to police the regulator. Albertans need a regulator that lives up to its mandate: protecting the environment and public health rather than working for corporate interests.

Regulations

Legal Planet

JUNE 5, 2025

That makes a big difference for fossil fuel extraction projects, since in most cases the extraction is overseen by a different federal agency than the refining or combustion of the fossil fuel. For instance, leasing of federal lands for fossil fuel development is overseen by agencies such as the Forest Service or BLM.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MARCH 12, 2025

UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek This blog post is Part 3 of a three-part series highlighting the main legal arguments presented during the hearings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the request for an advisory opinion regarding the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

MAY 23, 2025

State of Norway (EFTA Court Advisory Opinion) could have sweeping consequences for fossil fuel development across Europe, especially in Norway, a major oil producer outside the European Union but deeply integrated into its legal framework through the EEA. The opinion in Freningen Greenpeace Norden and Natur og Ungdom v.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Our video, Clean Pathway to Future, acknowledges the Canadian public’s concerns about climate change and affordability, highlights how the fossil fuel industry is making climate change worse, and debunks carbon capture and storage for the trojan horse of continued oil and gas production that it is.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

While municipalities may have some flexibility in how they zone or regulate oil and gas operations – provided they do not exceed limitations in state or federal law – doing so in an unreasonable manner which prevents future natural gas development should render the municipality ineligible for state collected and distributed impact fees.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

AUGUST 6, 2025

Private actors are still expanding fossil fuel exploration and production while states continue to enable and even encourage such activities by granting subsidies, licences, and legal protection. This happens even though most fossil fuels must clearly stay in the ground if the Paris target of limiting global warming to 1.5˚C

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2025

In the first three months of 2025 weve already seen Big Oil come out swinging at climate policy and government decision makers. The fossil fuel industry used the election to flex their political influence and try to make gains during this period of change at the federal level. What are these companies lobbying for?

2025

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2025

Plastics are made from fossil fuels and over 16,000 different chemicals. Because plastics are produced from fossil fuels the lifecycle of plastics has a huge carbon dioxide footprint and is a driver of climate change. Plastics break down into smaller particles called microplastics and nanoplastics.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Pathways Alliance spent millions of dollars misleading the public with ads about “greening” its fossil fuel production. We called them out to the Competition Bureau , the agency responsible for regulating false advertising, and the Bureau is now investigating Pathways Alliance for misleading claims. and ConocoPhillips.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

One area where both groups agree on is the need for more control and regulation of AI. As a water expert with a PhD in hydrology and having worked on water and climate change for over 10 years, there are other concerns I have. In addition, 51% say they are more concerned than excited compared to 17% of experts. billion liters.

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

JULY 9, 2025

While multiple factors contribute to this financial strain, a significant yet often overlooked culprit behind the affordability crisis is the fossil fuel industry. Fossil fuels are making life unaffordable for Canadians Fossil fuel prices are volatile, and they have a pronounced impact on inflation.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JANUARY 21, 2025

The report draws from the Sabin Centers United States and Global Climate Litigation databases and monthly litigation updates. It begins with a brief overview of the growth in climate litigation in 2024. Climate displacement : Claims seeking recognition of legal protections for displaced populations affected by climate-related impacts.

2024

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Republican History Of Preventing Local Regulation Of Oil/Gas The original announcement of this legislation references Act 13 of 2012 which originally contained a provision preempting any local regulation of drilling operations included at the insistence of Republicans. Cecil Township is in Sen. Bartolotta’s district. Read more here.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

As the world’s attention turns toward COP30, Brazil’s evolving environmental strategies will play a crucial role in shaping global discussions on sustainability, climate change, and conservation efforts. Deforestation decline in the Amazon Deforestation in the Amazon has reached a nine-year low, with a significant 30.6%

2025

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Addressing methane is critically important in addressing climate change – methane is the second largest contributor to human-driven warming after carbon dioxide. Human-driven sources of methane, including fossil fuels, agriculture, and waste, account for about 60% of emissions. Methane has contributed 0.5°C C of the 1.1°C

Atmosphere

A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2025

gigatons (Gt) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions , which compares to slightly more than India’s annual fossil fuel CO2 emissions. Additionally, tropical forests are especially important for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the regulation of regional and local climates. 2024 wildfire hotspots in South America.

2024

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Background For more than a century, American fossil fuel companies have extended their operations offshore to exploit the vast oil and gas reserves that lie under the seafloor. Oil and gas production facilities may operate for many decades, changing hands between multiple owners along the way.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 24, 2025

This is a shocking abdication of responsibility from Canadas financial regulators. Mandatory climate-related disclosure rules are essential for financial regulators to meet their mandates to ensure the stability of the financial system and reduce systemic risk. The CSA is being regressive. New rules are needed.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

First, the “separate projects” at issue in this case were structured activities that are regulated by other agencies, and STB had no ability to prevent or influence those activities due to its limited statutory authority. But the import of these statements may be more limited than it at first blush seems. 1984; Knobe & Shapiro (2021). [4]

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Shapiro [PaEN] Lead Counsel On Court Cases Striking Down Provisions In Act 13 To Preempt Local Regulation Of Oil & Gas Operations Raises Concerns About Proposed Legislation Establishing A RESET Board To Site Large Energy Projects [PaEN] Gov. Shapiro Announces Amazon Plans To Invest $20 Billion In Pennsylvania For A.I.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For carbon pricing, the takeaway is that it is a poor tool to initiate climate policy sequencing with, and will generally work best as a subsidiary policy tool, or a follow-on to regulatory or subsidy approaches. That is a recipe for very difficult politics, and indeed, carbon pricing has a poor history of political success.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In response, Multnomah County, which includes Portland, filed a lawsuit for over $51 billion against major fossil fuel entities–one of the largest claims for a climate case to date. Now, the case faces resistance, with apparent intimidation tactics aimed at discouraging academics and regulators from getting involved in the case.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

As fossil-fueled fires get worse, tap water contamination concern grows. While a brand new law now requires landlords to ensure their rental properties wells are tested, there is no state agency that regulates domestic well water quality they way they do for water systems.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) was caught hiding evidence of environmental degradation caused by toxic tailings spills, and misleading the public with false claims that it is closely monitoring the oil sands industry. Crude oil seen separated from sand for collection. Dr Kevin Timoneys report reveals that: 1.

Regulations

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This information was discovered following a petition to Environment and Climate Change Canada for data on the country’s downstream emissions.

Fossil Fuels