Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Boyd is recognized as one of the country’s leading energy and environmental law scholars and has written pathbreaking articles on public utilities, risk regulation, forestry, and the role of science and technology in environmental law. Boyd also leads the Ph.D.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

Worldwide, the cost of utility scale solar fell 82% between 2010 and 2019, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), driven down by cheaper manufacturing costs in China, which accounts for around 72% of global production. Luciane May and her family during the corn harvest. billion a year. Taxing the sun.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

They added that due to the increase in climate-friendly policies and laws we have seen enhanced energy efficiency, reduced deforestation rates and accelerated the deployment of renewable energy. They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 13, 2022

He champions renewable energy, hydrogen, and bikes, with lots of nice examples from around the world, and vents about corporate sustainability and cruise liners. But that overlooks the role of the meat industry in deforestation. Unfortunately, the baby goes out with the bathwater on several occasions, in my view.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 28, 2023

Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate: Today’s budget does include significant investments in renewable energy and electrification, however, the support given to climate solutions is still a fraction of what is being spent on subsidizing the fossil fuels that are causing the climate emergency.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Today at the “On-farm renewables and sustainable intensification to address climate change and food security” meeting at COP22, several farming experts discussed opportunities to improve farming and food security. and renewable energy, co-benefits and trade-offs around land use and deforestation concerns, and exploration of funding options.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

His viewpoint is based on facts such as the exponential growth of renewable energy sources (something I blogged about recently ) as well as the increase in sales of electric cars. Wealthy nations have massive meat consumptions and this is a serious problem for biodiversity and deforestation.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Despite the worldwide mobilisation towards the adoption of renewable energy, the Brazilian government continues to promote the use of coal, the most polluting fossil fuel. The UN’s climate conference, COP26 , has seen more than 70 countries commit to putting an end to energy sources such as coal by mid-century.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Governmental policies established as a result of commitments made in the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement have already successfully prevented the emissions of several Gigatons of CO 2 , targeting deforestation, energy efficiency, new technology deployment, and carbon accounting as their main mitigation efforts. Figure SPM.7

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Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If renewables are booming and energy efficiency is gaining some traction, greenhouse gases emissions are still growing and the atmospheric concentration of carbon is still rising. Deforestation and environmental destruction are still a reality in many countries around the world. We need to do a whole lot more. Is it hopeless?

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Acoel

APRIL 14, 2023

And land use changes (predominantly deforestation, wetland depletion, land degradation, and infrastructure development) are now influencing rainfall patterns and how rain is apportioned between so-called “green water” (soil moisture and water vapor) and “blue water” (surface water and aquifers).

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

Keeping wild spaces wild, stopping deforestation and restoring degraded land to protect biodiversity, boost food production and store carbon. Ending fossil fuel subsidies and making renewable energy the future. Retrofitting our built infrastructure to be more energy efficient. Making agriculture biodiversity positive.

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

It deserves a longer discussion, but the short version is that the IMF’s current investments and policy guidance fails to properly evaluate climate risk and thereby enables fossil fuel expansion while also failing to prioritize renewable energy and adaptation.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Touted as the “ultimate source of renewable energy” by The Guardian , human waste (sometimes called humanure) is a great fuel that according to the United Nations could provide electricity for 138 million households in developing nations where over a billion people still lack access to electricity. million cars off the road.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This is defined as the ability or desire to sustain a resource at a certain level and based on three scientific principles: increased dependence on renewable energy, biodiversity, and chemical cycling. Risks to such species include overhunting/overfishing or gathering, toxic waste, a changing environment, deforestation and so on.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Unlike many other works of botany from that age and later, Sylva highlighted the growing problem of deforestation in England. Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. That's one aspect of energy conservation - efficiency of the resource.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Finally, deserts, due to their location, are important sources of generating renewable energy. Smaller solar panels convert light into energy, but the large arrays in the deserts work differently. Its continued expansion has been put down to increased carbon emissions, agricultural activity and deforestation.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 12, 2023

But environmentalists from these 11 countries caution against the short-sightedness of the project — that renewable energy will be cleaner, and more reliable, in the long term. billion project would “exacerbate flooding during the rainy season,” deforest “spiritually-significant forests,” and block fish migration.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Vincent, Borneo, and Alaska, decades of displacement, deforestation, and warming have defined a harrowing Anthropogenic Epoch. Jordan and Israel signed a pact to swap renewable energy for desalinated water. Christian Thorsberg. Other adaptations require political agreement. And the U.S. Reduce Flooding From Backed up Sewers?

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The plaintiffs’ allegations include that the long-term agreements will result in greater emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants because insulation from a competitive market will constrain development of renewable energy.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson withdrew his lawsuit against the lead author and publisher of an article that critiqued an article by Jacobson and others on grid reliability and renewable energy. Jacobson’s lawsuit asserted defamation, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel claims. Future Generations v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Brazilian Court Granted a Preliminary Injunction Ordering the Removal of Cattle Herds from Farms that Caused Deforestation. The MPF brought a tort case against de Rezende for causing the deforestation of 2,488.56 The MPF further seeks up to R$ 85.4 Ministério Público Federal v.

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ESA

APRIL 25, 2022

The order also includes incentives to reduce deforestation internationally and promote economic development in areas heavily dependent on the timber industry. After the inventory, the agencies will develop policies for climate-smart management and conservation of old-growth forests. Read a fact sheet about the Executive Order here.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. The complaint focuses on deforestation in five Amazonian regions: Loreto, Ucayali, Madre de Dios, Amazonas and San Martin.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. The Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act ( H.R. and the European Union are leading the policy commitments to reduce methane emissions. Half of the top 30 methane emitters have signed on to this pledge. The Senate version of this bill ( S. 3326 ), from Rep.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

The taskforce will “coordinate work across the [Interior] Department, including accelerating renewable energy development and identifying actions to foster investments in energy communities.”. How Mexico’s Vast Tree-Planting Program Ended Up Encouraging Deforestation – Bloomberg Green. Scientific Community.

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